Al-Sanea, Sami A.; Zedan, M.F. - In: Applied Energy 98 (2012) C, pp. 584-593
loads and reduce wall thermal resistance (R-value). A computer model based on the finite-volume method, which has been … heating transmission loads by 62%, while the wall R-value decreases by 38% compared to similar wall with no mortar joints (Hmj …=0). The transmissions loads increase by 103% and the R-value decreases by 51% for Hmj=20mm (9.1% thermal bridge area …