As propriedades hidráulicas do solo de interesse são a curva de retenção da água no solo, a condutividade hidráulica e difusividade hidráulica, ambas em função do conteúdo de água no solo. Estas propriedades dependem do tamanho, forma, distribuição e grau de interconexões dos poros. O método do perfil instantâneo é um dos métodos mais utilizados na determinação da condutividade hidráulica do solo não saturado pela sua simplicidade experimental e matemática. Assim, este projeto visa avaliar a) a condutividade hidráulica em função do conteúdo de água em dois solos bem distintos estruturalmente pelo método do perfil instantâneo, com e sem a remoção de horizontes sobrejacentes, estimando o conteúdo de água via curvas de retenção determinadas em laboratório e em campo, e b) o sistema poroso do solo por meio de técnicas de análise de imagens e correlacionar os resultados à condutividade hidráulica do solo não saturado obtido pelo método do perfil instantâneo. O experimento foi conduzido em quatro horizontes de um Latossolo e de um Nitossolo. A CRA em campo foi elaborada utilizando-se tensiômetros com manômetro de mercúrio, enquanto que a CRA em laboratório foi determinada com amostras de solo com estrutura indeformada em funis de placa porosa e em câmara de pressão com placa porosa. A condutividade hidráulica não saturada foi determinada pelo método indireto em laboratório e em campo, seguindo a metodologia do método do perfil instantâneo, sem e com a remoção dos horizontes sobrejacentes. De acordo com os resultados obtidos, pode-se concluir que: (a) os valores do conteúdo de água médio à base de volume para cada tensão em campo foram menores que os obtidos em laboratório em praticamente todas as tensões; (b) a eficiência da equação de ajuste da curva de retenção da água foi maior para o método de laboratório; (c) as análises micromorfométricas tenderam a subestimar os valores de área de poro para todas as classes de tamanho de poros e horizontes; (d) a análise micromorfométrica fornece uma estimativa do grau de interconexões do sistema poroso; (e) pequenas mudanças no conteúdo de água no solo afetam o valor de difusividade hidráulica em um grau muito menor que a condutividade hidráulica; e (f) é necessário ter cautela ao utilizar dados de laboratório para representar as condições de campo, visto que os valores de K(θ) foram superestimados pela CRA obtida em laboratório, em relação ao método de campo, ocorrendo de forma mais pronunciada nas menores tensões da água no solo. / The soil hydraulic properties of interest are the soil water retention curve, hydraulic conductivity and hydraulic diffusivity, both as a function of the soil water content. These properties depend on the size, shape, distribution and degree of pore interconnections. The instantaneous profile method is one of the most used methods to determine the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity due to its experimental and mathematical simplicity. Thus, this project aims to evaluate a) hydraulic conductivity as a function of water content in two distinct structured soils by the instant profile method, without/with removal of overlying horizons, estimating the soil water content through retention curves determined in the laboratory and in the field, and b) the soil porous system using image analysis techniques and correlation the results to the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity obtained by the instant profile method. The experiment was conducted on four horizons of a Ferralsols and a Nitisol. The SWRC was made with tensiometers with mercury manometers, while a SWRC in the laboratory was made with undisturbed soil samples in porous plate funnels and in porous plate pressure chamber. The unsaturated hydraulic conductivity was determined by the indirect method in the laboratory and using the instant profile method in the field, without/with removal of the overlying horizons. The conclusions are: (a) the water content for each tension in the field are smaller than those obtained in the laboratory at practically all tensions; (b) the efficiency of the water retention curve fitting equation was greater for the laboratory method; (c) the micromorphometric analysis tended to underestimate pore area values for all pore size classes and horizons; (d) the micromorphometric analysis provides an estimation of the porous system interconnections degree; (e) small changes in soil water content affect the hydraulic diffusion values to a much lower degree than the hydraulic conductivity; and (f) it is necessary to take care in using laboratory data to represent field conditions, since the values of K(θ) were overrated by the laboratory SWRC, compared to the field, more pronounced in smaller water tensions.

