TY  - JOUR
A1  - Strangfeld, Christoph
A1  - Wiehle, Philipp
T1  - Closure of "Quantification of moisture content in earth block masonry under natural climatic conditions"
JF  - Construction and Building Materials
N2  - In January 2025, the research paper “Quantification of moisture content in earth block masonry under natural climatic conditions” was published in Construction and Building Materials. The central theme was the moisture monitoring of a masonry wall made of unstabilised earth blocks over a period of around 18 months. The experimental results were compared to WUFI simulations, and the moisture transport in layered wall constructions was eventually studied in WUFI. Prof. Janssen discussed this publication in Construction and Building Materials. He raised concerns about the experiments and modelling of moisture transport. In this closure, the capillary adsorption coefficient was recalculated, and deviations from the initial value were quantified. Sensitivity analyses were conducted in WUFI to evaluate the influence of different water vapour resistances and water adsorption coefficients. The resulting moisture transport was then compared to material moisture profiles measured using 1H NMR relaxometry. Finally, the water adsorption behaviour of different earth materials is discussed in respect to material moisture and corresponding relative humidity.
KW  - Earth masonry
KW  - Moisture transport
KW  - Capillary water absorption
KW  - Embedded humidity sensors
KW  - NMR
KW  - WUFI
KW  - Material moisture
KW  - Water vapour diffusion resistance
KW  - Sustainable building materials
PY  - 2025
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-637569
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.142552
SN  - 0950-0618
VL  - 491
SP  - 1
EP  - 6
PB  - Elsevier Ltd.
AN  - OPUS4-63756
LA  - eng
AD  - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER  -