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082			_aMBEP TH-0082 _bSIN
100			_aSingh, Ayushi (PBE21073) _993092
245		0	_aExperimental investigation on the hygrothermal environment of spaces built with mortar and plaster layers of lime and cement (Softcopy is also available)
260			_c2023
300			_axii,31p.
505			_aTABLE 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
700			_aDamle, Rashmin (Guide)
890			_aIndia
891			_a2021 Batch
891			_aFT-PG
891			_aMasters of Technology in Building Energy Performance
999			_c71196 _d71196