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The Rising Damp in Venetian Masonry: Preliminary Results Comparing Laboratory Tests and Dynamic Simulations

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  • Erika Guolo

    (Department of Architecture and Arts, University IUAV of Venezia, S. Croce 191, 30135 Venice, Italy)

  • Piercarlo Romagnoni

    (Department of Architecture and Arts, University IUAV of Venezia, S. Croce 191, 30135 Venice, Italy)

  • Tiziano Dalla Mora

    (Department of Architecture and Arts, University IUAV of Venezia, S. Croce 191, 30135 Venice, Italy)

  • Fabio Peron

    (Department of Architecture and Arts, University IUAV of Venezia, S. Croce 191, 30135 Venice, Italy)

Abstract

The control of moisture in the building sector represents a widespread issue and research topic, in terms of improving the quality of indoor space healthiness and energy performance. In Venice, rising damp and moisture phenomena are very diffused and difficult to solve, due to building structures and specific environmental conditions. All of the buildings and artefacts in the city are presently wall structures filled with bricks, which lean on relatively permeable soil, are exposed to an environment rich in saline aerosols, and are continuously lapped by floods and brackish water. The aim of this research was to analyze typical Venetian masonry walls affected by rising damp through the application of non-destructive methods, in order to understand and assess the behavior of construction materials in specific boundary conditions. The data given by non-destructive monitoring in mock-up masonries were compared with dynamic simulations to estimate the hygrothermal behavior and analyze the effect on different parameters, such as the physical properties of new and historical materials (i.e., density, thermal conductivity, etc.), the presence and type of plasters, and the kinds of traditional treatment applications. The evaluation of experimental data, supported by simulations provides to the literature an empirical comprehension of rising damp phenomena in real masonry toward careful heritage conservation.

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  • Erika Guolo & Piercarlo Romagnoni & Tiziano Dalla Mora & Fabio Peron, 2022. "The Rising Damp in Venetian Masonry: Preliminary Results Comparing Laboratory Tests and Dynamic Simulations," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(1), pages 1-12, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2022:i:1:p:76-:d:1010067
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    1. Laura Falchi & Martina Corradini & Eleonora Balliana & Elisabetta Zendri, 2023. "Urban Scale Monitoring Approach for the Assessment of Rising Damp Effects in Venice," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-18, April.

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