decrement factor

Time lags and decrement factors for multi-layer materials without air gaps under air-conditioned and free floating conditions were obtained using the response factor and finite volume methods. The definitions under free floating conditions, which are independent of the external environmental conditions, are proposed for the first time. A special version of the finite volume method was employed in which the surfaces of materials were used as computational nodes and temperatures and heat fluxes on surfaces as primitive (state) variables.