Application of a Transient Method for Investigation of Water Vapour Transport Properties of Autoclaved Aerated Concrete

Abstract:

An application of a transient method for investigation of water vapour permeability of autoclaved aerated concrete is presented in the paper. Relative humidity profiles along the longitudinal axis of the rod shaped sample are measured using a transient arrangement of a diffusion experiment. Using an inverse analysis of experimentally accessed relative humidity profiles, water vapour permeability of studied material is calculated as function of relative humidity. In the inverse analysis, the Boltzmann-Matano treatment is used as the most straightforward way to the solution of inverse problems to parabolic water vapour diffusion equation.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 824)
• Pages: 95-99
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.824.95
• Online since: July 2015
• Authors: Jaromír Žumár*, Zbyšek Pavlík, Robert Černý
• Keywords: Boltzmann Transformation, Experimental Assessment, Inverse Analysis, Porous Building Materials, Transient Method, Water Vapour Transport

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