Using building simulation to model the drying of flooded building archetypes

Journal of Building Performance Simulation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 119-140

  Taylor, Jonathon ^a,b   Biddulph, Phillip ^a   Davies, Michael ^a   Ridley, Ian ^a   Mavrogianni, Anna ^a   Oikonomou, Eleni ^a   Lai, Ka Man ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

flood; hygrothermal; mould

Indexed keywords

BUILDING SIMULATION; BUILDING STOCKS; BUILDING TYPES; CAVITY WALL; CHANGING CLIMATE; DRYING RATES; ENVELOPE DESIGNS; FLOODED BUILDINGS; HYGROTHERMAL; HYGROTHERMAL TOOL; INTERNAL SURFACES; MOISTURE TRANSFER; MOULD GROWTH;

BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRYING; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOLDS;

FLOODS;

EID: 84871083708     PISSN: 19401493     EISSN: 19401507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19401493.2012.703243     Document Type: Article

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