Inferring the thermal resistance and effective thermal mass of a wall using frequent temperature and heat flux measurements

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-16

  Biddulph, Phillip ^a   Gori, Virginia ^a   Elwell, Clifford A ^a   Scott, Cameron ^a   Rye, Caroline ^a   Lowe, Robert ^a   Oreszczyn, Tadj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian Statistics; External wall; Heat Transfer; In situ Measurements; R value; Thermal Mass; U Value

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; DECISION MAKING; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; QUALITY ASSURANCE; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BAYESIAN STATISTICS; EXTERNAL WALLS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; R VALUE; THERMAL MASS; U VALUES;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 84899825197     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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