Hygrothermal properties of lightweight concrete: Experiments and numerical fitting study

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 543-555

  Del Coz Díaz, Juan José ^a   Álvarez Rabanal, Felipe Pedro ^a   García Nieto, Paulino José ^a   Domínguez Hernández, Javier ^b   Rodríguez Soria, Beatriz ^b   Pérez Bella, Jose María ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy savings; Heat and moisture transfer; Lightweight concrete; Porous building materials

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; EXPANDED CLAY; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; HEAT AND MOISTURE TRANSFER; HYGROTHERMAL BEHAVIOR; HYGROTHERMAL PROPERTIES; LEAST SQUARE; MATERIAL DENSITY; MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS; NEW CONSTRUCTIONS; NUMERICAL FITTING; POROUS BUILDING MATERIAL;

BUILDING MATERIALS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MOISTURE CONTROL; CURVE FITTING;

CURVE FITTING; LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE;

EID: 84871110423     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2012.11.045     Document Type: Article

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