Simultaneous heat and moisture transport in building components (Softcover)
One- and two-dimensional calculation using simple parameters
Details zum Buch
Autor
Hartwig M. Künzel
Erscheinungsjahr
1995
Bibliografische Angaben
154 Seiten, zahlr. Abb.
Softcover
Fraunhofer IRB Verlag
ISBN 9783816741039
Sprache
Englisch
Performance and service life of building components are to a large extent determined by their hygrothermal behaviour. Since experimental examinations, apart from being expensive, can cover only small aspects of the real phenomena, the demand for computational tools has increased in recent years. In contrast to previous moisture calculations depending on sophisticated material parameters which were difficult and sometimes impossible to measure, new investigations have led to rather simple yet very accurate models requiring mostly standard material properties. Numerous applications have already proven the validity of the described calculations, which are based on physically plausible formulations.
Dr.-Ing. Hartwig M. Künzel is Head of the Hygrothermal Division of the Fraunhofer-Institute for Building Physics in Holzkirchen. Coming from a background of computational fluid mechanics he has concentrated on heat and mass transfer research in building materials and construction elements through experimental and computational studies for many years. The author has contributed to the development of simplified calculation models and moisture design criteria of building components within the frame of national and international contract research.
