Experimental field-trial design to investigate the effects of a defective internal vapour layer on timber frame wall constructions including initial findings

Lee Corcoran; Prof Aidan Duffy

doi:10.1051/matecconf/201928202047

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Volume 282 (2019)

MATEC Web Conf., 282 (2019) 02047

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Issue		MATEC Web Conf. Volume 282, 2019 4^th Central European Symposium on Building Physics (CESBP 2019)


Article Number		02047
Number of page(s)		9
Section		Regular Papers
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201928202047
Published online		06 September 2019

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