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Influence of sheathing membrane and vapour barrier on hygrothermnal response of stucco walls

Mukhopadhyaya, P., Kumaran, K., van Reenen, D. and Tariku, F.
2001
The international conference on Building Envelope Systems and Technologies (ICBEST), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, pp. 269

Mukhopadhyaya, P., Kumaran, K., van Reenen, D. and Tariku, F., (2001), "Influence of sheathing membrane and vapour barrier on hygrothermnal response of stucco walls", The international conference on Building Envelope Systems and Technologies (ICBEST), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, pp. 269.
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This paper revisits the role and effectiveness of sheathing membrane and vapour barrier on the moisture response of stuccc-lad wood frame walls in Canadian climatic conditions. The use of IRC's advanced hygrothermal model hygIRC has been made for this purpose. Selected and pertinent results presented in this paper from the simulation outputs will healp building design practitioners to gain some rational insight into the process of selecting appropriate sheathing membranes and vapour barriers when specifying construction projects. This study particularly shows that, unlike sheathing membrane, vapour barrier design needs to be location/weather specific.
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Mukhopadhyaya, P.
Institute for Research in Construction, National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada and Patrick Goudreau University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
  1. A methodology to develop moisture management strategies for wood-frame walls in North America: application to stucco-clad walls
  2. Determination of equilibrium moisture content of building materials: some practical difficulties
  3. Effect of surface temperature on water absorption coefficient of building materials
  4. Final report from task 7 of MEWS long-term performance: predict the moisture management performance of wall systems as a function of climate, material properties, etc. through mathematical modelling
  5. Influence of material properties on the moisture response of an ideal stucco wall: results from hygrothermal simulation
  6. Prediction of moisture response of wood frame walls using IRC's advanced hygrothermal model (hygIRC)  
Kumaran, K.
  1. A comparison of different techniques to quantify moisture content profiles in porous building materials
  2. Determination of the liquid water diffusivity from transient moisture transfer experiments
  3. Effect of surface temperature on water absorption coefficient of building materials
  4. Final report from task 7 of MEWS long-term performance: predict the moisture management performance of wall systems as a function of climate, material properties, etc. through mathematical modelling
  5. 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
  6. Influence of air space on multi-layered material water vapor permeability measurement
  7. Integrated analysis of whole building heat, air and moisture transfer
  8. Modeling moisture accumulation in multi-layered building materials, MODELING MOISTURE IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS WITH A MULTIZONE IAQ PROGRAM
  9. Moisture management of EIFS walls. Part 1.The basis for evaluation
  10. NIST/NRC-Canada interlaboratory comparison of guarded hot plate measurements: 1993-1997
  11. Summary Report from Task 3 of MEWS Project at the Institute for Research in Construction - Hygrothermal Properties of Several Building Materials
  12. Transient model for coupled heat, air and moisture transfer through multilayered porous media  
Reenen, v.
Institute for Research in Construction, National Research Council of Canada (NRC/IRC), Ottawa, Ontario.
  1. Indoor and outdoor weather analysis tool for hygrothermal modelling
  2. Influence of material properties on the moisture response of an ideal stucco wall: results from hygrothermal simulation
  3. Summary Report from Task 3 of MEWS Project at the Institute for Research in Construction - Hygrothermal Properties of Several Building Materials
  4. Use of hygrothermal numerical modeling to identify optimal retrofit options for high-rise buildings  
Tariku, F.
  1. Defining climate regions as a basis for specifying requirements for precipitation protection for walls
  2. Final report from task 7 of MEWS long-term performance: predict the moisture management performance of wall systems as a function of climate, material properties, etc. through mathematical modelling
  3. Integrated analysis of whole building heat, air and moisture transfer
  4. Report from Task 4 of MEWS Project - Environmental Conditions, Final Report
  5. Summary Report from Task 3 of MEWS Project at the Institute for Research in Construction - Hygrothermal Properties of Several Building Materials
  6. Transient model for coupled heat, air and moisture transfer through multilayered porous media
  7. Use of hygrothermal numerical modeling to identify optimal retrofit options for high-rise buildings  


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