Building Physics - Heat, Air and Moisture: Fundamentals and Engineering Methods with Examples and Exercises

Dr. Ir. Hugo S.L.C. Hens is an emeritus professor of the University of Leuven (KULeuven), Belgium. Till 1972, he worked as a structural engineer and site supervisor at a medium-sized architectural office. In 1975, after defending his PhD thesis, he started the building physics research unit within the Faculty of Engineering of the university. He taught building physics from 1975 to 2003, performance based building design from 1975 to 2005 and building services from 1975 to 1977 and 1990 to 2008. He has authored and co-authored approx. 70 peer-reviewed journal papers and 170 conference papers, has helped to manage hundreds of building damage cases and acted as coordinator of the CIB W40 working group on Heat and Mass Transfer in Buildings from 1983 till 1993. Between 1986 and 2008, he was operating agent of the Annexes 14, 24, 32 and 41 of the International Energy Agency's EXCO on Energy in Buildings and Communities. He is a fellow of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).

Preface XIII Acknowledgements XV Introduction 1 1 Heat transfer 15 1.1 Overview 15 1.2 Conduction 17 1.3 Heat exchange at surfaces 48 1.4 Convection 49 1.5 Radiation 60 1.6 Building-related applications 75 1.7 Problems and solutions 106 2 Mass Transfer 125 2.1 Generalities 125 2.2 Air 133 2.3 Vapour Transfer 160 2.4 Moisture 207 2.5 Problems and solutions 240 3 Combined Heat, Air and Moisture Flow 267 3.1 Introduction 267 3.2 Material and assembly level 267 3.3 Whole building level 277 3.4 Problems and solutions 291 Postscript 309