As propriedades hidráulicas do solo de interesse são a curva de retenção da água no solo, a condutividade hidráulica e difusividade hidráulica, ambas em função do conteúdo de água no solo. Estas propriedades dependem do tamanho, forma, distribuição e grau de interconexões dos poros. O método do perfil instantâneo é um dos métodos mais utilizados na determinação da condutividade hidráulica do solo não saturado pela sua simplicidade experimental e matemática. Assim, este projeto visa avaliar a) a condutividade hidráulica em função do conteúdo de água em dois solos bem distintos estruturalmente pelo método do perfil instantâneo, com e sem a remoção de horizontes sobrejacentes, estimando o conteúdo de água via curvas de retenção determinadas em laboratório e em campo, e b) o sistema poroso do solo por meio de técnicas de análise de imagens e correlacionar os resultados à condutividade hidráulica do solo não saturado obtido pelo método do perfil instantâneo. O experimento foi conduzido em quatro horizontes de um Latossolo e de um Nitossolo. A CRA em campo foi elaborada utilizando-se tensiômetros com manômetro de mercúrio, enquanto que a CRA em laboratório foi determinada com amostras de solo com estrutura indeformada em funis de placa porosa e em câmara de pressão com placa porosa. A condutividade hidráulica não saturada foi determinada pelo método indireto em laboratório e em campo, seguindo a metodologia do método do perfil instantâneo, sem e com a remoção dos horizontes sobrejacentes. De acordo com os resultados obtidos, pode-se concluir que: (a) os valores do conteúdo de água médio à base de volume para cada tensão em campo foram menores que os obtidos em laboratório em praticamente todas as tensões; (b) a eficiência da equação de ajuste da curva de retenção da água foi maior para o método de laboratório; (c) as análises micromorfométricas tenderam a subestimar os valores de área de poro para todas as classes de tamanho de poros e horizontes; (d) a análise micromorfométrica fornece uma estimativa do grau de interconexões do sistema poroso; (e) pequenas mudanças no conteúdo de água no solo afetam o valor de difusividade hidráulica em um grau muito menor que a condutividade hidráulica; e (f) é necessário ter cautela ao utilizar dados de laboratório para representar as condições de campo, visto que os valores de K(θ) foram superestimados pela CRA obtida em laboratório, em relação ao método de campo, ocorrendo de forma mais pronunciada nas menores tensões da água no solo. / The soil hydraulic properties of interest are the soil water retention curve, hydraulic conductivity and hydraulic diffusivity, both as a function of the soil water content. These properties depend on the size, shape, distribution and degree of pore interconnections. The instantaneous profile method is one of the most used methods to determine the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity due to its experimental and mathematical simplicity. Thus, this project aims to evaluate a) hydraulic conductivity as a function of water content in two distinct structured soils by the instant profile method, without/with removal of overlying horizons, estimating the soil water content through retention curves determined in the laboratory and in the field, and b) the soil porous system using image analysis techniques and correlation the results to the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity obtained by the instant profile method. The experiment was conducted on four horizons of a Ferralsols and a Nitisol. The SWRC was made with tensiometers with mercury manometers, while a SWRC in the laboratory was made with undisturbed soil samples in porous plate funnels and in porous plate pressure chamber. The unsaturated hydraulic conductivity was determined by the indirect method in the laboratory and using the instant profile method in the field, without/with removal of the overlying horizons. The conclusions are: (a) the water content for each tension in the field are smaller than those obtained in the laboratory at practically all tensions; (b) the efficiency of the water retention curve fitting equation was greater for the laboratory method; (c) the micromorphometric analysis tended to underestimate pore area values for all pore size classes and horizons; (d) the micromorphometric analysis provides an estimation of the porous system interconnections degree; (e) small changes in soil water content affect the hydraulic diffusion values to a much lower degree than the hydraulic conductivity; and (f) it is necessary to take care in using laboratory data to represent field conditions, since the values of K(θ) were overrated by the laboratory SWRC, compared to the field, more pronounced in smaller water tensions.

