Building Physics and Applied Building Physics, 2 Volumes (inkl. E-Book als PDF)

Dr. Ir. Hugo S.L.C. Hens is an emeritus professor of the University of Leuven (KULeuven), Belgium. Until 1972, he worked as a structural engineer and site supervisor at a mid-sized architectural office. After the sudden death of his predecessor and promotor Professor A. de Grave in 1975 and after defending his PhD thesis, he stepwise built up the Department of Building Physics at the Department of Civil Engineering. 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 authored and co-authored 68 peer reviewed journal papers and 174 conference papers about the research done, 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 to 1993. Between 1986 and 2008, he was operating agent of the Annexes 14, 24, 32 and 41 of the IEA EXCO on Energy in Buildings and Communities. He is a fellow of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).

• BOOK 1 BUILDING PHYSICSPrefaceUnits and Symbols0 Introduction, History of Building Physics1 Heat Transfer1.1 Generalities1.2 Conduction1.3 Heat Exchange at Surfaces by Convection and Radiation1.4 Building Related Applications1.5 Problems and Solutions2 Mass Transfer2.1 Generalities2.2 Air2.3 Water Vapour2.4 Moisture2.5 Problems and Solutions3 Heat, Air, and Moisture Combined3.1 Why?3.2 Material and Assembly Level3.3 Whole Building Level3.4 Problems and Solutions4 Heat, Air, Moisture Material Properties 4.1 In general4.2 Dry Air and Water4.3 Thermal Properties of selected building materials4.4 Air Properties4.5 Moisture PropertiesPostscript BOOK 2 APPLIED BUILDING PHYSICSPrefaceUnits and SymbolsIntroduction, Historical Review1 Ambient Conditions Out and Indoors1.1 Overview1.2 Outdoors1.3 IndoorsFurther Reading2 Performance Metrics and Arrays2.1 Definitions2.2 Functional Demands2.3 Performance Requirements2.4 A short history2.5 Performance arraysFurther Reading3 Functional Demands at the Whole Building Level3.1 In brief3.2 Thermal, acoustical, visual and olfactory comfort3.3 Health and Indoor environmental quality (IEQ)3.4 Energy Efficiency3.5 Durability3.6 Economics3.7 Sustainability3.8 High performance buildingsFurther Reading4 Heat, Air, Moisture Metrics at the Building Assembly Level4.1 Introduction4.2 Air-tightness4.3 Thermal transmittance4.4 Transient thermal response4.5 Moisture tolerance4.6 Thermal bridging4.7 Contact coefficient4.8 Hygrothermal stress and strain4.9 Transparent parts: solar transmittanceFurther Reading5 The Envelope Parts HAM Performances Applied to Timber-Frame5.1 In general5.2 Assembly5.3 Performance evaluationFurther ReadingAppendix: Heat, Air, Moisture Material PropertiesIndex