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Frontiers of Architectural Research

ISSN 2095-2635

ISSN 2095-2643(Online)

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Front. Archit. Res.    2013, Vol. 2 Issue (4) : 483-487    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2013.08.006
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Experimental study of the isothermal sorption properties of late Qing and 1980s grey bricks in Wujiang, Suzhou, China
Yonghui Li(), Huarong Xie, Jianguo Wang, Xinjian Li
School of Architecture, Key Laboratory of Urban and Architectural Heritage Conservation of Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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Abstract

Grey brick is a key material in Chinese traditional architecture. The isothermal sorption curve of grey bricks is one of the basic moisture characteristics for studying the heat transfer of brick building enclosure structures and is also a fundamental parameter of research into the degradation mechanisms of Chinese traditional architecture. In this study, we measure the isothermal sorption curves of Wujiang (Suzhou, China) bricks from the 1980s and the late Qing period, by applying constant relative humidity controlled by saturated salt-water solutions under isothermal conditions. We then present their fitting formulas for humidity bound ranges of 5_92%. The results indicate that samples of the same-area traditional Suzhou grey bricks from different time periods show relatively large differences in their isothermal sorption properties, with the isothermal sorption property values of the late Qing grey bricks about three times those of the 1980s grey bricks.

Keywords Grey brick      Periods      Equilibrium moisture content      Isothermal sorption      Suzhou     
Corresponding Author(s): Li Yonghui,Email:liyonghui@seu.edu.cn   
Issue Date: 05 December 2013
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Yonghui Li,Huarong Xie,Jianguo Wang, et al. Experimental study of the isothermal sorption properties of late Qing and 1980s grey bricks in Wujiang, Suzhou, China[J]. Front. Archit. Res., 2013, 2(4): 483-487.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/foar/EN/10.1016/j.foar.2013.08.006
https://academic.hep.com.cn/foar/EN/Y2013/V2/I4/483
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