Exterior condensations on façades: Numerical simulation of the undercooling phenomenon

Journal of Building Performance Simulation

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 337-345

  Barreira, E ^a   Delgado, J M P Q ^a   Ramos, N M M ^a   de Freitas, V P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

condensations; ETICS; heat and moisture transport; hygrothermal modelling; undercooling

Indexed keywords

CALCULATED VALUES; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; ETICS; EXTERNAL THERMAL INSULATION COMPOSITE SYSTEMS; HEAT AND MOISTURE TRANSPORTS; HYGROTHERMAL; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL TREATMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; UNDERCOOLING;

CONDENSATION;

EID: 84883548553     PISSN: 19401493     EISSN: 19401507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19401493.2011.560685     Document Type: Article

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