Effect of thermal bridges on transmission loads and thermal resistance of building walls under dynamic conditions

Applied Energy

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 584-593

  Al Sanea, Sami A ^a   Zedan, M F ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Mortar joints; R value; Thermal bridges; Transmission load; Wall thermal performance

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MIXED CONVECTION; MORTAR; THERMAL INSULATION; THERMOANALYSIS;

MORTAR JOINTS; R VALUE; THERMAL BRIDGE; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TRANSMISSION LOADS;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

AIR CONDITIONING; BRIDGE; COMPUTER; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLUME; WALL;

EID: 84862209949     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.04.038     Document Type: Article

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