Course aims:

Developing the capacity for knowing and understanding the basic concepts related to general notions of heritage and buildings rehabilitation and protection technologies;
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Course Entry Requirements:

N/A

Course contents:

1. General considerations; 2. The movement of water through soil 3. Highlighting the factors influencing the emergence and development of over-moisture phenomenon in the masonry and / or concrete elements; 4. Migration of the capillary water in the ground towards foundations and walls; 5. Degradation of structural elements in the presence of moisture; 6. Methods for cleaning up the masonry foundations and walls.

Teaching methods:

Lecture, conversation, exemplification.

Learning outcomes:

- the ability to establish the degradation causes of the structural elements in the presence of moisture - understanding and knowing the basics of correlating different factors that favour the capillary rise - knowing and understanding the methods of masonry foundations’ and walls’ drainage - the ability to understand the mechanism of capillary rise in the building elements - developing the ability to apply in practice but also to track the modern technologies of cultural heritage rehabilitation and protection;

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Written test examination - 50%, Verification during the semester- 50%.

Recommended reading:

• Popa,D., Contributii la tehnica si practica asanarii fundatiilor si peretilor pentru constructii istorice si social culturale, Casa Cartii de Stiinta Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2007
• Popa, D., Studiu privind cauzele şi efectele în umidificarea construcţiilor, Analele Universităţii, Tom X, ISSN- 1582-5450, Oradea, 2001, p. 380-384;
• Manoliu, I., Fundaţii şi procedee de fundare, Didactic and Pedagogic Publishing House, Bucharest, 1977;
• Păunescu, M., Pop, V., Silion, T., Geotehnică şi fundaţii, Didactic and Pedagogic Publishing House, Bucharest, 1982, p.55 – 56;
• Program Leonardo da Vinci, Umiditatea în elementele de zidărie – Modul de curs, Technical University of Cluj – Napoca;