<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This article deals with thermophysical properties of red and white bricks. If we want to protect the high standard of quality building materials, we need to know the physical parameters which can evaluate the quality. The most important for building materials are mainly thermophysical, mechanical parameters and parameters which can determine the structure of materials. The article presents results of thermophysical parameters measurements of red and white bricks during the temperature stabilization for different values of moisture content. For our measurements, we have chosen a hot wire method and a dynamic plane source method. Both methods are classified as transient methods and they are very convenient for measurements of thermophysical parameters of materials with a compact structure. The results of measurements show that temperature and moisture content have a significant effect on thermophysical parameters of bricks.</p></abstract>

This article deals with thermophysical properties of red and white bricks. If we want to protect the high standard of quality building materials, we need to know the physical parameters which can evaluate the quality. The most important for building materials are mainly thermophysical, mechanical parameters and parameters which can determine the structure of materials. The article presents results of thermophysical parameters measurements of red and white bricks during the temperature stabilization for different values of moisture content. For our measurements, we have chosen a hot wire method and a dynamic plane source method. Both methods are classified as transient methods and they are very convenient for measurements of thermophysical parameters of materials with a compact structure. The results of measurements show that temperature and moisture content have a significant effect on thermophysical parameters of bricks.

Using Selected Transient Methods for Measurements of Thermophysical Parameters of Building Materials

Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovak Republic

Acta Technologica Agriculturae

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This article deals with thermophysical properties of red and white bricks. If we want to protect the high standard of quality building materials, we need to...

Using Selected Transient Methods for Measurements of Thermophysical Parameters of Building Materials

Published Online: Apr 23, 2014

Page range: 21 - 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ata-2014-0005

© Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitray

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.