Hygrothermal Analysis of Masonry Wall with Reed Boards as Interior Insulation System

Experimental and Computational Analysis of Hygrothermal Performance of an Interior Thermal Insulation System

Combined experimental and computational analysis of hygrothermal performance of an interior thermal insulation system applied on a brick wall is presented in the paper. In the experimental part, the functionality of the insulation system is tested at simulated difference climate conditions using a semi-scale device. The measured temperature and relative humidity profiles are used for the calibr...

Hygric Performance of a Sandstone Wall Retrofitted with Interior Thermal Insulation

Temperature, relative humidity and overhygroscopic moisture fields in a sandstone wall provided with interior thermal insulation were calculated in order to assess the hygric performance of the retrofitted wall. Computational simulations showed that during the time period of 10 years which was subject of investigation no overhygroscopic moisture appeared in the analyzed building envelope so tha...

Retrofit strategies for a high-rise wall system and analysis of their hygrothermal effects

Investigation and Analysis of Empirical Field Seismic Damage to Bottom Frame Seismic Wall Masonry Structure

To understand the seismic damage characteristics of bottom frame-wall buildings and to study their seismic performance, the seismic damage outcomes of  bottom frame-wall structures in Du jiang weir by the Wen chuan earthquake on May 12,2008, China were field observed and studied. The assesment of the seismic damage to the bottom frame-wall masonry in Du jiang weir urban showed that the damage t...

Detection of Bricks in a Masonry Wall

Laser scanning is being increasingly applied in the documentation of buildings and archaeological sites. The documentation process sometimes involves making an inventory of bricks in walls. This paper proposes an automatic/semi-automatic segmentation method for detecting bricks in walls, in particular masonry walls. In developing the detection method the problems with detecting bricks in a 3D p...