measurement: hygrothermal properties

Measurement of hygrothermal properties

See:

British Standards BS online

• BS EN ISO 12570:2000 Hygrothermal performance of building materials and products. Determination of moisture content by drying at elevated temperature,
• BS EN ISO 12571:2000 Hygrothermal performance of building materials and products. Determination of hygroscopic properties,
• BS EN ISO 12572:2001 Hygrothermal performance of building materials and products. Determination of water vapour transmission properties,
• BS EN ISO 15148:2002 Hygrothermal performance of building materials and products. Determination of water absorption coefficient by partial immersion,
• BS EN 13009:2000 Hygrothermal performance of building materials and products. Determination of hygric expansion coefficient,

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moisture diffusivity from moisture profiles

A comparison of various techniques for determination of moisture diffusivity from moisture profiles, by Drchalova, J., Pavlik, Z. and Cerny, R., 2002

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A new method for determination of vapour sorption isotherms using a twin double microcalorimeter, by Wads?, I. and Wads?, L., 1995

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Describing non-Fickian water-vapor sorption in wood , by Wadso, L., 0

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Determination of moisture and salt content distributions by combining NMR and gamma ray measurements, by Rucker, P., Holm, A. and Krus, M., 2000

transient, simulation-experiment

Determination of the liquid water diffusivity from transient moisture transfer experiments, by Carmeliet, J., Hens, H., Roels, S., Adan, O., Brocken, H., Cerny, R., Pavlik, Z., Hall, C., Kumaran, K. and Pel, L., 2004

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Moisture management: prediction of response of exterior wall elements to climates, by Rousseau, M. Z., 2002

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Moisture transport coefficient of pine from gamma ray absorption measurements, by Kumaran, M. K., Mitalas, G. P., Kohonen, R. and Ojanen, T., 1989

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On application of an isothermal sorption microcalorimeter , by Markova, N., Sparr, E. and Wads?, L., 2001

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Position paper on material characterization and HAM model benchmarking, by Bomberg, M., Carmeliet, J., Grunewald, J., Holm, A., Karagiozis, A., Kuenzel, H. and Roels, S., 2002

liquid transport

Simple methods to approximate the liquid transport coefficients describing the absorption and drying, by Krus, M. and Holm A., 0

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Summary Report from Task 3 of MEWS Project at the Institute for Research in Construction - Hygrothermal Properties of Several Building Materials, by Kumaran, K., Lackey, J., Normandin, N., Reenen, v. and Tariku, F., 2002

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The effect of temperature on the moisture permeability of building materials, by Galbraith, G. H., Guo, J.S. and McLean, R.C, 2000

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Variation of stress wave velocity with MC and temperature, by Kang, H. and R. E. Booker, 2002