- Title
- Experimental investigation of thermal insulation properties of Semi Interlocking Masonry (SIM)
- Creator
- Totoev, Y.; Forghani, R.; Kanjanabootra, S.; Alterman, D.
- Relation
- 16th International Brick and Block Masonry Conference. Proceedings of the 16th International Brick and Block Masonry Conference (Padova, Italy 26-30 June, 2016) p. 569-573
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b21889-75
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- The Semi Interlocking Masonry (SIM) bricks were designed and developed at the Univer- sity of Newcastle as a new type of energy dissipation device in buildings for use as wall panels in seismic regions. The interlocking features of SIM prevent the relative out-of-plane movement of bricks in the panel; however permit limited longitudinal movement along the bed-joint. Dry stacked SIM wall could have some gaps in both bedding and perpend joints which reduce thermal insulation efficiency. In this study non-adhesive gap-fillers were employed to improve the thermal insulation of SIM walls. The objec- tive of this study is to examine thermal properties of SIM walls by use of standard testing methodology (ASTM C1363) and suitability of selected gap fillers for intended application. The results of thermal tests showed that, the thermal properties of SIM walls with gap fillers are equal of normal concrete wall and also, it was concluded that, the type of gap fillers has an insignificant effect on the thermal performance of SIM walls.
- Subject
- bricks; insulation; masonry
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1343613
- Identifier
- uon:29223
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781138029996
- Language
- eng
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