The effect of a reflective underlay on the global thermal behaviour of pitched roofs

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 134-143

  Roels, S ^a   Deurinck, M ^a  

^a Division of Building Physics   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Pitched roofs; Radiant barrier; Thermal behaviour; Underlay

Indexed keywords

AIR CAVITY; AIRTIGHTNESS; BUOYANCY EFFECT; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; HEAT FLUX SENSORS; HEAT GAINS; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LONG WAVES; MEASURED DATA; NUMERICAL MODELS; PITCHED ROOFS; RADIANT BARRIER; REFLECTIVE FOIL; STACK EFFECT; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS; THERMAL RESPONSE; UNDERLAY; VENTILATED CAVITIES; WINTER CONDITIONS;

BUOYANCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; HEAT FLUX; ROOFS; SENSORS; THERMOCOUPLES; THERMOMETERS;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

BUILDING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMISSIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INSULATION; LABORATORY METHOD; ROOF; SENSOR; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WINTER;

EID: 77956232047     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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