Hygrothermal Properties of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concretes

Abstract:

This paper defines the hygrothermal material properties (thermal conductivity, density, specific heat capacity, vapor diffusion coefficient and resistance, moisture storage function, water absorption coefficient and liquid transport coefficient) of steel fiber reinforced concretes that are widely used for industrial floors, based on laboratory measurements. The measured and calculated material properties are necessary to carry out a dynamic heat and moisture simulation of a component or a building containing steel fiber reinforced concrete layers.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 824)
• Pages: 579-588
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.824.579
• Online since: January 2016
• Authors: Balázs Nagy*, Dóra Szagri
• Keywords: Building Physics, Fiber Reinforced Concretes, Heat Transfer, Hygrothermal, Moisture Transfer

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