Experimental and numerical investigation of a hollow brick filled with perlite insulation

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1402-1408

  Zukowski, M ^a   Haese, G ^b  

^a BIALYSTOK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b Wohnungsgenossenschaft Gartenheim eG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Equivalent specific heat capacity; Equivalent thermal conductivity; Finite volume method; Hollow brick; Perlite

Indexed keywords

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MORTAR; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATION;

ENERGY BALANCE CALCULATIONS; EQUIVALENT HEAT CAPACITIES; EQUIVALENT HEAT CONDUCTIVITIES; EQUIVALENT SPECIFIC HEATS; EQUIVALENT THERMAL CONDUCTIVITIES; HOLLOW BRICKS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PERLITE;

BRICK;

EID: 79951958898     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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