A 3-D study for Thermal Optimization of Masonry Units

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2006

Authors

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

Conference proceedings International

Title: Mechanics and materials in design

Pages: 1-8

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

Porto, Portugal, July 24-26, 2006

Scientific classification

CORDIS: Technological sciences

Other information

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.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8