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Development and benchmarking of a new hygrothermal model

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  1. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
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ConferenceThe 11th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components: 11 May 2008, Istanbul, Turkey
SubjectHAMFit; HAM; hygrothermal modeling; building envelope model; Hygrothermal properties
Abstract
This paper presents a new hygrothermal model (HAMFit) for simulating the transport of heat, air and moisture across building envelopes. The model is based on partial differential equations solved simultaneously for air velocity, temperature, and moisture distributions for given interior and exterior conditions using finite-element-based commercial software called COMSOL Multiphysics and MatLab. The model is benchmarked using internationally-published numerical model test cases.
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  • The 11th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components [Proceedings] (11 May 2008): 1–8.
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
NRC numberNRCC 50286
NRC-IRC-19447
NPARC number20377926
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