Rising damp in masonry walls and the imp
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Eric Rirsch; Zhongyi Zhang
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Article
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2010
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Elsevier Science
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English
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This paper briefly reviews the rising damp phenomenon with a discussion of the controlling mechanisms and contributing factors such as capillary effect, water absorption, evaporation and salt formation. It also presents the results of a study on rising damp based upon a practical year-long test. Mea