Moisture dynamics in walls: Response to micro-environment and climate change

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 467, Issue 2125, 2011, Pages 194-211

  Hall, Christopher ^a   Hamilton, Andrea ^a   Hoff, William D ^b   Viles, Heather A ^c   Eklund, Julie A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building stone; Capillary rise; Evaporation; Masonry; Sorptivity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EVAPORATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; LEACHING; MASONRY MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ANALYTICAL MODEL; ATHENS , GREECE; BUILDING STONE; CAPILLARY RISE; CHEMICAL DEGRADATION; CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS; DAMAGE RATE; ENGLAND; EVAPORATION MODEL; FINITE-ELEMENT; FLOWTHROUGH; FUTURE CLIMATE; IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT; LIQUID TRANSPORT; LONG-TERM DAMAGES; MASONRY; MASONRY STRUCTURES; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MOISTURE DYNAMICS; POTENTIAL EVAPORATION; PRIMARY FACTORS; QUANTITATIVE ENGINEERING; SALT CRYSTALLIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SORPTIVITY; WATER FLOWS; WATER FLUX;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 79251482171     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2010.0131     Document Type: Article

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