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  • BELCAM project
  • HAM assumption for multiphase flow moisture transport
  • HAM: 1D-HAM
  • HAM: DELPHIN 4, DIM 3.1
  • HAM: EMPTIED
  • HAM: GLASTA
  • HAM: hygIRC
  • HAM: hygIRC 1D
  • Hygran24, 1D transient model: HAM: Hygran24
  • LATENITE: HAM: LATENITE
  • HAM: MATCH
  • HAM: MOIST 3 1-D heat and moisture transfer model
  • HAM: MOISTURE-EXPERT
  • HAM: simulation input parameters
  • 2D HAM model: HAM: TCCC2D - Transient Coupled Convection and Concudtion in 2 Dimensions
  • HAM: TRATMO
  • HAM: UMIDUS
  • HAM: WALLDRY
  • HAM: WUFI (W?rme- Und Feuchtetransport Instation?r)
  • HAM: WUFI-ORNL/IBP
  • WUFI: IBP: IMEDAS Internet Measurement and Data Evaluation System
  • hygIRC: IRC: Institute for Research in Construction
  • LATENITE: IRC: Institute for Research in Construction
  • Moisture-Expert, WUFI-ORNL/IBP: Oak ridge national laboratory

  • Concept:

    HAM: computer models

    Division: engineering and research HAM models HAM assumption for multiphase flow moisture transport

    engineering model: "relates moisture flux to the gradient of moisture content and in doing so utilizes secondary moisture characteristics (moisture diffusivity)". For design. example HAM: WUFI-ORNL/IBP, HAM: WUFI (W?rme- Und Feuchtetransport Instation?r)

    research model: "uses the gradient of moisture potentials and primary transport coefficients (moisture conductivity)", for research. attempts: HAM: hygIRC, HAM: MOISTURE-EXPERT

    The computer codes for heat, air and moisture transport in building envelopes. The survey by Hens, H. and Janssens, A., 1993, Inquiry on HAMCAT codes is the most complete and classic review on the issue.

    A List of Hygrothermal Models
    (The table is taken from This link was checked on Dec. 2006Source. Some links are broken. Jan/04 )
    Program Model Type Originating Agency Agency Address/Internet Site
    WAND 1 D Heat/Moisture Catholic University of Leuven Belgium http://www.kuleuven.ac.be/english/
    KONVEK 3D Heat/Air/Moisture
    NATKON 2D Heat/Air
    HYGRAN24 1D Heat/Air/Moisture
    HAM 1D Heat/Air/Moisture
    HMSOLVER 2D Heat/Moisture
    GLASTA 1 D Heat/Moisture Physibel Maldegem , Belgium http://www.physibel.be/prodserv.html
    HAMPI 1 D Heat/Moisture University of Saskatchewan, Canada http://www.engr.usask.ca/
    WALLDRY 1D Heat/Air/Moisture Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Canada http://www.cmhc.ca or
    http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/publications/en/rh-pr/tech/1999-123e.html
    WALLFEM 1D Heat/Air/Moisture
    EMPTIED 1D Heat/Air/Moisture
    LATENITE 2D Heat/Moisture National Research Council Canada http://irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/irccontents.html
    MATCH 1 D Heat/Moisture TU Thermal Insulation Laboratory and Bygge-og Miljoteknik , Denmark http://www.byg.dtu.dk/ or http://www.match-box.dk
    TRATMO2 2D Heat/Air/Moisture VTT (Technical Research Centre) of Finland http://www.vtt.fi/indexe.htm
    TCCC2D 2D Heat/Air/Moisture
    LTMB 1 D Heat/Moisture INSA (National Institute of Applied Science), Lyon, France http://www.insa-lyon.fr/
    CHEoH 2D Heat/Moisture IMF( Institute of Fluid Mechanics ), Toulouse , France http://www.imft.fr/
    TONY 2D Heat/Moisture
    V30 1 D Heat/Moisture CSTB (Centre for Building Science and Technology), France http://www.cstb.fr/
    V320 2D Heat/Moisture
    WFTK 1 D Heat/Moisture Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics (IBP), Holzkirchen , Germany http://www.hoki.ibp.fhg.de/
    WUFI-Z 2D Heat/Moisture
    JOKE 1 D Heat/Moisture FH (University of Applied Science) at Lausitz , Germany http://www.fh-lausitz.de/
    COND 1 D Heat/Moisture TU-Dresden/FH - Lausitz http://www.tu-dresden.de/homepagejb.htm
    DIM 2.5 2D Heat/Air/Moisture TU ( Technical University ) of Dresden , Germany
    DELPHIN4 2D Heat/Air/Moisture/Salt
    HYGTHERAN 1 D Heat/Moisture NBRI Israel http://www.technion.ac.il/~nbri/
    HYGRO 1 D Heat/Moisture TNO Building and Construction Research, Delft, Netherlands http://www.bouw.tno.nl/homepage.html
    WISH-3D 3D Heat/Air
    HORSTEN 2D Heat/Air/Moisture
    PI200A 1D Heat/Moisture SP (Swedish National Testing and Research Institute)Bor?s, Sweden http://www.sp.se/eng/default.htm
    VADAU 2D Heat/Moisture Chalmers Technical University, Gothenburg, Sweden and University of Lund, Sweden and Blocon operating as buildingphysics.com in Lund, Sweden & Reading, MA USA http://www.chalmers.se/Home-E.html or
    http://www.buildingphysics.com/1d-ham.htm or
    http://www.byfy.lth.se/Berakningsgruppen/Berakn.htm
    ID-HAM 1D Heat/Air/Moisture
    AHCONP,
    ANHCONP
    2D Heat/Air
    JAM1 1D Moisture    
    JAM2 2D Moisture
    FUNKT 74:6 1 D Heat/Moisture Gullfiber AB (now Saint- Gobain Isover)Billesholm, Sweden http://www.gullfiber.se/
    NEV 3 1 D Heat/Moisture Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia http://www.ustarch.sav.sk/Dpt/Phys/Therm/therm.html
    BRECON 2 1 D Heat/Moisture Building Research Establishment, East Kilbride, Scotland http://www.bre.co.uk/
    MOIST 1 D Heat/Moisture National Institute for Standards and Testing, Gaithersburg , MD USA http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/info/software.html
    FSEC 3D Heat/Air/Moisture/
    Contaminants
    lang=FR-CA Florida Solar Energy Centre, Cocoa, FL USA lang=FR-CA>http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/
    UMIDUS 1 D Heat/Moisture Pontifical Catholic University of Parana Curitiba , Brazil http://www.pucpr.br/pesquisa/lst/
    WUFI/ORNL 1 D Heat/Moisture Fraunhofer IBP/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge TN , USA http://www.ornl.gov/btc/moisture
    MOISTURE-EXPERT 2D Heat/Moisture Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge TN, USA http://www.ornl.gov/btc





