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Essay:MT: moisture transportMoisture transport through building envelopes under specific temperature conditions has been the focus point for research from lab testing, field monitoring, modeling and computer simulation.
Other terms describe similar areas: hygrothermal, heat-air-moisture transport, coupled heat-moisture transport, heat and mass transfer, etc.
Physical mechanisms, still under studies, : vapor diffusion, liquid transport, moisture transfer, and more...
Greatly dependant on material properties:
There are more fundamental studies in Europe than in North America. Karagiozisa, A., Hadjisophocleous, G. and Cao,S., 1997, Wind-driven rain distributions on two buildings,, Karagiozisa, A., Hadjisophocleous, G. and Cao,S., 1997, Wind-driven rain distributions on two buildings,, to name a few; from soil science and building material point-of-view.
As a result, majority of the HAM code have a European origin. Examples are the WUFI/IBP to ORNL variation, TCCC2D to LATENIT. | ||