Effect of insulation location on dynamic heat-transfer characteristics of building external walls and optimization of insulation thickness

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 288-295

  Ozel, Meral ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Heat transfer characteristics; Insulation location; Optimum insulation thickness

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; IMPLICIT FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INSULATION POSITION; INSULATION THICKNESS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; OPTIMUM INSULATION THICKNESS; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS;

HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

INSULATION;

EID: 84893147250     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.11.015     Document Type: Article

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