Modelling and Experimental Study of Moisture Transport in Wood, Taking into Account Diffusion and the Accompanying Adsorption of Water Vapour by Cell Walls

Abstract

The paper presents a model of moisture transport in wood taking into account diffusion and the accompanying adsorption of water vapour through the skeleton. A two-parameter form of the source term was proposed, depending on the distance of the current moisture content (MC) from the equilibrium state. The tests on cubic samples with a side of 2 cm were carried out which allowed to determine the coefficients of the proposed model on the basis of the reverse method. The tests were performed for pine, larch, oak and ash in all directions of orthotropy. Tests on thin samples were also performed to verify the source term.