Treatment of rising damp in historical buildings: wall base ventilation

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 424-435

  Torres, M Isabel M ^a   Peixoto de Freitas, Vasco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Historical buildings; Hygrothermal properties; Rising damp; Wall; Wall base ventilation

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MOISTURE CONTROL; NUMERICAL METHODS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

HISTORICAL BUILDING; HYGROTHERMAL PROPERTIES; RISING DAMP; WALL BASE VENTILATION;

VENTILATION;

BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MOISTURE CONTROL; NUMERICAL METHODS; VENTILATION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

HISTORIC BUILDING; MOISTURE TRANSFER; VENTILATION; WALL;

EID: 33749057095     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.07.034     Document Type: Article

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