Open AccessAN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION INTO MOISTURE-INDUCED EXPANSION OF PLASTERS
Author(s) -
Radoslav Sovják
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
acta polytechnica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.207
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1805-2363
pISSN - 1210-2709
DOI - 10.14311/ap.2015.55.0187
Subject(s) - moisture , materials science , environmental science , composite material
This paper presents an experimental study on moisture-induced expansion of selected plasters. Contactless measurement is introduced and a coefficient of moisture expansion for different building plasters is established. It is found that stresses which might develop in building materials due to moisture variations are equal to or higher than stresses which might be caused by temperature variations.