Effect of Insulation Location on Initial Transient Thermal Response of Building Walls

Journal of Building Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 275-300

  al Sanea, Sami A ^a   Zedan, M F ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

building walls; finite volume; heat transmission; thermal insulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990385511     PISSN: 17442591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1106/07E7-FGCJ-MFF7-974W     Document Type: Article

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