Sensitivity of hygrothermal analysis to uncertainty in rain data

Journal of ASTM International

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Cornick, Steve ^a   Alan Dalgliesh, W ^b   Maref, Wahid ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Building envelope; Design; Hygrothermal simulation; Moisture; Rainfall; Uncertainty; Weather data

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENVELOPE DESIGN; DATA SETS; DESIGN STANDARD; FAR NORTH; HYGROTHERMAL; HYGROTHERMAL PERFORMANCE; HYGROTHERMAL SIMULATION; LEAKAGE PATHS; MOISTURE CONTENTS; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; RAINFALL DATA; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; WATER ENTRY; WEATHER DATA;

METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; RAIN; SOLAR BUILDINGS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WATER ANALYSIS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 76649124225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1546962X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/JAI102032     Document Type: Article

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