Determination of the Liquid Water Diffusivity from Transient Moisture Transfer Experiments

Journal of Building Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 277-305

  Carmeliet, J ^a   Hens, H ^a   Roels, S ^a   Adan, O ^b   Brocken, H ^b   Cerny, R ^c   Pavlik, Z ^c   Hall, C ^d   Kumaran, K ^e   Pel, L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^f EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boltzmann transformation; determination method; liquid water diffusivity; moisture permeability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990374489     PISSN: 17442591     EISSN: 17442583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097196304042324     Document Type: Article

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