O objetivo do presente trabalho foi estudar a variabilidade espacial dos parâmetros da equação da condutividade hidráulica determinada no campo em função do conteúdo de água no solo, pelo método do perfil instantâneo, e avaliar a estabilidade temporal da armazenagem da água no solo, com vistas a identificação de um local de amostragem ótimo para a determinação da densidade de fluxo da água pela equação de Darcy-Buckingham. O estudo foi desenvolvido num Latossolo Vermelho Amarelo, textura areno-argiloso, em área experimental do Campus "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo, município de Piracicaba, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Suas coordenadas geográficas são: 22° 42’ 43,3’’ de latitude sul, 47° 37’ 10,4’’ de longitude oeste e 456 m de altitude. A parcela experimental apresentava um comprimento de 45 m e uma largura de 15 m, na qual foram instalados 40 tubos de alumínio para acesso de uma sonda de nêutrons para medida do conteúdo da água no solo nas profundidades 0,20 m; 0,40 m; 0,60 m; 0,80 m e 1,00 m e cálculo da armazenagem da água no perfil 0- 1,0 m. A distribuição desses tubos foi feita na forma de uma grade de quatro colunas por dez linhas, com cada tubo distando de seu vizinho de 5 m. As funções K(θ) nos 40 pontos foram determinadas a partir das análises de regressão de θ em função de lnt e hz em função de lnt, durante o processo de redistribuição da água no solo. De posse das 40 funções K(θ) nas cinco profundidades estudadas, foram aplicadas as técnicas geoestatitisticas para o estudo da variabilidade espacial dos parâmetros θ0, K0 e γ da função. Foi realizada também a análise da estabilidade temporal da armazenagem da água no solo, ao longo do período de redistribuição da água no solo para verificar quais e quantos são os locais adequados para o monitoramento da água precisão aceitável e reduzido esforço amostral. Pelos resultados obtidos, pôde-se concluir que: a) os métodos geoestatísticos utilizados foram adequados para descrever a estrutura de dependência espacial dos parâmetros da relação da condutividade hidráulica em função da umidade do solo: θ0 , K0 e γ; b) para as três variáveis estudadas ( θ0 , K0 e γ) houve estrutura de dependência espacial dos parâmetros na escala utilizada com alcances máximos de 8,33, 19,09 e 10,35 m; c) a técnica da estabilidade temporal que possibilita identificar, no campo, o ponto, ou os pontos, que representam a média e os pontos que superestimam ou subestimam a média real de determinada variável, identificou, para os valores de armazenagem da água no solo do presente estudo, os pontos 19, 20 e 21 como os mais representativos da média geral do campo; d) a metodologia com base nos coeficientes de correlação de Spearman também permitiu concluir que os valores de armazenagem da água no solo, foram estáveis no tempo, para os 40 pontos amostrados. Palavras-chave: perfil instantâneo, estabilidade temporal, sonda de nêutrons, armazenagem / The objective of this work was to study the spatial variability of the parameters of the hydraulic conductivity equation determined in the field as a function of soil water content, by the instantaneous profile method, and to evaluate the soil water storage time stability, in order to identify a sampling location for the determination of soil water flux by means of Darcy-Buckingham equation. The study was carried out in a clay sandy Oxisol in the country of Piracicaba, State of São Paulo, Brazil (22º42’ 43,3’’ S, 47° 37’ 10,4’’ W, 546 m). The dimensions of the experimental plot were 45 m x 15 m in wich 40 aluminium tubes were installed to acess a neutron probe to measure the soil water content at the depths of 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1.0 m and, then, calculate the soil water storage of the 0 - 1.0 m soil layer. The distribution of these tubes were made in grid of four columns by ten lines in spacing of 5m x 5m. The Kθ functions were determined in the 40 points from regression analyses of θ as function lnt and hz as a function of lnt, being K the hydraulic conductivity, θ the volumetric soil water content, z h the soil water storage in the 0 - Z m layer and t the soil water redistribution time. With the 40 Kθ functions in the five studied soil depths, geostatistical techniques were used to evaluate the spatial variability of the parameters 0 θ , 0 K and γ of the function ( ) [ ] 0 0 exp θ θ γ − = K K , where the subindex o means lnt = 0. Soil water storage time stability analysis were also carried out along the soil water redistribution period in order to verify which and how many are the adequate locations for water monitoring with acceptable precisi on and reduced sample effort. From the results, the follwing could conclude: (i) the used geostatistical methods were adequate to described the spatial dependence structure of the parameters θ0 , Kθ0 and γ; (ii) there were a spatial dependence structure of the parameters in the used scale with maximum ranges of 8.33, 19.09 and 10.35 m; (iii) from the time stability technique, it was possible to identify the points 19,20 and 21 as the more representative of the field overall mean; (iv) the rank Spearmam coefficients also showed that the soil water storage of the 40 sampled points were in the time.

