Thirty three re-wetting tests were conducted at different combinations of temperatures (5.746.3C) and relative humidites (48.2-88.6%) with barley. Two most commonly used thinlayer drying and rewetting models i.e. Page and Diffusion were compared for their ability to the fit the experimental re-wetting data based on the standard error of estimate (SEE) of the measured and simulated moisture cont...

This paper discusses the modeling of unsteady-state mass diffusion under concentrationdependent diffusivity through an orthotropic medium. Historically, a simpler one-dimensional formulation with constant medium properties has been used, leading to approximate solutions. The present work uses a finite element formulation with finite difference discretization in time. The code includes an elemen...

Composite materials have been used extensively in various applications, such as mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, and aviation thanks to their interesting mechanical properties. However, a substantial drawback in the use of such composite materials is that they absorb a significant amount of moisture when exposed to severe hygrothermal conditions. This factor dramatically affects t...

Epoxy Mold Compounds (EMC) are used to protect integrated circuits (IC) from environmental influences, with one of these influences being moisture ingress, causing corrosion. To obtain the needed thermal and mechanical properties EMCs require a high loading (silica) fillers, introducing large amount interface. While silane coupling agents promote good binding, they have shown introduce an inter...

The current reliability criterion (RC) of the film capacitor (FC) is usually a fixed value, which does not consider staged capacitance loss caused by moisture diffusion under high temperature and/or humidity. expected lifetime capacitors would deviate far from actual one. process encapsulated FC analysed based on Fick's second law. In order to investigate and characteristics, 4 types are stress...

Fiber reinforced polymer composite (FRPC) materials are extensively used in lightweight applications due to their high specific strength and other favorable properties including enhanced endurance corrosion resistance. However, these inevitably exposed moisture, which is known drastically reduce mechanical caused by moisture absorption often accompanied with plasticization, weight gain, hygroth...

In February 2022, this journal published the paper “Moisture diffusion in cement pastes with hydrophobic agent” [1], performing measurements on moisture storage and calculations transport mortars pastes, to explain influence of internal hydrophobation imbibition these materials. This critique however formulates serious concerns primary aspects paper: it is established that reliability obtained ...