Thermal characterisation of a lightweight mortar containing expanded perlite for underground insulation
Author(s): D. B. Apel, V. Bindiganavile, W. V. Liu
Perlite was added to mortar in order to determine if the resulting composite was more thermally insulating than conventional shotcrete. This study was conducted to determine if shotcrete in which ...
Keywords: Mechanical Strength, Thermal Conductivity, Thermal Diffusivity, thermal insulation, Transient Plane Source Technique, Underground Mines
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