    Web Links (6): Notes
      This link was checked on Dec. 2006CIB - International Council for Building
      "to provide a global network for international exchange and cooperation in research and innovation in building and construction in support of an improved building process and of improved performance of the built environment." "CIB is the acronym of the abbreviated French (former) name: "Conseil International du Batiment" (in English this is: International Council for Building). In the course of 1998, the abbreviation has been kept but the full name changed into: INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION

      This link was checked on Dec. 2006CIB W40
      "To explore the phenomena of heat, moisture and air transfer in buildings, components and materials; ? To formulate laws governing the physics involved; ? To define, measure and discuss the hygrothermal properties of materials and building components; ? To apply the acquired knowledge to the design, execution and maintenance of buildings " By This link was checked on Dec. 2006CIB

      This link was checked on Dec. 2006CMHC- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
      "the federal government's housing agency, is responsible for administering the National Housing", formerly the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation

      This link was checked on Dec. 2006Code check:
      Assorted tidbits/lists on building code (Construction Codes

      This link was checked on Dec. 2006Computer Codes Used in Building Envelope Research at ORNL
      descriptions of several computer codes used at Building Envelope Research: ORNLPROPOR DOE-2 MOIST MATCH HEATING EQV-WALL

      This link was broken when checked on Dec. 2006International Building Physics Toolbox
      "a Library of Simulink blocks specially designed for HAM system analyses in Building Physics. "

