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= Dialog: Database Materials | New Material =


This subdialog serves to create or edit a user-defined material in the material
database. It contains several tab sheets.


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"New Material":

[[Bild:DialogDatabaseMaterialsNewMaterialMaterialData_02.gif]]


In this tab sheet you can enter, edit or view the data for the highlighted material.


For a detailed discussion of the material data, please consult the topic
[[Details:Material | Material Data]].


"Name":

The name of the material.

"Basic Values" 
"Bulk Density [kg/m³]", 
"Porosity [m³/m³]", 
"Specific Heat Capacity, Dry [J/kgK]", 
"Thermal Conductivity Dry [W/mK]", 
"Water Vapor Diffusion Resistance Factor [-]": 

These [[Details:BasicMaterialData | basic material data]] are required
as a minimum for a calculation.


"Optional Parameters":

Some of the material data in the following section "Optional Data" are
difficult to acquire, but WUFI offers means to approximate or generate them
from standard data which can easier be collected. These standard data are then
"Optional Parameters" which may be required, depending on the settings
in the "Optional Data" dialog.


The optional parameters are discussed in the respective topics of
the following section:


"Optional Data":

Enter the optional material data in these tables (if required).


The optional material data comprise the moisture storage function of
the material, the liquid transport coefficients, the moisture-dependent
thermal conductivity and the moisture-dependent vapor diffusion resistance
factor.


The optional data are always entered in tables. However, you can have
WUFI automatically create some of these tables by entering other data
from which the tables can be generated.




"Moisture Storage Function":

Enter the [[Details:MoistureStorageFunction | moisture storage function]]
of the material, i.e. the moisture contents [kg/m³] which result from
exposition to certain relative humidities (0..1).


If detailed tabulated data are not available, but the moisture storage
function of the material can be adequately described by an
[[Details:MoistureStorageFunction | approximation function]], you
can check the option "Approximate" and enter


* the sorption moisture corresponding to 0.8 RH, w80
("Reference Water Content [kg/m⊃]", determined according to
German standard DIN 52620) and
* the "Free Water Saturation [kg/m³]" wf


in the additional table "Optional Parameters". WUFI then uses an
analytical moisture storage function which passes through these two
points and the zero point.


For non-hygroscopic materials, just leave the table of the moisture storage
function empty. For numerical reasons, however, WUFI needs a defined moisture
storage function; it then internally uses a
[[Details:MoistureStorageFunction | default function]] which allows
for the very low sorption moisture of non-hygroscopic materials. For details
on this default moisture storage function see the
[[2D:QandA | Questions & Answers]] section. 
  

"Liquid Transport Coefficient - Suction" 
"Liquid Transport Coefficient - Redistribution":


Enter the [[Details:LiquidTransportCoefficients | liquid transport coefficients]]
in this table - separately for suction and redistribution.


If the liquid transport coefficients for the material at hand are not known,
you can have WUFI automatically generate a table by
[[Details:LiquidTransportCoefficients | estimating]] the coefficients from
the water absorption coefficient (A-value) which is known for most materials
or at least easily measurable.


To this end, check the option "Generate" and enter the A-value in the
additional table "Optional Parameters" (in [kg/m²s1/2];
the relevant German standard uses the non-SI units [kg/m²h1/2].
Division by 60 converts such values to SI). WUFI automatically generates a
three-line table with the corresponding estimated liquid transport coefficients.


Please note that only a rough estimate is possible which proves successful
in many cases, but which is not necessarily useful for all materials. Especially,
there may be inaccuracies in the shape of the suction profiles. Generating
is just meant to be some assistance; you should not blindly rely on it. Future
WUFI versions are planned to offer more sophisticated methods.


Remarks on generating:


The [[Details:LiquidTransportCoefficients | estimate]] of the liquid
transport coefficients from the A-value also uses the moisture contents
[[Details:MoistureStorageFunction | w80 and wf]].
If the moisture storage function is being approximated from w80
and wf (see above), the two values are directly taken from
these two entries; otherwise they are calculated from the corresponding
table - by interpolation, if necessary. 
  
If no moisture storage function has been defined as yet, generating is
not possible - the table remains empty (but you can already enter the A-value). 
  
