... paper, and therefore the mechanical properties of the boxes vary significantly with moisture content in the paper and available in the atmosphere. Relative humidity regularly varies between 30 to 90 % depending on location and time of year. Above a relative humidity of 30 %, paper fibers are affected...

...Nan Wang; Feifei Yan; Qibo Qiu; Hongyu Zou; Jingke Zhang; Dongming Bai; Chenyang Suo Chinese ash bolts are extensively utilized for anchoring earthen sites in China, but their physical and mechanical properties are influenced by changes in moisture content during the grout curing process...

...Kim-Yee Lee; Yeong-Nan Phua; Siong-Kang Lim; Kok-Yeow You; Ee Meng Cheng The effects moisture content and temperature are important in microwave measurements and building material engineering. In this article, the relationship between the effects of moisture content/temperature and microwave...

... and the exterior wall on the first floor to measure the moisture content of the wood, together with sensors for measuring environmental conditions in service. It was found that downward vertical movement, i.e., building shortening, occurred from construction to service and leveled off after a period of about 17...

... was conducted on selected soil treated with 0, 3, 6, 9 and 12 % of lime by weight of dry sabkha soil. It was found that the addition of lime to a soil generally results in a reduction of moisture content with reference to compaction and strength, and it leads to an improvement in unconfined compressive strength...

... for a certain period of time to absorb water for intermediate and saturated moisture content. It was observed that the impulse was reduced with the increase in moisture content; on the other hand, strain increased with moisture, as measured by DBU-120A strain-indicating software (MADSER Corp., El Paso, TX...

... movement and moisture content (MC) monitoring systems. The structures were conditioned in a chamber to a MC of approximately 20 %, and then moved into the laboratory environment for drying and loading. Model Structure No. 1 was loaded immediately; model Structure No. 2 was not loaded until after the wood...

...Jieying Wang; Chun Ni; Gamal Mustapha Vertical movement and lumber moisture content (MC) were monitored during the construction of a four-story wood frame residential building in the winter of 2010–2011 in coastal British Columbia, Canada. The work was part of a long-term study to assemble field...

...C. R. Boardman; Samuel V. Glass; Charles G. Carll This study investigates the effects of alkaline copper quaternary (ACQ) preservative treatment and of plywood glue lines on resistance-based moisture content (MC) measurements. Moisture meter readings using stainless steel screws as electrodes were...

... was collected and tested. The calibration curves for the relationship among moisture content, dry density, and stress wave velocities were obtained. In order to verify the validity of the laboratory calibration curves, field tests were also performed on a trial embankment at the site of the reservoir. Comparing...

...Dale J. Greenwell; Marc Y. Menetrez Moisture meters routinely used in the field to determine the moisture content in gypsum wallboard are primarily designed and manufactured to measure the moisture content of wood. Often they are used to decide whether to replace wallboard by determining...

... performance characteristics. KEYWORDS: direct-applied exterior finish system (DEFS), drainage, exterior insulation and finish system (EIFS), moisture content, rainscreen, sheathing membrane, wall cladding, water managed, vapor drive, vapor permeance This paper presents results from an ongoing program...

...P Tian; MM Zaman; JG Laguros Resilient modulus ( M R ), which properly characterizes the load-deformation response of pavement materials under traffic loading, is evaluated. The M R variations due to three different gradations and three different moisture contents were investigated for Richard Spur...

... the moisture content of asphalt-aggregate paving mixtures during the construction process. Currently the only standardized method for determining moisture content of asphalt-aggregate mixtures is the distillation procedure (ASTM D 1461), a method generally too cumbersome for routine production testing...

... by Centrifuge (D 1796) and the ASTM Standard Method of Test for Water and Sediment in Distillate Fuels by Centrifuge (D 2709) and uses a 1:1 mixture of toluene and isopropanol as solvent for centrifugation. Its repeatability is on the order of 0.002 percent. sediments gas-oil moisture content...

... of the material as it is just after mixing and, consequently, the mixes were retarded by the addition of small quantities of sugar to minimize the effect of hydration. Theoretical equations are developed to express the dependence of these two quantities on the initial moisture content of the mix and the applied...