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Hydrophobic treatments and their application with internal wall insulation [PDF]
UCL Open EnvironmentHydrophobic (or water repellent) treatments have been proposed to mitigate moisture risks associated with internal wall insulation when applied to solid masonry walls.
Hector Altamirano +2 more
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Mould Growth Risks for a Clay Masonry Veneer External Wall System in a Temperate Climate
Atmosphere, 2022 To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, nations have introduced energy efficiency regulations for new and existing buildings. This has been considered advantageous as more efficient building envelopes would reduce energy consumed to heat and cool home ...
Shruti Nath +3 more
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Hygrothermal Characteristics of Cold Roof Cavities in New Zealand
Buildings, 2021 The New Zealand Building Code contains minimum durability requirements for components. For roof structures the requirement is 50 years if the component is structural or 15 years if it is not.
Stephan H. Rupp +3 more
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Environmental and Climate Technologies, 2022 Finding the generic hygrothermal properties of historical brick for application in Heat Air and Moisture (HAM) simulation programs such as Delphin, Wufi, etc., is the main objective of this paper.
Freimanis Ritvars +4 more
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Buildings, 2023 Energy efficiency renovation of building stock is an essential aspect of the climate change mitigation strategies in many countries. A large proportion of building stock is historical buildings.
Ritvars Freimanis +4 more
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Buildings, 2021 The uptake of buildings employing cross-laminated timber (CLT) assemblies and designed to Passivhaus standard has accelerated internationally over the past two decades due to several factors including responses to the climate crisis by decarbonising the ...
Marcus Strang +3 more
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Mechanical Engineering Journal, 2014 This paper presents a finite element method to investigate the hygrothermal effects on the free vibration characteristics of delaminated carbon-epoxy composite pretwisted rotating conical shells.
Tanmoy BANDYOPADHYAY +2 more
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Climate Data to Support the Adaptation of Buildings to Climate Change in Canada
Data, 2022 Climate change will continue to bring about unprecedented climate extremes in the future, and buildings and infrastructure will be exposed to such conditions.
Abhishek Gaur, Michael Lacasse
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Periodic Hygrothermal Properties of Salix Liquefaction Products / Isocyanate Rigid Foam Materials
BioResources, 2023 Under specific circumstances, the liquefaction product of biomass polyol can be converted into hard polyurethane foam. In this study, the rigid foam material (RPUF) was created by reacting the liquefaction product of Salix psammophila with isocyanate ...
Xuelin Wang +5 more
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Effect of hygrothermal environment on mechanical properties and damage mechanism of CFRP
Cailiao gongcheng, 2019 The moisture absorption properties of carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) laminates treated with three kinds of hygrothermal environments (relative humidity 85% RH, temperature 25, 70, 85℃ respectively) were investigated by accelerated moisture ...
YANG Xu-dong +3 more
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