O objetivo do presente trabalho foi estudar a variabilidade espacial dos parâmetros da equação da condutividade hidráulica determinada no campo em função do conteúdo de água no solo, pelo método do perfil instantâneo, e avaliar a estabilidade temporal da armazenagem da água no solo, com vistas a identificação de um local de amostragem ótimo para a determinação da densidade de fluxo da água pela equação de Darcy-Buckingham. O estudo foi desenvolvido num Latossolo Vermelho Amarelo, textura areno-argiloso, em área experimental do Campus "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo, município de Piracicaba, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Suas coordenadas geográficas são: 22° 42’ 43,3’’ de latitude sul, 47° 37’ 10,4’’ de longitude oeste e 456 m de altitude. A parcela experimental apresentava um comprimento de 45 m e uma largura de 15 m, na qual foram instalados 40 tubos de alumínio para acesso de uma sonda de nêutrons para medida do conteúdo da água no solo nas profundidades 0,20 m; 0,40 m; 0,60 m; 0,80 m e 1,00 m e cálculo da armazenagem da água no perfil 0- 1,0 m. A distribuição desses tubos foi feita na forma de uma grade de quatro colunas por dez linhas, com cada tubo distando de seu vizinho de 5 m. As funções K(θ) nos 40 pontos foram determinadas a partir das análises de regressão de θ em função de lnt e hz em função de lnt, durante o processo de redistribuição da água no solo. De posse das 40 funções K(θ) nas cinco profundidades estudadas, foram aplicadas as técnicas geoestatitisticas para o estudo da variabilidade espacial dos parâmetros θ0, K0 e γ da função. Foi realizada também a análise da estabilidade temporal da armazenagem da água no solo, ao longo do período de redistribuição da água no solo para verificar quais e quantos são os locais adequados para o monitoramento da água precisão aceitável e reduzido esforço amostral. Pelos resultados obtidos, pôde-se concluir que: a) os métodos geoestatísticos utilizados foram adequados para descrever a estrutura de dependência espacial dos parâmetros da relação da condutividade hidráulica em função da umidade do solo: θ0 , K0 e γ; b) para as três variáveis estudadas ( θ0 , K0 e γ) houve estrutura de dependência espacial dos parâmetros na escala utilizada com alcances máximos de 8,33, 19,09 e 10,35 m; c) a técnica da estabilidade temporal que possibilita identificar, no campo, o ponto, ou os pontos, que representam a média e os pontos que superestimam ou subestimam a média real de determinada variável, identificou, para os valores de armazenagem da água no solo do presente estudo, os pontos 19, 20 e 21 como os mais representativos da média geral do campo; d) a metodologia com base nos coeficientes de correlação de Spearman também permitiu concluir que os valores de armazenagem da água no solo, foram estáveis no tempo, para os 40 pontos amostrados. Palavras-chave: perfil instantâneo, estabilidade temporal, sonda de nêutrons, armazenagem / The objective of this work was to study the spatial variability of the parameters of the hydraulic conductivity equation determined in the field as a function of soil water content, by the instantaneous profile method, and to evaluate the soil water storage time stability, in order to identify a sampling location for the determination of soil water flux by means of Darcy-Buckingham equation. The study was carried out in a clay sandy Oxisol in the country of Piracicaba, State of São Paulo, Brazil (22º42’ 43,3’’ S, 47° 37’ 10,4’’ W, 546 m). The dimensions of the experimental plot were 45 m x 15 m in wich 40 aluminium tubes were installed to acess a neutron probe to measure the soil water content at the depths of 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1.0 m and, then, calculate the soil water storage of the 0 - 1.0 m soil layer. The distribution of these tubes were made in grid of four columns by ten lines in spacing of 5m x 5m. The Kθ functions were determined in the 40 points from regression analyses of θ as function lnt and hz as a function of lnt, being K the hydraulic conductivity, θ the volumetric soil water content, z h the soil water storage in the 0 - Z m layer and t the soil water redistribution time. With the 40 Kθ functions in the five studied soil depths, geostatistical techniques were used to evaluate the spatial variability of the parameters 0 θ , 0 K and γ of the function ( ) [ ] 0 0 exp θ θ γ − = K K , where the subindex o means lnt = 0. Soil water storage time stability analysis were also carried out along the soil water redistribution period in order to verify which and how many are the adequate locations for water monitoring with acceptable precisi on and reduced sample effort. From the results, the follwing could conclude: (i) the used geostatistical methods were adequate to described the spatial dependence structure of the parameters θ0 , Kθ0 and γ; (ii) there were a spatial dependence structure of the parameters in the used scale with maximum ranges of 8.33, 19.09 and 10.35 m; (iii) from the time stability technique, it was possible to identify the points 19,20 and 21 as the more representative of the field overall mean; (iv) the rank Spearmam coefficients also showed that the soil water storage of the 40 sampled points were in the time.

