Publication detail

Impact of Thermal and Moisture Expansion on Design of Wooden Façade Elements for Retrofitting of Buildings

NEČASOVÁ, B. LIŠKA, P. NOVOTNÝ, M.

Original Title

Impact of Thermal and Moisture Expansion on Design of Wooden Façade Elements for Retrofitting of Buildings

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

Building structures have been designed such that they are able to withstand the adverse effects of the environment for a certain time. The terms "for a certain time" and "the surrounding environment" are used for a purpose here, and that is because the phenomenon of ageing buildings is currently an increasingly discussed problem that is faced by every larger city. The materials used in the buildings, such as façade cladding, age just as the buildings themselves do. An immense pressure has been currently put on designers to use environmentally friendly materials not only for new buildings but also for the retrofitting of existing ones. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that wood or wood composite materials are convenient solution for restoration of façades of administrative or commercial buildings, however, since the new cladding have to be connected with an old load bearing structure, the designers have to overcome many limitations. One of the main difficulties is high thermal and moisture expansion of these materials which has a direct impact on the appearance of the façade. The obtained results showed that expansion properties should be studied closely when using wooden elements in the design and that a neglection can lead to a premature failure of the system.

Keywords

Cladding; Expansion; Façade; Moisture; Stiffness; Thermal; Wood;

Authors

NEČASOVÁ, B.; LIŠKA, P.; NOVOTNÝ, M.

Released

23. 8. 2018

Publisher

Trans Tech Publications

Location

Switzerland

ISBN

978-80-01-06347-7

Book

Sanace a rekonstrukce staveb 2017

ISBN

1013-9826

Periodical

Key Engineering Materials (print)

Year of study

776

Number

1

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

15

Pages to

22

Pages count

8

URL

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT141550,
  author="Barbora {Nečasová} and Pavel {Liška} and Michal {Novotný}",
  title="Impact of Thermal and Moisture Expansion on Design of Wooden Façade Elements for Retrofitting of Buildings",
  booktitle="Sanace a rekonstrukce staveb 2017",
  year="2018",
  journal="Key Engineering Materials (print)",
  volume="776",
  number="1",
  pages="15--22",
  publisher="Trans Tech Publications",
  address="Switzerland",
  doi="10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.776.15",
  isbn="978-80-01-06347-7",
  issn="1013-9826",
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