If the moisture storage function is modified after generating, the generated
table adapts automatically. Please note, therefore, that modification of a
material property can also change another property as a side effect without this
being immediately evident. 
  
If you want to generate both the tables for suction and those for
redistribution, both must of course be derived from the same A-value - the
two tables therefore share this text box. Note that here, too, a modification
in one spot may entail changes elsewhere (if you are generating only one of
the tables and editing the other one by hand, the non-generated table is not
affected by a modification of the water absorption factor, of course). 
  



"Thermal Conductivity, Moisture-dependent":


Enter the [[Details:HeatConductivityMoistureDependent | heat conductivity]]
of the material as a function of its moisture content if you want to allow for this.


If you are satisfied with a simple linear dependence of the heat conductivity
on the moisture content, you can have WUFI automatically generate a two-line
table by entering the
[[Details:HeatConductivityMoistureDependent | moisture-induced heat
conductivity supplement]].


To this end, check the option "Generate" and enter the supplement in the
additional table "Optional Parameters" (in [%/m-%]). WUFI automatically
generates a two-line table with the heat conductivities resulting for the dry
condition and the maximum water content. Heat conductivities for intermediate
moisture contents are linearly interpolated during the calculation.


Remarks on Generating:


The [[Details:HeatConductivityMoistureDependent | evaluation]] of the
heat conductivity for maximum water content also uses the basic material
properties bulk density, porosity and heat conductivity dry. If these values
are modified after generating, the generated table adapts automatically.
Please note, therefore, that modification of a material property can also
change another property as a side effect without this being immediately evident. 
  
If the required basic material data have not all been defined as yet,
generating is not possible - the table remains empty (but you can already enter
the supplement). 
 


"Water Vapor Diffusion Resistance Factor, Moisture-dependent":

Enter the [[Details:DiffusionResistanceFactorMoistureDependent | diffusion
resistance factor]] of the material as a function of moisture content if
you want to allow for this.


General remarks on approximating and generating:

For all optional material properties - except the diffusion resistance factor
- WUFI is holding two tables in memory: one table created by hand (editable),
and one generated table (non-editable). You can work on both tables in parallel;
which of both is used for the calculation depends on whether the option
"Approximate" or "Generate" is activated at the start of the
calculation, or not.


By activating or deactivating these options, you can switch between the two
kinds of tables. The unused table remains inactive in background.


You can use the "Copy" button to copy the generated table line by line
to the editable table and work on it there by hand.




"Typical Built-In Moisture [kg/m⊃]":

A typical application for WUFI is a calculation to determine the time
it takes a newly-built wall to dry out. If a typical initial moisture
content for the current material is known, you can enter it here to look
it up later when you need it.


"Color":

Select the color of the material for the
graphical [[2D:Dialog_Materials | assembly display]].



"Thicknesses":


[[Bild:DialogDatabaseMaterialsNewMaterialThicknesses_02.gif]]


If there exist typical thicknesses for this building material, you may enter
them into this list. They will be displayed on the
[[2D:Dialog_DatabaseMaterials | database screen]] and
in WUFI-1D (which can use the same material database) you can
assign a selected thickness to the highlighted assembly layer together
with the material data, so you need not edit the thickness manually in
the assembly dialog. The thicknesses are not used in WUFI-2D.



"Info-Text":


[[Bild:DialogDatabaseMaterialsNewMaterialInfoText_02.gif]]



Here you may enter any info or remarks on the material.


"Assign Catalog":


[[Bild:DialogDatabaseMaterialsNewMaterialAssignCatalog_02.gif]]


The material needs to be assigned to (at least) one of the catalogs. This
tab sheet displays a list of All Catalogs that are user-defined (you
cannot assign a material to one of the predefined catalogs).


Double-click on the catalog(s) to which you want to assign the material.
These catalogs are transferred to the "Material is in Catalog" list.
The material will be assigned to all catalogs in this list. 
Use the "Delete Catalog" button to remove the highlighted catalog from
this list (in order to delete the catalog from the database,
use the
[[2D:Dialog_DatabaseMaterialsEditCatalog | "Edit Catalog"]] dialog.


The material will be added to the database when you close this dialog
with the "OK" button.

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This subdialog serves to create or edit a user-defined material in the material database. It contains several tab she...