@article {1874,
	title = { Building incorporated bio-based materials: Experimental and numerical study },
	journal = { JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING },
	volume = {28},
	year = {2020},
	abstract = {<p>In building environments, several research on dynamic moisture storage in hygroscopic building materials has improved interest in moisture buffering capacity of bio-based materials and demonstrated the potential of these materials to improve thermal comfort and buildings energy consumption. This paper presents an investigation, which aims to compare the hygroscopic behavior of different bio-based materials to identify their hygric proprieties. For this, an experimental facility is used to measure the moisture buffer value (MBV) for different categories of building materials. Thereafter, a dynamic simulation has been carried out by using TRNSYS software in order to evaluate heating and cooling loads. The results showed that the wood-cement composite still has excellent moisture regulator when compared to wood panels or fibrous materials. It has a buffer capacity superior to 3 [g/m(2).\% RH] very close to that of wood fiber panels. The simulation results of the different cases showed that the insulation reduces significantly total energy demand, but it does not lead heat evacuation in the summer season. Thus, from this study, it can be concluded that a natural ventilation mechanism is recommended to improve energy efficiency in the building.</p>},
	author = {F. MNASRI and S. BAHRIA and M.E.A. SLIMANI and O. LAHOUCINE and M. EL-GANAOUI}
}
@article {1887,
	title = { Pressure-Driven Gas Flows in Micro Channels with a Slip Boundary: A Numerical Investigation },
	journal = { FDMP-FLUID DYNAMICS \& MATERIALS PROCESSING },
	volume = {16},
	year = {2020},
	pages = {147-159},
	abstract = {<p>In this paper, flow of slightly rarefied compressible nitrogen in microchannels has been investigated numerically for low values of Reynolds and Mach numbers. The 2D governing equations were solved using Finite Element Method with first-order slip boundary conditions ( Comsol Multiphysics software). A validation was performed by comparing with similar configuration from the literature. It was found that our model can accurately predict the pressure driven flow in microchannels. Several interesting findings are reported about the Relative pressure, longitudinal velocity, Mach number, effect of gas rarefaction and flow rate.</p>},
	author = {A. AISSA and M.E.A. SLIMANI and F. MEBAREK-OUDINA and R. FARES and A. ZAIM and L. KOLSI and M. SAHNOUN and M. EL-GANAOUI}
}
