Modelling and studying of heat and moisture transport for sandwich concrete wall construction

Title: Modelling and studying of heat and moisture transport for sandwich concrete wall construction
Author(s): X. Lu, T. Lehtinen
Paper category : conference
Book title: International Conference on Advances in Concrete and Structures
Editor(s): Ying-shu Yuan, Surendra P. Shah and Heng-lin Lü
Print-ISBN: 2-912143-41-1
e-ISBN: 2351580176
Publisher: RILEM Publications SARL
Publication year: 2003
Pages: 188 - 195
Total Pages: 8
Nb references: 11
Language: English

Abstract: 
This paper presents a mathematical model for predicting transient heat and moisture transfer in external wall structures made of concrete sandwich panels, with boundary conditions as variation in term of outdoor temperature and relative humidity. The objective is to evaluate the possibility of reducing sandwich concrete's moisture content associated with heating the natural ventilated air gap by use of a numerical simulation program. Simulations demonstrate that the concrete's moisture condition can be improved by using the simple heating control regulation developed in this paper.

Online publication: 2003-08-10
Publication type : full_text
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