63756 2025 eng 1 6 491 article Elsevier Ltd. 1 -- -- -- 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. Construction and Building Materials 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.142552 0950-0618 urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-637569 https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-623518 publish 08.09.2025 Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International Christoph Strangfeld Philipp Wiehle eng uncontrolled Earth masonry eng uncontrolled Moisture transport eng uncontrolled Capillary water absorption eng uncontrolled Embedded humidity sensors eng uncontrolled NMR eng uncontrolled WUFI eng uncontrolled Material moisture eng uncontrolled Water vapour diffusion resistance eng uncontrolled Sustainable building materials Ingenieurbau 7 Bauwerkssicherheit 7.2 Ingenieurbau 8 Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung 8.2 Zerstörungsfreie Prüfmethoden für das Bauwesen Infrastruktur Verlagsliteratur Datei für die Öffentlichkeit verfügbar ("Open Access") Wissenschaftliche Artikel der BAM Green Intelligent Building Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/files/63756/Strangfeld_2025_Closure of Quantification of moisture content in earth block masonry.pdf