Moisture buffering capacity of heavy timber structures directly exposed to an indoor climate: a numerical study
Hameury, S.
2005 Building and Environment, 40(10): 1400-1412
Hameury, S., (2005), "Moisture buffering capacity of heavy timber structures directly exposed to an indoor climate: a numerical study", Building and Environment, 40(10): 1400-1412.
Abstract:
This paper introduces a hygrothermal model accounting for the moisture and heat transport in a massive wood envelope directly exposed to an indoor climate. A better knowledge of the passive interaction between an indoor climate and a heavy timber structure could lead to presenting an alternative to high air exchange rate, and to increasing the thermal comfort of the inhabitants. So far, the model is developed as a stand-alone application with a finite difference method, and is written in a Neutral Model Format, enabling a later implementation in a modular environment for indoor climate energy calculations, called IDA ICE. A numerical simulation is provided to depict the buffering capacity of a massive timber structure as a function of the air exchange rate and the effective wood wall area.
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