Category: Transient Plane Source
Author(s): Arild Gustavsen, Bjorn Petter Jelle, Lei Zhang, Liu Yang, Yu Wang
Keywords: compressed earthen brick, hygroscopic behaviour, hygrothermal properties, porosity, Thermal Conductivity, Transient plane source (TPS) method
Abstract: This study investigated the relationship between hygrothermal properties and bulk density of compressed earthen bricks. Thermal conductivity of compressed earthen samples was measured using a thermal apparatus with transient plane source method. Compressed earthen material with lower bulk density was found to have a lower thermal conductivity than higher bulk density materials since low bulk density samples have more pores filled with air.
Reference: Construction and Building Materials, 162: 576-583
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.11.163