Small-scale wind tunnel for the investigation of the influence of environmental conditions on the performance of building materials
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68378297%3A_____%2F24%3A00574871" target="_blank" >RIV/68378297:_____/24:00574871 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s40799-023-00672-y" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s40799-023-00672-y</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40799-023-00672-y" target="_blank" >10.1007/s40799-023-00672-y</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Small-scale wind tunnel for the investigation of the influence of environmental conditions on the performance of building materials
Original language description
Climate significantly affects the performance of building materials and its changing patterns are posed to increasingly exacerbate the projected impacts. Prevention strategies are indeed necessary to ensure avoiding excessive degradation and serious damage to the built environment. In this context, innovative and accessible methodologies and tools are required to investigate and characterize the interaction between material properties and climatic factors. This paper presents an innovative device for the simulation of natural ventilation, relative humidity and temperature fluctuations and for evaluating the performance of building materials subjected to different environmental scenarios. The presented results include the design, construction and validation of a small-scale wind tunnel (2 m × 1.8 m ca. vertical orientation). Key findings outline the adequacy of the tool in reproducing a stable, quality airflow with the following characteristics: achievable operational airflow speed ranges between 0.2 and 0.7 m/s, safe operational temperature is included between 10℃ and 35℃ and allowable operational relative humidity varies between 30 and 99%. Advantages and limitations for laboratory applications are outlined in the paper and future work is also suggested.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20101 - Civil engineering
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA20-12941S" target="_blank" >GA20-12941S: Fungal growth on surface layer of solid wood under varying boundary conditions</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Experimental Techniques
ISSN
0732-8818
e-ISSN
1747-1567
Volume of the periodical
48
Issue of the periodical within the volume
June
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
485-499
UT code for WoS article
001065771600001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85171167486