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- Moisture in air. Vapour content and vapour pressure, RH, dew point, effect of air pressure on RH.
- Moisture in materials. Definitions, concepts.
- Moisture fixation. Adsorption. Specific surface area, BET theory, the Dent equation.
- Moisture fixation. Capillary condensation. Pore sizes, meniscii, Laplace’ equation, the Kelvin equation, Kelvin radius, hysteresis.
- The Sorption isotherm and the suction curve. Methods for determining sorption isotherms and suction curves. Examples for different materials.
- Consequences of the sorption isotherm. Moisture capacity, equilibrium between materials, equilibrium between air and a material, effect of temperature changes.
- Prediction of a sorption isotherm from a pore size distribution.
- Moisture transport in materials. Moisture transport mechanisms: vapour diffusion, liquid flow, sorbed water transport. Mathematical descriptions of moisture transport; isothermal and non-isothermal moisture transport.
- Moisture transport in materials. Methods for determining moisture transport properties. Examples for different materials. Relationships between moisture transport coefficients.
- Steady-state moisture distributions in materials and material combinations. The Glaser method and its limitations. Techniques for moisture dependent moisture transport coefficients and resistances.
- Non-steady state moisture distributions. A qualitative tool for moisture changes. Analytical methods. Numerical methods; manual and computerized.
- Software for moisture calculations. Limitations and advantages.
- Boundary conditions. Air temperature and humidity, solar and long-wave radiation, wind, rain and driving rain, soil moisture.
- Moisture conditions in building components and structures. Ventilated and non-ventilated structures. Roofs, walls, slab-on-grade, baement floors and walls, crawl spaces, floor slabs, outdoor structures.
- Critical moisture conditions. Moisture depedenciy of material properties, swelling/shrinkage, non-saturated transport processes, deterioration (corrosion, reinforcement corrosion, frost, ASR, etc.), mould growth, root decay, emissions.
Such a course will require at least 5-10 full days of lectures, depending on the level of ambition. Each topic can be exemplified by exercises, possibly as homework.