    Related References (32)
    MOIST
    A computer analysis of the moisture performance of roof constructins in the U.S. DOE Moisture Control Handbook, by Tsongas, G.A., Thornton, B.A., Burch, D.M. and Walton, G.N, 1996
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    A mathematical analysis of moisture and heat transfer in the roof cavities of manufactured housing, by Burch, D.M. and Walton, G.N, 1997
    validation against component weight in tests
    A precision weighing system for helping assess the hygrotherma response of full-scale wall assemblies, by Maref, W.M. Lacasse, M.A. and Krouglicof, N., 2001
    steps for simulation
    A systematic method for hygrothermal analysis of building constructions using computer models, by Geving, S., 1997
    1D heat+moisture model
    Adaptive construction modelling within whole building dynamic simulation, by Nakhi, A.E, 1995
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    Advanced hygrothermal modeling of building materials using MOISTURE-EXPERT 1.0, by Karagiozis, A. N., 2001
    WUFI-ORNL/IBP
    An educational hygrothermal model: WUFI-ORNL/IBP, by Karagiozis, A., Kuenzel, H., Holm, A. and Desjarlais, A., 1999
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    Application of HAMLab for Whole building HAM response modeling, by van_Schijndel, A. W. M., 2004
    MATCH
    Combined heat and mass transfer in building constructions, by Pedersen, C. R., 1990
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    Documentation of the Numerical Simulation Program DIM3.1, Volume 1: Theoretical Fundamentals, by Grunewald, J., 2000
    WUFI
    Drying of an AAC flat roof in different climates Computational sensitivity analysis versus material property measurements, by Holm, A., 2001
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    Envelope Moisture Performance Through Infiltration, Exfiltration And Diffusion - EMPTIED, by CHIC, 1999
    hygIRC
    Final Report from Task 8 of MEWS Project (T8-03) - Hygrothermal Response of Exterior Wall Systems to Climate Loading: Methodology and Interpretation of Results for Stucco, EIFS, Masonry and Siding Clad Wood-Frame Walls, by Beaulieu, P., Bomberg, M., Cornick, S., Dalgliesh, A., Desmarais, G., Djebbar, R., Kumaran, K., Lacasse, M., Lackey, J. Maref, W., et al., 2002
    survey of HAM codes
    Inquiry on HAMCAT codes, by Hens, H. and Janssens, A., 1993
    TCCC2D, LateNITE
    Integration of simplified drying tests and numerical simulation in moisture performance analysis of the building envelope, by Ojanen, T., Salonvaara, M. and Simonson, C. J., 2002
    mechnical model, finite element, HMTRA
    Modeling of hygrothermal behavior of two-dimensional concrete structures, by Gawin, D. J., and Schrefler, B.A, 2001
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    Modelling of heat and moisture transfer in buildings II. Applications to indoor thermal and moisture control, by Lšč, X., 2002
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    Modelling of moisture and thermal transient behaviour of multi-layer non-cavity walls , by Budaiwi, I., El-diasty, R. and Abdou, A., 1999
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    Moisture analysis and condensation control in building envelopes, by Trechsel, H.R, 2001
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    Moisture migration through exterior envelopes in brazil , by Mendes, N., Lamberts, R., Philipp, P.C, 2001
    glassy
    Moisture risk assessment of roof constructions by computer simulation in comparison to the standard Glaser-method, by Kunzel, H. M., 2000
    phase-dividing function
    Numerical and experimental investigation of coupled heat and moisture transport problems, by Grunewald, J., Plagge, R. and H?upl, P., 2001
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    Overview of hygrothermal (HAM) analysis methods, by Straube, J.F. and Burnett, E.F.P, 2001
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    Practical application of an uncertainty approach for hygrothermal building simulations--drying of an AAC flat roof, by Holm, A.H. and Kuenzel, H.M, 2002
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    Prediction of moisture response of wood frame walls using IRC's advanced hygrothermal model (hygIRC), by Mukhopadhyaya, P. and Kumaran, M. K., 2000
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    Protecting the long-term performance of building envelope components, by Kumaran, M.K., 2002
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    Review of hygrothermal models for building envelope retrofit analys, by CMHC, 2003
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    Simultaneous heat and moisture transport in building components. one- and two-dimensional calculation using simple parameters, by Kščnzel, H.M, 1995
    Monte Carlo, stochastic, properties
    Stochastic building envelope modeling -- the influence of material properties, by Salonvaara, M. Karagiozis, A., and Holm, A., 2001
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    The International Building Physics Toolbox in Simulink, by Kalagasidisa, A. S., Weitzmannb, P., Nielsen, T. R., Peuhkuri, R., Hagentoft, C. and Rode, C., 2007
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    UMIDUS: a pc program for the prediction of heat and moisture transfer in porous building elements, by Mendes, N., Ridley, I., Lamberts, R., Philippi, P. C. and Budag, K., 1999
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    WUFI-ORNL/IBP - A North American Hygrothermal Mode, by Karagiozis, A. and Kščnzel, H. M., 2001



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