1. An example of comparison between ISO Norm calculations and full CFD simulations of thermal performances of hollow bricks
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Saad Raefat, Mohammed Garoum, Najma Laaroussi, M. Ahachad, Guy Lauriat, Laboratoire d'Energétique, Matériaux et Environnement (LEME), Université Mohammed V de Rabat [Agdal], Laboratoire de Modélisation et Simulation Multi Echelle (MSME), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée (UPEM), Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée (UPEM)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université Mohammed V de Rabat [Agdal] (UM5)
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Brick ,Natural convection ,Materials science ,Finite volume method ,020209 energy ,Thermal resistance ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,Thermodynamics ,02 engineering and technology ,Building and Construction ,Mechanics ,Thermal conduction ,Physics::Fluid Dynamics ,Thermal transmittance ,[SPI]Engineering Sciences [physics] ,Mechanics of Materials ,021105 building & construction ,Architecture ,Thermal ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Boussinesq approximation (water waves) ,Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Civil and Structural Engineering - Abstract
Coupled heat transfers by conduction, convection and radiation through hollow clay bricks are numerically investigated thanks to the use of CFD simulations based on a finite volume method. The heat flow is governed by the incompressible Navier-Stokes and energy equations. On account of the small temperature differences involved, the two-dimensional model is based on the Boussinesq approximation and constant thermophysical fluid properties at the mean temperature of the internal and external temperatures of the surroundings. The brick wall surfaces are assumed gray and diffuse and, the bottom and top horizontal walls are adiabatic. Comparisons between the brick thermal performances predicted by a 1D-approximate method and by the present 2D-numerical approach are shown in the form of Tables, maps of temperature and streamfunction, and temperature profiles. The discrepancies between the two calculation methods of the design thermal resistance and thermal transmittance are discussed and their origins explained.
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- 2017