The achievable accuracy of hygrothermal building component simulation is significantly dependent on the applied material functions. These functions are determined by the material modelling marking the connection between the basic storage and transport parameters which are obtained from basic measurements, and the storage and transport coefficients which are defined within the balance and flow equations. It is the aim of the present study to develop a flexible and widely applicable material model which is not restricted to the current level of the transport theory. Furthermore, limits and options of this model are to be validated by means of four building materials on the basis of special transient moisture profile measurements. The study’s starting point is a comprehensive investigation of both, the different existing modelling approaches and the available experimental methods to determine basic hygrothermal material parameters. On this basis, the material modelling is set into the context of the heat and moisture transport theory derived from thermodynamics. The involved limits and restrictions are highlighted and options as well as requirements for further developments are pointed out. The developments this study focuses on comprise three fields: experiments for basic property determination, material modelling, and experiments for material model validation. The set of basic material investigation methods has been extended by the drying experiment under defined conditions. The different influences on the drying as well as its application to hygrothermal material model calibration are pointed out and appraised. On this basis, a drying apparatus is designed, built and applied. Ultimately, standardisation criteria and the derivation of a single-value drying coefficient are evaluated. Appropriate extensions are indicated. Based on the bundle of tubes approach, an own material model is developed. It is coupled with a mechanistical approach accounting for serial and parallel structured moisture transport phenomena. The derived liquid water conductivity is adjusted by the help of measured conductivity data close to saturation as well as within the hygroscopic moisture range. Subsequently, two internal modelling parameters are calibrated which is done by numerical simulation of the water uptake and the drying experiment under consideration of the hysteresis of moisture storage. Facilitating its application to the obtained laboratory data, the material model has been implemented into a computer program. It is applied to the four building materials brick, lime-sand brick, aerated concrete and calcium silicate. The adjusted material functions are shown and discussed. In all four cases, the calibration provides an excellent agreement between measured and calculated material behaviour. As experimental basis of the material model validation, the instantaneous profile measurement technique (IPM) has been extended to be applied in Building Physics. Special equipment is developed and measurement procedures are designed. Different models to derive the water content from dielectric data obtained by Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) measurements are evaluated and implemented. Ultimately, an extensive program of transient moisture profile measurements within the hygroscopic and the overhygroscopic moisture content range is conducted and evaluated. Within the frame of validation, the developments on the experimental as well as on the modelling fields are combined. The IPM experiments are recalculated on the basis of the measured initial and boundary conditions applying the adjusted and calibrated material functions. The comparison of measured and calculated data reveals the power of the developed material modelling just as the consequences of the simplifications made on the transport theory level. The distinct influences of the hysteresis of moisture storage consisting of effects depending on the process history and effects depending on the process dynamics, are proven. By the presented study, the material modelling has been decisively further developed, the set of basic measurement methods has been extended by a substantial experiment and the instantaneous profile measurement technique has been made applicable to Building Physics. Moreover, the influences of the process history and the process dynamics on the moisture transport and the resulting moisture profiles could be shown and proven. By that, not only a material model is now available which perfectly applies to the requirements of flexibility, applicability and extendability. The obtained data provides also a powerful basis for further research and development. / Die Genauigkeit hygrothermischer Bauteilsimulation hängt maßgeblich von den verwendeten Materialfunktionen ab. Sie werden durch die Materialmodellierung bestimmt, welche die Verbindung zwischen den aus Basisexperimenten gewonnenen Speicher- und Transportparametern sowie den innerhalb der Bilanz- und Flussgleichungen definierten Speicher- und Transportkoeffizienten herstellt. