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This book presents a critical review on the development and application of hygrothermal analysis methods to simulate the coupled transport processes of Heat, Air, and Moisture (HAM) transfer for one or multidimensional cases. During the past few decades there has been relevant development in this field of study and an increase in the professional use of tools that simulate some of the physical phenomena that are involved in Heat, Air and Moisture conditions in building components or elements. Although there is a significant amount of hygrothermal models referred in the literature, the vast majority of them are not easily available to the public outside the institutions where they were developed, which restricts the analysis of this book to only 14 hygrothermal modelling tools. The special features of this book are (a) a state-of-the-art of numerical simulation tools applied to building physics, (b) the boundary conditions importance, (c) the material properties, namely, experimental methods for the measurement of relevant transport properties, and (d) the numerical investigation and application The main benefit of the book is that it discusses all the topics related to numerical simulation tools in building components (including state-of-the-art and applications) and presents some of the most important theoretical and numerical developments in building physics, providing a self-contained major reference that is appealing to both the scientists and the engineers. At the same time, this book will be going to the encounter of a variety of scientific and engineering disciplines, such as civil and mechanical engineering, architecture, etc… The book is divided in several chapters that intend to be a resume of the current state of knowledge for benefit of professional colleagues.

Building materials -- Congresses. --- Composite materials -- Congresses. --- Engineering mathematics --- Hygrothermoelasticity --- Chemical & Materials Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Applied Mathematics --- Materials Science --- Hygrothermoelasticity. --- Thermoelasticity. --- Hygrothermal effects --- Elastic solids --- Thermal properties --- Engineering. --- Continuum mechanics. --- Building materials. --- Materials science. --- Building Materials. --- Characterization and Evaluation of Materials. --- Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials. --- Material science --- Physical sciences --- Architectural materials --- Architecture --- Building --- Building supplies --- Buildings --- Construction materials --- Structural materials --- Materials --- Mechanics of continua --- Elasticity --- Mechanics, Analytic --- Field theory (Physics) --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Continuum mechanics --- Thermodynamics --- Thermoelasticity --- Building construction. --- Surfaces (Physics). --- Mechanics. --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Solid Mechanics. --- Applied mechanics --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Physics --- Dynamics --- Quantum theory --- Surface chemistry --- Surfaces (Technology)

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This book presents a critical review of a criterion of risk, created to assess the flood risk to heritage buildings, and evaluates this criterion by applying it to the sample Portuguese heritage buildings. In a first approach, the total number of potential parameters is effectively reduced and the selected criteria are divided into two different groups: the monument’s location in relation to a waterway, and the behaviour of its construction material in contact with water. Above all, the book discusses the importance of architectural heritage and argues for the need to safeguard it from extreme climatic phenomena such as floods. As such, the book vividly reminds the scientific community that the intensification of the global warming and climate change will worsen throughout the 21st century, and that it is therefore necessary to adopt preventive measures to minimize, mitigate and control these adverse effects if we hope to avoid catastrophic consequences. At the same time, the book takes into account a broad range of scientific and engineering disciplines, such as civil engineering and architecture, offering a synthesis of the current state of knowledge to benefit and guide experts and practitioners in related fields.

Engineering. --- Building Materials. --- Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences. --- Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management. --- Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts. --- Building construction. --- Ingénierie --- Chemical & Materials Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Materials Science --- Hygrothermoelasticity. --- Buildings --- Environmental engineering. --- Environmental engineering (Buildings) --- Hygrothermal effects --- Environmental management. --- Climate change. --- Geotechnical engineering. --- Building materials. --- Environmental engineering --- Architecture --- Sanitary engineering --- Thermoelasticity --- Human factors --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Engineering, Geotechnical --- Geotechnics --- Geotechnology --- Engineering geology --- Architectural materials --- Building --- Building supplies --- Construction materials --- Structural materials --- Materials --- Environmental aspects --- Global environmental change