Abstract This study investigated the hygrothermal performance of five insulation systems for internal retrofitting purposes. Focus was on near partition brick walls compared to middle wall. The setup comprised two insulated reefer containers with controlled indoor climate, reconfigured several holes containing solid masonry interior embedded wooden elements, an wall and different systems, witho...

Due to the need preserve façades of valuable historical buildings, internal thermal insulation is often only measure for energy retrofitting such class buildings. However, may lead moisture damage risks. In this study, influence seven parameters, namely water absorption coefficient and diffusion resistance exterior render, wind-driven rain load, brick type, masonry structure, type conductance (...

High temperature vulcanised silicone rubber (SR) has excellent hydrophobicity and thus is widely applied both in indoor outdoor insulation. According to the analysis of different experimental ageing tests field investigation SR, humidity are considered be fundamental factors during degradation. Hygrothermal was proposed this study simulate chalking state finally leading irreversible degradation...

This paper addresses a number of problems relating to climatic change and human health. Following an introduction outlining the overarching issues, a short summary is given on climatic change and its anthropogenic causes. The rest of the paper then focuses on the direct and indirect impacts of global climatic change on health. Direct effects comprise changes in the hygrothermal stress response ...

For many years, the housing environment has been acknowledged as one of the main settings that affect human health. Living and housing conditions are the basis of many factors influencing residential health. Still, to date there is no commonly agreed upon definition of ‘healthy housing’, and there are still major gaps in the knowledge on how housing conditions may affect health. Epidemiological...

An accurate nonlinear hygrothermal-electro-elastic (HTEE) buckling analysis of piezoelectric fiber-reinforced composite cylindrical shells subjected to the coupled loading effects axial compression and hydrostatic pressure was established by considering nonuniform prebuckling effect. Nonlinear governing equations were derived based on higher-order shear deformation theory Novozhilov’s shell the...