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist zum einen die Entwicklung eines flexiblen, breit anwendbaren und gleichzeitig nicht auf den gegenwärtigen Stand der Transporttheorie beschränkten Materialmodells. Dessen Grenzen und Möglichkeiten sollen zum anderen auf der Grundlage spezieller instationärer Feuchteprofilmessungen anhand von vier Baustoffen untersucht und aufgezeigt werden. Ausgangspunkt der Arbeit ist eine ausführliche Beleuchtung sowohl der vorhandenen Modellansätze als auch der zur Verfügung stehenden experimentellen Methoden zur Bestimmung hygrothermischer Basisparameter. Auf dieser Grundlage wird die Materialmodellierung in den Kontext der aus der Thermodynamik abgeleiteten Wärmeund Feuchtetransporttheorie eingeordnet. Die damit verbundenen Grenzen und Einschränkungen werden hervorgehoben und Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten sowie weiterer Entwicklungsbedarf aufgezeigt. Dieser umfasst drei Bereiche: die Experimente zur Bestimmung von Basisparametern, die Materialmodellierung, sowie Experimente zur Modellvalidierung. Die Reihe der Basisexperimente wird um den Trocknungsversuch unter definierten Bedingungen erweitert. Die verschiedenen Einflüsse auf die Trocknung und deren Anwendung in der Kalibrierung hygrothermischer Materialmodellierung werden herausgestellt und bewertet. Darauf aufbauend wird eine Apparatur entworfen, gebaut und angewendet. Schließlich werden Kriterien zur Standardisierung und Ableitung eines Einzahlenkennwertes evaluiert. Sinnvolle Erweiterungen werden aufgezeigt. Es wird ein eigenes Materialmodell auf der Grundlage eines Porenbündelansatzes hergeleitet, welches mit einem mechanistischen Ansatz gekoppelt wird, der den Feuchtetransport in seriell und parallel strukturierte Bereiche untergliedert. Die abgeleitete Flüssigwasserleitfähigkeit wird anhand von Leitfähigkeitsmessdaten im nahe gesättigten sowie im hygroskopischen Feuchtebereich justiert. Zwei interne Modellparameter werden anschließend unter Berücksichtigung der Hysterese der Feuchtespeicherung anhand des Aufsaug- und des Trocknungsversuches kalibriert. Das Materialmodell ist zur Erleichterung der Anwendung in ein Computerprogramm zur Anpassung an die Labordaten implementiert worden. Das Programm wird auf die vier Baustoffe Ziegel, Kalksandstein, Porenbeton und Calciumsilikat angewendet. Die entsprechend angepassten Materialfunktionen werden gezeigt und diskutiert. Im Rahmen der Kalibrierung wird eine hervorragende Übereinstimmung zwischen gemessenem und berechnetem Materialverhalten erreicht. Zur Modellvalidierung wird die Augenblicksprofilmethode (IPM) für die bauphysikalische Anwendung erweitert. Spezielle Apparaturen werden entwickelt und Versuchsabläufe entworfen. Modelle zur Ableitung des Wassergehaltes aus mit Hilfe der Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) gewonnenen Dielektrizitätsmessdaten werden evaluiert und implementiert. Schließlich wird ein umfangreiches Programm an Feuchteprofilmessungen im hygroskopischen und überhygroskopischen Feuchtebereich umgesetzt und ausgewertet. Im Rahmen der Validierung werden die Entwicklungen auf experimenteller sowie auf Modellierungsebene zusammengeführt. Die IPM Experimente werden anhand der gemessenen Anfangs- und Randbedingungen und auf der Grundlage der angepassten und kalibrierten Materialfunktionen nachgerechnet. Der Vergleich zwischen Messung und Rechnung offenbart die Stärke der entwickelten Materialmodellierung ebenso, wie den Einfluss der auf Ebene der Transporttheorie getroffenen Vereinfachungen. Ein deutlicher Einfluss der sich aus der Prozessgeschichte sowie der Prozessdynamik zusammensetzenden Hysterese der Feuchtespeicherung kann nachgewiesen werden. Mit der vorliegenden Arbeit ist somit nicht nur die Materialmodellierung entscheidend weiterentwickelt, die Reihe der einfachen Basisexperimente um einen wesentlichen Versuch erweitert und die Augenblicksprofilmethode für bauphysikalische Belange anwendbar gemacht worden, es wurden auch die Einflüsse der Prozessgeschichte, und erstmals auch der Prozessdynamik, auf den Feuchtetransport sowie die sich einstellenden Feuchteprofile deutlich aufgezeigt und nachgewiesen. Es ist demnach nicht nur ein Materialmodell, welches den gestellten Anforderungen an Flexibilität, breite Anwendbarkeit und Erweiterbarkeit genügt, entwickelt worden, es wird mit den gewonnenen Messdaten auch die Grundlage weiterer Forschung zur Verfügung gestellt.

