Water and Material Durability
Videos on brick and stone (1:08) coming soon.
Separate videos on damage mechanisms (1:41): • Freezing Damage Overview , • Trapped Water , • Crystallization Pressure , • Hydraulic Pressure , • Temperature Gradient
Video on Sorptivity Equations (3:45, 7:00): • Sorptivity Equations
Video on Capillarity (4:35): • Capillarity
Video on Drying (4:44, 7:00): • Drying
Video on Capillary Condensation (5:27, 7:00): • Basics of Capillary Condensation
Keywords: Adobe, Brick, Built heritage, Capillary condensation, Cementitious Materials, Clays, Concrete, Condensation, Conservation, Crystallization pressure, Degradation, Drying, Freezing, Humidity, Hygroscopicity, Patina, Materials, Mortar, Porosity, Porous materials, Salt damage, Salt crystallization, Shrinkage, Sorptivity, Stone, Swelling, Trapped air, Water, Wetting, Weathering, Wind-driven-rain, Wood