This work proposes the application of a new simulation method based on fractal geometry for the calculation of the thermal conductivity for building materials. The results obtained are compared with the measurement, in a climatic chamber, of the heat flow through a material chosen as the sample. The test sample is made with “pietracantone”, a stone widely used as a building material and as an ornamental stone in the areas of Cagliari and Sassari in Sardinia. This material is characterized by a limestone matrix and a porosity which significantly influences the value of thermal conductivity. It is not known to the authors that this material had already been studied for its thermal properties

Application of a Novel Method for a Simulation of Conductivity of a Building Material in a Climatic Chamber

PIA, GIORGIO;RICCIU, ROBERTO;BESALDUCH, LUIGI ANTONIO;BACCOLI, ROBERTO;MASTINO, COSTANTINO CARLO;INNAMORATI, ROBERTO;MURRU, ARIANNA;COCCO, OMBRETTA;MELONI, PAOLA;SANNA, ULRICO UMBERTO MARIA
2015-01-01

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This work proposes the application of a new simulation method based on fractal geometry for the calculation of the thermal conductivity for building materials. The results obtained are compared with the measurement, in a climatic chamber, of the heat flow through a material chosen as the sample. The test sample is made with “pietracantone”, a stone widely used as a building material and as an ornamental stone in the areas of Cagliari and Sassari in Sardinia. This material is characterized by a limestone matrix and a porosity which significantly influences the value of thermal conductivity. It is not known to the authors that this material had already been studied for its thermal properties
2015
Thermal conductivity; Thermal transmittance measurement; Fractal geometry; Pore size distribution
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