TY  - BOOK
AU  - Singh, Ayushi (PBE21073)
AU  - Damle, Rashmin (Guide)
TI  - Experimental investigation on the hygrothermal environment of spaces built with mortar and plaster layers of lime and cement (Softcopy is also available)
U1  - MBEP TH-0082  
PY  - 2023///
N1  - TABLE OF CONTENTS 
ABSTRACT   ii 
UNDERTAKING   iii 
CERTIFICATE   iv 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS   v 
LIST OF FIGURES   vi 
LIST OF TABLES   vii 
1. INTRODUCTION   1 
1.1 Background  1 
1.1.1 Lime and cement as building materials   1 
1.1.2 Hygrothermal behaviour of materials   2 
1.1.3 Thermal Inertia   3 
1.1.4 Moisture buffering capacity of materials.   3 
1.2 Aim and Research questions   3 
2. LITERATURE REVIEW   4 
2.1 Thermal bridging through the mortar layer   4 
2.2 Moisture buffering in hygroscopic materials   4 
2.3 Need for the study   5 
3. METHODOLOGY   6 
3.1 Selection of Methodology   6 
3.2 Overall methodology   7 
3.2.1 Development of Test Cells   8 
3.2.2 Data gathering   9 
3.2.3 Calibration of instruments   10 
3.2.4 Measurement protocols  10 
3.2.5 Testing Properties of Material   12 
3.2.6 Data analysis   12 
4. RESULTS   13 
4.1 Air temperature in test cells   13 
4.2 Surface temperatures in the test cells   15 
4.3 Relative humidity in the test cells   18 
4.4 Indoor conditions in the test cells   20 
5. CONCLUSION   21 
6. LIMITATIONS  22 
7. FUTURE SCOPE OF WORK   22 
8. REFERENCES   23 ix 
9. APPENDICES  25 
9.1 Appendix A   25 
9.1.1 Shading mask of both test cells   25 
9.1.2 Material Quantity for test cell construction   25 
9.1.3 Drawings for the test cells   26 
9.1.4 Acid dissolution test   26 
9.2 Appendix B   27 
9.3 Appendix C   28 
9.3.1 Calibration certificate and equations   28 
9.4 Appendix D   31 
9.4.1 Results for entire measurement period   31

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