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Interface Influence During the Wetting Process

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Interface Influence on Moisture Transport in Building Components

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As it was previously said moisture damage is one of the most important pathological causes of building materials and components. A moisture measuring device based on a non-destructive method of gamma rays attenuation allows measuring this damage to broaden concepts in building physics related to moisture transfer; study the influence of the interface between layers in moisture transfer; analyse the influence of gravity on absorption and drying of different types of building materials; study the kinetics of absorption and drying of walls of one or more layers; analyse the importance of the temperature gradient in the movement of moisture; and calculate the coefficient of water diffusivity of some building materials, etc.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    João M. P. Q. Delgado

  2. CONSTRUCT-LFC, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    António C. Azevedo & Ana S. Guimarães

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Delgado, J.M.P.Q., Azevedo, A.C., Guimarães, A.S. (2020). Interface Influence During the Wetting Process. In: Interface Influence on Moisture Transport in Building Components. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30803-2_4

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