A 3-D study for Thermal Optimization of Masonry Units

• Tipo: Artigo em Livro de Atas de Conferência Internacional
• Data: 2006

Autores

Luísa Costa Sousa (Autor) FEUP; Catarina Castro (Autor) FEUP; Carlos Alberto Conceição António (Autor) FEUP; Hipólito Sousa (Autor) FEUP

Ata de Conferência Internacional

Título: Mechanics and materials in design

Páginas: 1-8

5th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design (M2D'2006)

Porto, Portugal, July 24-26, 2006

Classificação Científica

CORDIS: Ciências Tecnológicas

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-011-4K7

Abstract (EN): Masonry is a common building component with good durability and low cost and maintenance. Masonry units should not be considered without taking into account its thermal behavior. The increasing use in Portugal of lightweight concrete masonry blocks demands a study of the topology of these blocks in order to optimize their behavior. The aim of this project is to find an economic single leaf wall easier and quicker to lay with good thermal performance. The work presented here describes a computational method to optimize the topology of lightweight concrete masonry units according to thermal normative requests, where a developed numerical evolutionary algorithm iterates over the direct analysis performed by the commercial code ABAQUS.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 8