IRT versus moisture: In situ tests in indoor environment

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2019

Authors

Eva Barreira (Author) FEUP; Almeida, RMSF (Author) Other

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Authenticus ID: P-00P-PRB

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-75386-7_4

Abstract (EN): This chapter describes a test campaign to evaluate the applicability of IRT to detect moisture in walls of buildings in use. The passive approach was implemented and moisture was detected due to the effect of evaporative cooling. Moisture in the walls under study had two different sources: rising damp and infiltration of rainwater. Rising damp was assessed in an exterior wall of a basement in a residential building, and infiltration of rainwater was evaluated in three locations, two exterior walls of a room in a residential building and in a wall of a classroom. The thermal images were compared with the results provided by a moisture detector. © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 9