Inward vapor diffusion due to high temperature gradients in experimentally tested large-scale wall assemblies

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2790-2797

  Derome, Dominique ^a   Saneinejad, Saba ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

High thermal gradient; Inwards water vapor flow; Large scale testing; Moisture accumulation; Wood stud framed walls

Indexed keywords

AIR SPACE; EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES; EXTERIOR CLADDING; EXTRUDED POLYSTYRENES; GYPSUM BOARD; HIGH TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; HIGH THERMAL; IN-BUILDINGS; LARGE SCALE TESTING; MOISTURE ACCUMULATION; ORIENTED STRAND BOARDS; RISK OF DAMAGE; VAPOR DIFFUSION; VAPOR FLOWS; WALL ASSEMBLY; WATER VAPOR FLOWS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; GYPSUM; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PLASMAS; POLYSTYRENES; STUDS (STRUCTURAL MEMBERS); SUN; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMOANALYSIS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

WATER VAPOR;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING; INDOOR AIR; MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VENTILATION; WALL; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 77955424423     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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