The achievable accuracy of hygrothermal building component simulation is significantly dependent on the applied material functions. These functions are determined by the material modelling marking the connection between the basic storage and transport parameters which are obtained from basic measurements, and the storage and transport coefficients which are defined within the balance and flow equations. It is the aim of the present study to develop a flexible and widely applicable material model which is not restricted to the current level of the transport theory. Furthermore, limits and options of this model are to be validated by means of four building materials on the basis of special transient moisture profile measurements. The study’s starting point is a comprehensive investigation of both, the different existing modelling approaches and the available experimental methods to determine basic hygrothermal material parameters. On this basis, the material modelling is set into the context of the heat and moisture transport theory derived from thermodynamics. The involved limits and restrictions are highlighted and options as well as requirements for further developments are pointed out. The developments this study focuses on comprise three fields: experiments for basic property determination, material modelling, and experiments for material model validation. The set of basic material investigation methods has been extended by the drying experiment under defined conditions. The different influences on the drying as well as its application to hygrothermal material model calibration are pointed out and appraised. On this basis, a drying apparatus is designed, built and applied. Ultimately, standardisation criteria and the derivation of a single-value drying coefficient are evaluated. Appropriate extensions are indicated. Based on the bundle of tubes approach, an own material model is developed. It is coupled with a mechanistical approach accounting for serial and parallel structured moisture transport phenomena. The derived liquid water conductivity is adjusted by the help of measured conductivity data close to saturation as well as within the hygroscopic moisture range. Subsequently, two internal modelling parameters are calibrated which is done by numerical simulation of the water uptake and the drying experiment under consideration of the hysteresis of moisture storage. Facilitating its application to the obtained laboratory data, the material model has been implemented into a computer program. It is applied to the four building materials brick, lime-sand brick, aerated concrete and calcium silicate. The adjusted material functions are shown and discussed. In all four cases, the calibration provides an excellent agreement between measured and calculated material behaviour. As experimental basis of the material model validation, the instantaneous profile measurement technique (IPM) has been extended to be applied in Building Physics. Special equipment is developed and measurement procedures are designed. Different models to derive the water content from dielectric data obtained by Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) measurements are evaluated and implemented. Ultimately, an extensive program of transient moisture profile measurements within the hygroscopic and the overhygroscopic moisture content range is conducted and evaluated. Within the frame of validation, the developments on the experimental as well as on the modelling fields are combined. The IPM experiments are recalculated on the basis of the measured initial and boundary conditions applying the adjusted and calibrated material functions. The comparison of measured and calculated data reveals the power of the developed material modelling just as the consequences of the simplifications made on the transport theory level. The distinct influences of the hysteresis of moisture storage consisting of effects depending on the process history and effects depending on the process dynamics, are proven. By the presented study, the material modelling has been decisively further developed, the set of basic measurement methods has been extended by a substantial experiment and the instantaneous profile measurement technique has been made applicable to Building Physics. Moreover, the influences of the process history and the process dynamics on the moisture transport and the resulting moisture profiles could be shown and proven. By that, not only a material model is now available which perfectly applies to the requirements of flexibility, applicability and extendability. The obtained data provides also a powerful basis for further research and development. / Die Genauigkeit hygrothermischer Bauteilsimulation hängt maßgeblich von den verwendeten Materialfunktionen ab. Sie werden durch die Materialmodellierung bestimmt, welche die Verbindung zwischen den aus Basisexperimenten gewonnenen Speicher- und Transportparametern sowie den innerhalb der Bilanz- und Flussgleichungen definierten Speicher- und Transportkoeffizienten herstellt. