Abstract
Durability is defined "The ability of a product to maintain its required
performance over a given time, under the influence of foreseeable actions,
subject to normal maintenance". During their functional life, building
components are exposed to moisture and other environment hazards in numerous
ways, a fact that must be taken into account during manufacture and product
development. For mould and decay development, different mathematical modelling
exists based on laboratory and field studies. These can be used also for
evaluating the different material properties for durability and service life
of wooden products. In the future, the life time expectations and analyses of
different building products will need more data on the durability of products,
service life and resistance against mould and decay, not only data on wood
material itself. The mould and decay models can be incorporated with climatic
and building physic models to evaluate the effect of different exposure
conditions on the durability and service life of wooden products. This paper
presents state-of-art on modelling mould and decay of wooden structures
exposed to climatic conditions.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Final conference proceedings, Bordeaux, France, 29-30 September 2008, Sustainability through new technologies for enchanced wood durability “Socio-economic perspectives of treated wood for the common European market” |
| Pages | 85-96 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | COST Action E37 Final Conference Socio-economic perspectives of treated wood for the common European market - Bordeaux, France Duration: 29 Sept 2008 → 30 Sept 2008 |
Conference
| Conference | COST Action E37 Final Conference Socio-economic perspectives of treated wood for the common European market |
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| Country/Territory | France |
| City | Bordeaux |
| Period | 29/09/08 → 30/09/08 |