Towards hygrothermal characterization of rammed earth with small-scale dynamic methods

Hygrothermal analysis of building envelopes requires high-quality input data and thoroughly tested models. To improve a model developed in Comsol Multiphysics for assessing the hygrothermal performance of rammed earth constructions, flexible dynamic small-scale experiments are presented. First, an experimental study shows the sample production, test setup and methodology and some preliminary test results are included. Next, a numerical study to simulate and further design the experiments is carried out.