MONITORING OF THERMAL CONDITIONS IN BUILDING STONE WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO FREEZE-THAW EVENTS
MONITORING OF THERMAL CONDITIONS IN BUILDING STONE WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO FREEZE-THAW EVENTS
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监测建筑石材的热状况,特别是冻融事件
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2006
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K. Hall
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K. Hall
Although attempting to consider the impact of freeze-thaw, the monitoring of associated thermal conditions must, effectively, be context free. This is im- portant for several reasons. First, although freeze-thaw is being evaluated, data must be of a nature that also allows determination of the spatial and temporal role of other processes. Second, by being 'holistic' rather than (assumed) 'spe- cific' in character the data do not pre-determine the outcomes. Third, by being able to be used for evaluation of multiple processes the data are, paradoxically, of a nature that facilitates a more detailed understanding of freeze-thaw activity itself. In considering freeze-thaw it is important to recognize that the process is not a singularity but rather comprises a range of mechanisms, each determined by an interaction between thermal and moisture conditions with the properties of any given building material. In the absence of (the required) moisture data, the thermal data need to be adequate to validate, or invalidate, specific me- chanisms, as well as to offer indirect proxy information indicating whether or not some form of freeze-thaw weathering indeed took place. Significant in this regard are not just freeze-thaw amplitudes and durations but also the associ- ated rate of change of temperature (�˚ T/�˚ t). In addition, the record rate must be fast enough to monitor (should they occur) 'exotherms' - the latent heat re- leased as water turns to ice; this being a proxy identification that water was present and did indeed freeze (the finding of 'zero curtains' can also be used as a proxy for the existence of water that froze within the material). In reality, the thermal data acquisition requirements for monitoring of both �˚ T/�˚ t rates and exotherms are effectively the same; namely high-frequency thermal moni- toring at an interval of at least one-minute. Thermal monitoring at one-minute intervals may have produced logistical problems in the past but modern data loggers with multiple channels, long-life battery power and large storage capac- ities can handle such requirements with ease. The resulting data are of a tem- poral nature that allows for the evaluation of thermal stresses, especially those associated with �˚ T/�˚ t events i2 °C. min -1 . Equally, such data are able to resolve the short-interval heat transfer associated with latent heat release at phase transfer. Significantly, such data not only identify the occurrence of exo-