Monitoring the "material climate" of wood to predict the potential for decay: Results from in situ measurements on buildings

Building and Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1575-1582

  Brischke, Christian ^a   Rapp, Andreas Otto ^a   Bayerbach, Rolf ^b   Morsing, Niels ^c   Fynholm, Peder ^c   Welzbacher, Christian Robert ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b PYTEC GmbH   (Germany)

^c DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cladding; Decay factor; Long term moisture recording; Roof overhang; Substitute dowel; Timber bridge

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; BUILDING COMPONENTS; BUILDINGS; CLADDING (COATING); DECAY (ORGANIC); DOMES; ELECTRODES; GLUING; MEASUREMENTS; METALLIZING; MOISTURE; ROOFS; SERVICE LIFE; WOODEN BUILDINGS;

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; DENMARK; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM (EWS); ELSEVIER (CO); FUNGAL DECAY; GERMANY; IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS; MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS; MOISTURE ACCUMULATION; MOISTURE CONDITIONING; RECORDING SYSTEMS; TIMBER BRIDGES; VALUABLE INFORMATIONS;

ELECTRIC MEASURING BRIDGES;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; ELECTRODE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOISTURE; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; WOOD;

EID: 46149117803     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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