Study of moisture transfer in a double-layered wall with imperfect thermal and hydraulic contact resistances

Journal of Building Performance Simulation

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 251-266

  Tran Le, Anh Dung ^a   Maalouf, Chadi ^a   Mendonça, Katia Cordeiro ^b   Mai, Ton Hoang ^a   Wurtz, Etienne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Contact resistance; Double layered wall; Moisture transfer; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENVELOPES; BUILDING LEVELS; CONTACT INTERFACE; COUPLED HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUES; IMPERFECT CONTACT; IMPLICIT SCHEMES; INPUT ENERGY; LAYERED WALL; MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION; MOISTURE FLUXES; MOISTURE TRANSFER; MULTI-LAYERED; NUMERICAL RESULTS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL HEAT; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SIMULATION PARAMETERS; THERMAL CONTACT RESISTANCE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HEAT RESISTANCE; HYDRAULICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE METERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

CONTACT RESISTANCE;

EID: 77954686509     PISSN: 19401493     EISSN: 19401507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19401490903082459     Document Type: Article

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