Effect of exfiltration on the hygrothermal behaviour of a residential wall assembly

Journal of Thermal Envelope and Building Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 215-227

  Ojanen, Tuomo ^a   Kumaran, Kumar ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air barrier; Condensation; Exfiltration; Vapour diffusion; Walls

Indexed keywords

EID: 9644279876     PISSN: 10971963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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