The article presents the results obtained in the course of a study on prospective application
of flax/hemp wastes as a filling material of lime-based composites in the construction of low …

This article is focused on lightweight aggregate-concrete modified by municipal sewage
sludge and lightweight aggregate-concrete obtained from light aggregates. The article …

The article presents the monitoring potential of a simplified surface Time Domain
Reflectometry (TDR) sensor design. Its basic element is a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plate with …

The article concerns the issue of non-invasive moisture sensing in building materials. Two
techniques that enable evaluating the value of the relative permittivity of the material, being …

The paper presents the results of research concerning three fiber materials–hemp fiber,
cellulose fiber and mineral wool as a loose-fill thermal insulation materials. It focused on the …

The article describes the issues of resistance hydrophobised ceramic bricks. The purpose of
the research was to evaluate the possibility to apply organosilicone based hydrophobising …

Current theory of moisture transfer, consisting in combined transfer of vapor in sorption
wetting zone and liquid in oversorption zone, is reviewed. Moisture potential F, which is the …

Understanding the quantitative relationship between the effective thermal conductivity and
the moisture content of a material is required to accurately calculate the envelope heat and …

The paper describes principal development directions of mathematical models of enclosing
structure moisture regime. Benefits of mathematical models based on moisture potential …

The paper proposes mathematical model for unsteady-state moisture behaviour calculation
of single-layer enclosing structures by means of moisture potential and discrete-continuous …