Assessment of wind-driven rain impact, related surface erosion and surface strength reduction of historic building materials

Building and Environment

Volumn 57, Issue , 2012, Pages 336-348

  Erkal, Aykut ^a   D'Ayala, Dina ^a   Sequeira, Lourenço ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building conservation; Building sustainability; Fa ade erosion; Historic buildings; Raindrop impact; Wind driven rain

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHODS; BUILDING CONSERVATION; BUILDING SURFACE; CLIMATIC DATA; DIFFERENT SIZES; DROP IMPACT; EXTREME RAINFALL; HERITAGE BUILDINGS; HISTORIC BUILDINGS; IMPACT ANGLES; IMPACT SPEED; MAJOR FACTORS; MOISTURE ABSORPTION; RAINDROP IMPACT; RELATIVE QUANTIFICATION; REMEDIAL MEASURES; SAMPLE UNITS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SURFACE ASPERITIES; SURFACE EROSION; SURFACE MATERIALS; SURFACE STRENGTHS; WATER DROP; WIND-DRIVEN RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROPS; EROSION; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; RAIN; SURFACES;

BUILDINGS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; EROSION; HISTORIC BUILDING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; SURFACE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84863107329     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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