Stochastic study of hygrothermal performance of a wall assembly - The influence of material properties and boundary coefficients

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 591-601

  Zhao, Jianhua ^a,b   Plagge, Rudolf ^b   Nicolai, Andreas ^b   Grunewald, John ^b   Zhang, Jianshun ^a  

^a Syracuse University   (United States)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY COEFFICIENT; HYGROTHERMAL PERFORMANCE; INPUT VARIABLES; KEY VARIABLES; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MEASUREMENT PROCESS; OUTPUT VARIABLES; SIMULATION RESULT; SINGLE INPUT VARIABLE; SINGLE-VALUE; STOCHASTIC APPROACH; WALL ASSEMBLY; WALL ORIENTATION;

MATERIALS PROPERTIES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052485527     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2011.585421     Document Type: Article

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