An investigation of moisture buffering performance of wood paneling at room level and its buffering effect on a test room

Building and Environment

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 205-216

  Li, Yang ^a   Fazio, Paul ^a   Rao, Jiwu ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Indoor humidity; Moisture buffering; Room level; Ventilation; Wood paneling

Indexed keywords

BUFFERING EFFECT; BUFFERING PROPERTIES; BUILDING STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FULL SCALE TESTS; HUMIDITY CONDITIONS; HYGROSCOPIC MATERIALS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INTERACTION PROCESS; MATERIAL PERFORMANCE; MOISTURE BUFFERING; MOISTURE GENERATION; ROOM LEVEL; TEST ROOM; TEST SCENARIO; VALUE-BASED;

CHARACTERIZATION; DATA REDUCTION; DRIERS (MATERIALS); ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; TESTING; VENTILATION;

MOISTURE;

BUILDING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMIDITY; HYGROSCOPICITY; INDOOR AIR; MOISTURE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; VENTILATION;

EID: 80052818224     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.07.021     Document Type: Article

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