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Heat transmission and R-value of fenestration systems using IRC (Institute for Research in Construction) hot box: procedure and uncertainty analysis.

Author(s) : ELMAHDY A. H.

Summary

Recent developments in fenestration design and construction have increased the demand for assessment of the thermal characteristics, particularly the thermal resistance or R-value, of windows and doors. At the IRC, National Research Council of Canada, a test method was developed in the early 1980s. The method is based on the use of the IRC environmental test facility, a guarded hot box with some special features, such as a constant-temperature baffle on the room side and a wind machine connected to an oscillating matrix of tubes on the weather side.

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  • Original title: Heat transmission and R-value of fenestration systems using IRC (Institute for Research in Construction) hot box: procedure and uncertainty analysis.
  • Record ID : 1993-2754
  • Languages: English
  • Source: ASHRAE Transactions 1992. Part 2.
  • Publication date: 1992
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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