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist zum einen die Entwicklung eines flexiblen, breit anwendbaren und gleichzeitig nicht auf den gegenwärtigen Stand der Transporttheorie beschränkten Materialmodells. Dessen Grenzen und Möglichkeiten sollen zum anderen auf der Grundlage spezieller instationärer Feuchteprofilmessungen anhand von vier Baustoffen untersucht und aufgezeigt werden. Ausgangspunkt der Arbeit ist eine ausführliche Beleuchtung sowohl der vorhandenen Modellansätze als auch der zur Verfügung stehenden experimentellen Methoden zur Bestimmung hygrothermischer Basisparameter. Auf dieser Grundlage wird die Materialmodellierung in den Kontext der aus der Thermodynamik abgeleiteten Wärmeund Feuchtetransporttheorie eingeordnet. Die damit verbundenen Grenzen und Einschränkungen werden hervorgehoben und Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten sowie weiterer Entwicklungsbedarf aufgezeigt. Dieser umfasst drei Bereiche: die Experimente zur Bestimmung von Basisparametern, die Materialmodellierung, sowie Experimente zur Modellvalidierung. Die Reihe der Basisexperimente wird um den Trocknungsversuch unter definierten Bedingungen erweitert. Die verschiedenen Einflüsse auf die Trocknung und deren Anwendung in der Kalibrierung hygrothermischer Materialmodellierung werden herausgestellt und bewertet. Darauf aufbauend wird eine Apparatur entworfen, gebaut und angewendet. Schließlich werden Kriterien zur Standardisierung und Ableitung eines Einzahlenkennwertes evaluiert. Sinnvolle Erweiterungen werden aufgezeigt. Es wird ein eigenes Materialmodell auf der Grundlage eines Porenbündelansatzes hergeleitet, welches mit einem mechanistischen Ansatz gekoppelt wird, der den Feuchtetransport in seriell und parallel strukturierte Bereiche untergliedert. Die abgeleitete Flüssigwasserleitfähigkeit wird anhand von Leitfähigkeitsmessdaten im nahe gesättigten sowie im hygroskopischen Feuchtebereich justiert. Zwei interne Modellparameter werden anschließend unter Berücksichtigung der Hysterese der Feuchtespeicherung anhand des Aufsaug- und des Trocknungsversuches kalibriert. Das Materialmodell ist zur Erleichterung der Anwendung in ein Computerprogramm zur Anpassung an die Labordaten implementiert worden. Das Programm wird auf die vier Baustoffe Ziegel, Kalksandstein, Porenbeton und Calciumsilikat angewendet. Die entsprechend angepassten Materialfunktionen werden gezeigt und diskutiert. Im Rahmen der Kalibrierung wird eine hervorragende Übereinstimmung zwischen gemessenem und berechnetem Materialverhalten erreicht. Zur Modellvalidierung wird die Augenblicksprofilmethode (IPM) für die bauphysikalische Anwendung erweitert. Spezielle Apparaturen werden entwickelt und Versuchsabläufe entworfen. Modelle zur Ableitung des Wassergehaltes aus mit Hilfe der Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) gewonnenen Dielektrizitätsmessdaten werden evaluiert und implementiert. Schließlich wird ein umfangreiches Programm an Feuchteprofilmessungen im hygroskopischen und überhygroskopischen Feuchtebereich umgesetzt und ausgewertet. Im Rahmen der Validierung werden die Entwicklungen auf experimenteller sowie auf Modellierungsebene zusammengeführt. Die IPM Experimente werden anhand der gemessenen Anfangs- und Randbedingungen und auf der Grundlage der angepassten und kalibrierten Materialfunktionen nachgerechnet. Der Vergleich zwischen Messung und Rechnung offenbart die Stärke der entwickelten Materialmodellierung ebenso, wie den Einfluss der auf Ebene der Transporttheorie getroffenen Vereinfachungen. Ein deutlicher Einfluss der sich aus der Prozessgeschichte sowie der Prozessdynamik zusammensetzenden Hysterese der Feuchtespeicherung kann nachgewiesen werden. Mit der vorliegenden Arbeit ist somit nicht nur die Materialmodellierung entscheidend weiterentwickelt, die Reihe der einfachen Basisexperimente um einen wesentlichen Versuch erweitert und die Augenblicksprofilmethode für bauphysikalische Belange anwendbar gemacht worden, es wurden auch die Einflüsse der Prozessgeschichte, und erstmals auch der Prozessdynamik, auf den Feuchtetransport sowie die sich einstellenden Feuchteprofile deutlich aufgezeigt und nachgewiesen. Es ist demnach nicht nur ein Materialmodell, welches den gestellten Anforderungen an Flexibilität, breite Anwendbarkeit und Erweiterbarkeit genügt, entwickelt worden, es wird mit den gewonnenen Messdaten auch die Grundlage weiterer Forschung zur Verfügung gestellt.