%0 Journal Article
%T Numerical and experimental identification of simplified building walls using the reflective Newton method
%A K Limam
%A L Olea Popescu
%A S Ginestet
%A T Bouache
%J Journal of Building Physics
%@ 1744-2583
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1744259117699815
%X This article aims to present the coupling of a direct thermal calculation with an optimization algorithm to identify the thermal characteristics of a simplified building wall. The resolution of the direct thermal calculation is first based on an electric network representation that is numerically solved with a finite difference method. The optimization model minimizes a criterion, such as least squares, between the expected temperatures inside the building and the model response using a reflective Newton inverse iterative algorithm. The proposed optimization method is validated using an experimental study of a cubic wooden structure under controlled ambient conditions and a uniform heat source
%K Building thermal optimization
%K numerical parameter identification
%K experimental validation
%K reflective Newton method
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1744259117699815