Prediction of the Heat-Insulating Crumb Rubber Brick Walls Design by the Finite Element Method

Abstract:

Nowadays, materials used to construct house or building wall areconsidered not only in the physical material behaviour but also energy conscious and economic factor. Adding crumb rubber to the brick composite is one of many methods to develop the properties of bricks. As widely known,the finite element method (FEM) is a tool used for finding accurate solutions of the heat transfer equation of materials including the composite bricks. In this paper an investigation of the heat transfer of a soil cement brick containing crumb rubber particles, is presented and compared to results of finite element analysis (FEA) simulation. To determine the effect of crumb rubber to the heat transfer behaviour of soil cement brick, different volume fractions are varied by 10, 20, 30 and 40%. It was reported that a modelling application reveals good correspondence with the experimental results.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 805-806)
• Pages: 1575-1582
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.805-806.1575
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Weerapol Namboonruang, Rattanakorn Rawangkul, Wanchai Yodsudjai, Trakool Aramraks, Nutthanun Suphadon
• Keywords: Crump Rubber Brick, Finite Element Method (FEM), Heat Transfer, Soil Cement Brick

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