@article{922595,
      recid = {922595},
      author = {Delgado, João M. P. Q. and Azevedo, António C. and  Guimarães, Ana S.},
      title = {Interface Influence on Moisture Transport in Building  Components : the Wetting Process /},
      publisher = {Springer,},
      address = {Cham :},
      pages = {1 online resource (68 pages)},
      year = {2020},
      abstract = {The knowledge of moisture migration inside building  materials and construction building components is decisive  for the way they behave when in use. The durability,  waterproofing, degrading aspect and thermal behaviour of  these materials are strongly influenced by the existence of  moisture within their interior, which provoke changes in  their normal performance, something that is normally hard  to predict. Due to the awareness of this problem, the  scientific community have per-formed various studies about  the existence of moisture inside porous materials. The  complex aspects of moisture migration phenomenon tended to  encompass monolithic building elements, since the existence  of joints or layers contributes to the change of moisture  transfer along the respective building element that  contribute to the change of mass transfer law. The  presentation of an experimental analyses concerning  moisture transfer in the interface of material that makes  up masonry is described in such a way as to evaluate the  durability and/or avoid building damages. In this work it  was analysed, during the wetting process, the influence of  different types of interface, commonly observed in masonry,  such as: perfect con-tact, joints of cement mortar, lime  mortar, and the air space interface. The results allow the  calculation of the hygric resistance. With these results,  it is possible to use any advanced hygrothermal simulation  program to study the water transport in building elements,  considering different interfaces and their hygric  resistance.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/922595},
}