Determination of the Moisture Capacity of Porous Building Materials

Journal of Building Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 209-237

  Carmeliet, Jan ^a,b   Roels, Staf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

capillary pressure curve; moisture capacity; optimization techniques; parameter identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990385194     PISSN: 17442591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1106/109719602022835     Document Type: Article

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