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An inverse modelling approach to estimate the hygric parameters of clay-based masonry during a Moisture Buffer Value test
Dubois, Samuel; McGregor, Fionn; Evrard, Arnaud et al.
2014In Building and Environment, 81, p. 192-203
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Keywords :
Moisture Buffer Value; Clay; HAM modelling; MCMC; DREAM
Abstract :
[en] This paper presents an inverse modelling approach for parameter estimation of a model dedicated to the description of moisture mass transfer in porous hygroscopic building materials. The hygric behaviour of unfired clay-based masonry samples is specifically studied here and the Moisture Buffer Value (MBV) protocol is proposed as a data source from which it is possible to estimate several parameters at once. Those include materials properties and experimental parameters. For this purpose, the mass of two clay samples with different compositions is continuously monitored during several consecutive humidity cycles in isothermal conditions. Independently of these dynamic experimental tests, their moisture storage and transport parameters are measured with standard steady-state methods. A simple moisture transfer model developed in COMSOL Multiphysics is used to predict the moisture uptake/release behaviour during the MBV tests. The set of model parameters values that minimizes the difference between simulated and experimental results is then automatically estimated using an inverse modelling algorithm based on Bayesian techniques. For materials properties, the optimized parameters values are compared to values that were experimentally measured in steady state. And because a precise understanding of parameters is needed to assess the confidence in the inverse modelling results, a sensitivity analysis of the model is also provided.
Disciplines :
Materials science & engineering
Author, co-author :
Dubois, Samuel ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Sciences et technologie de l'environnement > Agriculture de précision
McGregor, Fionn;  University of Bath > Architecture and Civil Engineering
Evrard, Arnaud;  Université Catholique de Louvain - UCL > Architecture et Climat
Heath, Andrew;  University of Bath > Architecture and Civil Engineering
Lebeau, Frédéric  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Sciences et technologie de l'environnement > Agriculture de précision
Language :
English
Title :
An inverse modelling approach to estimate the hygric parameters of clay-based masonry during a Moisture Buffer Value test
Alternative titles :
[fr] Méthode de modélisation inverse pour l'estimation des paramètres hydriques d'échantillons d'argiles sur base d'un test MBV
Publication date :
November 2014
Journal title :
Building and Environment
ISSN :
0360-1323
eISSN :
1873-684X
Publisher :
Pergamon Press - An Imprint of Elsevier Science, Oxford, United Kingdom
Volume :
81
Pages :
192-203
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
FRIA - Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture [BE]
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