Thermal performance of concrete-based roofs in tropical climate

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 76, Issue , 2014, Pages 392-401

  Tong, Shanshan ^a   Li, Hua ^a   Zingre, Kishor T ^a   Wan, Man Pun ^a   Chang, Victor W C ^b   Wong, Swee Khian ^c   Toh, Winston Boo Thian ^c   Lee, Irene Yen Leng ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CFFT model; Concrete roof heat gain; Cool roof; Passive roofing technologies; Transient heat transfer

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HEAT FLUX; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; REFLECTION; VENTILATION;

CEILING TEMPERATURES; COOL ROOFS; EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE; ROOF HEAT GAIN; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SOLAR REFLECTIVITIES; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TRANSIENT HEAT TRANSFER;

ROOFS;

EID: 84897395984     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.02.076     Document Type: Article

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