Publication detail

CERAMIC MASONRY UNITS INTENDED FOR THE MASONRY RESISTANT TO HIGH HUMIDITY

ZACH, J. NOVÁK, V. SEDLMAJER, M. HROUDOVÁ, J.

Original Title

CERAMIC MASONRY UNITS INTENDED FOR THE MASONRY RESISTANT TO HIGH HUMIDITY

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The Faculty of Civil Engineering has been developing modern masonry blocks for several years. The aim is to develop masonry units that provide a good thermal insulation, mechanical and acoustic properties and a reduction in the energy consumption required for their production. Given the ever increasing frequency of natural disasters, which also affect landlocked countries, a part of this research also focuses on the development of ceramic blocks resistant to high humidity. High humidity is one of the most harmful effects occurring in a building construction. It causes an overall deterioration of the building construction and can lead to its degradation. Ceramic-brick constructions are already under stress due to a high humidity during the building period and also afterwards during their use. However, natural disasters such as floods, which have often occurred in the Czech Republic in recent years, cause the destruction of building constructions and their subsequent demolition. The paper deals with the possibility of a preventive use of hydrophobic ceramic masonry units intended for masonry plinths. This hydrophobisation serves as the prevention in the cases, in which the conventional waterproofing fails and also in the case of an extremely high humidity.

Keywords

ceramic masonry blocks, high humidity, hydrophobic, waterproofing, capillary absorption

Authors

ZACH, J.; NOVÁK, V.; SEDLMAJER, M.; HROUDOVÁ, J.

RIV year

2015

Released

14. 9. 2015

Publisher

IMT

Location

Slovenija

ISBN

1580-2949

Periodical

Materiali in tehnologije

Year of study

2015

Number

49

State

Republic of Slovenia

Pages from

817

Pages to

820

Pages count

4

BibTex

@article{BUT117216,
  author="Vítězslav {Novák} and Jiří {Zach} and Jitka {Peterková} and Martin {Sedlmajer}",
  title="CERAMIC MASONRY UNITS INTENDED FOR THE MASONRY
RESISTANT TO HIGH HUMIDITY",
  journal="Materiali in tehnologije",
  year="2015",
  volume="2015",
  number="49",
  pages="817--820",
  doi="10.17222/mit.2014.170",
  issn="1580-2949"
}