Numerical and experimental study of the optical properties of venetian blinds

Journal of Building Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-34

  Gomes, M Glória ^a   Rodrigues, A Moret ^a   Bogas, J Alexandre ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

in situ experiments; long wave optical properties; net radiation method; shading devices; solar optical properties; Venetian blinds

Indexed keywords

IN-SITU EXPERIMENTS; NET RADIATION METHOD; SHADING DEVICES; SOLAR-OPTICAL PROPERTIES; VENETIAN BLIND;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; WAVES;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84863210427     PISSN: 17442591     EISSN: 17442583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744259112444022     Document Type: Article

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