Publication detail

Influence of orientation of building on indoor conditions in historical roof truss

SIBILLA, L. VLČEK, M. STRUHALA, K. KŘÍŽ, P.

Original Title

Influence of orientation of building on indoor conditions in historical roof truss

Type

journal article - other

Language

English

Original Abstract

Protection of historical roof trusses is an important part of efforts to protect our cultural heritage. These timber structures carry a lot of information about used tools, technologies or construction processes. Roof trusses are generally threatened by many dangers, which could cause irreparable damage and loss of the carried information. Wood destroying insects and fungi are the gravest threat to historical roof trusses in our climatic conditions. Their spreading depends on several specific (interior) conditions. These include critical moisture content in the wood, relative humidity, amount of natural light and ventilation. In addition to these commonly monitored parameters (and their critical levels) we also must not forget the influence of local geography, biotope or orientation to the cardinal. This paper describes temporal fluctuations of some of the mentioned physical parameters in a historical roof truss with regard to external climatic conditions and orientation to the cardinal.

Keywords

relative humidity, wood moisture, fungal occurrence, structural damage, spreading of insect

Authors

SIBILLA, L.; VLČEK, M.; STRUHALA, K.; KŘÍŽ, P.

Released

28. 1. 2016

Publisher

Trans Tech Publications

Location

Switzerland

ISBN

2234-9901

Periodical

Trans Tech Publications

Year of study

2016

Number

824

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

267

Pages to

277

Pages count

11

URL

http://www.scientific.net/AMM.824.267

BibTex

@article{BUT115295,
  author="Luboš {Sibilla} and Milan {Vlček} and Karel {Struhala} and Pavel {Kříž}",
  title="Influence of orientation of building on indoor conditions in historical roof truss",
  journal="Trans Tech Publications",
  year="2016",
  volume="2016",
  number="824",
  pages="267--277",
  doi="10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.824.267",
  issn="2234-9901",
  url="http://www.scientific.net/AMM.824.267"
}