RAJIV GANDHI COLLEGE OF

ENGINEERING, RESEARCH AND

TECHNOLOGY, CHANDRAPUR
SUBJECT:
CRITICAL THINKING PROJECT.
SUBMITTED TO:
PROF. Y. D. PRIHAR
TOPIC:
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF DIFFERENT MATERIAL.

SUBMITTED BY:
VAISHNAVI RALEGAONKAR (ROLL NO’S NOT ALLOTED YET)
MONIKA SHENDE
RITIK MESHRAM
CONTENT
 ABSTRACT
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW
 CHAPTER 3: CONCLUSION
 CHAPTER 4: REFERENCE
ABSTRACT
 IN THE PRSCTICAL WORK THE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY(K) OF DIFFERENT
MATERIAL SUCH AS
1. PLASTIC OF “2 LITER-ELEPHANT HOUSE ICE-BOX”,
2. MICA (BIOTITE-BLACK ROW MATERIAL),
3. RED SOIL(TAKEN FROM URUMPIRAI-JAFFNA),
4. ASBESTOS LEVEL SHEET OF “MASCON CEMENT INDUSTRY-RATMALANA”,
5. CEMENT MIXTURE OF 1:4-CEMENT TO SAND
WERE ESTIMATED. AS THEY ARE POOR IN THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY.
THE RESUSLTS WERE

MATERIALS THERMAL
CONDUCTIVITY(W/mK)
PLASTIC 0.0485
MICA 0.4274
RED SOIL 0.2173
ASBESTOS 0.6999
CEMENT MIXTURE 0.1726
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
THIS PROJECT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE
GUIDANCE AND THE HELP OF SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS WHO IN ONE WAY
OR ANOTHER CONTRIBUTED AND EXTENDED THEIR VALUABLE
ASSISTANCE IN THE PREPERATION AND COMPLETION OF THIS STUDY. HERE
WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS OUR DEEP
SENSE OF GRATITUDE TO ALL WHO HELPED US DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
DURING THIS WORK.
FIRST AND FOREMOST WE OFFER OUR SINCEREST GRATITUDE TO OUR
RESPECTED GUIDE PROF. Y. D. PRIHAR WHO HAS SUPPORTED US
THROUGHOUT OUR PROJECT WITH THEIR PATIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
WHILST ALLOWING US THE ROOM TO WORK IN OUR OWN WAY. WE
ATTRIBUTE THE LEVEL OF OUR DIPLOMA TO HIS ENCOURAGEMET AND
EFFORT AND WITHOUT HIM THIS PROJECT, WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
COMPLETED OR WEITTEN. ONE SIMPLY COULD NOT WISH FOR A BETTER
OR FRIENDLIER SUPERVISOR.
WE ARE REALLY THANKFUL TO OUR RESPECTED DR. A. P. SINGH HOD
OF CIVIL DEPARTMENT FOR HIS SUPPORT THIS WORK COULD BE VERY
TOUGH FOR US.
INTRODUCTION
 THE NAME”THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MATERIAL” REFLECTS ON
CHARACTERISTICS OF MATERIAL THAT HOW MUCH IT IS CAPABLE TO
CONDUCT THE THERMAL ENERGY ITSELF. THIS CHARACTERISTICS IS
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MICROSCOPIC SOLID STATE PRORERTIES SUCH
AS
1. LATTICE BOND NATURE AND SEPERATION OF BONDS,
2. BASIS ATOMIC CHARACTER,
3. IMPERFECTIONS ETC.
ENERGY IS TRANFERED FROM THE MORE ENERGETIC TO THE LESS
ENERGETIC MOLECULES WHEN NEIGHBORING MOLECULES VIBRATE.
CONDCUTIVE HEAT FLOW OCCURS IN THE DIRECTION OF DECREASING
TEMPERATURE BEACAUSE HIGHER TEMPERATURE IS ASSOCIATED WITH
HIGHER MOLECULES ENERGY. THAT IS HEAT FLUX(W/M2) WILL FLOW
THROUGH THE MATERIAL IF A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE GRADIENT(K/M)
EXISTS THERMAL CONDUCTION.
 LITERATURE REVIEW
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY CAN BE DEFINED AS THE RATE AT WHICH HEAT IS TRANSFERRED BY

CONDUCTION THROUGH A UNIT CROSS-SECTION AREA OF A MATERIAL,WHEN A TEMPERATURE
GRADIENT EXISTS PERPENDICULAR TO THE AREA.
UNITS, IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS(SI), THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY IS MEASURED IN
WATTS PER METER-KELVIN(W/(m.K))
 TABLE 1 LISTS A FEW CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND
THRMAL PROPERTIES AT NOMINAL ROOM TEMPERATURE.
METALS AND ALLOYS WERE NOT INCLUDED BECAUSE THEY
HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADDRESSED. IT SHOULD BE NOTED
THAT THESE VALUES ARE APPROXIMATE AND ARE
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PARTICULAR TYPE OF MATERIAL.
SOME MATERIALS ABSORB WATER WHICH IN TURN
CHANGES THEIR PROPERTIES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE THERMAL
CONDUCTIVITY OF WOOD CAN INCREASE BY 15% WHEN
WET. MATERIALS USED AS INSULATOR THAT RELY ON AIR,
SUCH AS FIBERGLASS BLANKETS, EXHIBIT A GREATER
CHANGE IN PROPERTIES WHEN WET, IT IS WORTH NOTHING
THAT THE RANGE OF THERMAL CONDUCTIVITIES FOR
THESE MATERIALS IS RATHER MODEST.
 CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL THERMAL PROPERTIES AT ROOM
TEMPERATURE

MATERIAL THERMAL CONDUSCTIVITY(W/M.K)

BRICK 0.7
CONCRETE-CAST DENSE 1.4
CONCRETE-CAST LIGHT 0.4
GRANITE 1.7-3.9
GLASS (WINDOW) 0.8
HARDWOODS(OAK) 0.16
SOFTWOODS(PINE) 0.12
POLYVINYL CHLORIDE 0.12-0.25
PAPER 0.04
ACOUSTIC TILE 0.06
PARTICLE BOARD(LOW DENSITY) 0.08
PARTICLE BOARD(HIGH DENSITY) 0.17
EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON THERMAL PROPERTIES OF
DIFFERENT TYPES OF HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETE

 THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIGH

TEMPERATURE THERMAL PROPERTIES IS
CRITICAL FOR EVALUATING THE FIRE
RESPONSE OF CONCRETE STRUTURES.
THIS PAPER PRESENTS THE EFFECT OF
TEMPERATURE ON THE THERMAL
PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF
HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETE(HSC).
SPECIFIC HEAT, THERMAL
CONDUCTIVITY, AND THERMAL
EXPANSION ARE MEASURED FOR THREE
CONCRETE TYPES, NAMELY, HSC, SELF-
CONSOLIDATING CONCRETE(SCC),
AND FLY ASH CONCRETE(FAC), IN THE
TEMPERATURE RANGE FROM 20-800°C.
 THE EFFECT OF STEEL, POLYPROPYLENE, AND HYBRID FIBERS ON
THERMAL PROPERTIES OF HSC AND SCC(SELF CONSOLIDATING
CONCRETE) IS ALSO INVESTIGATED. RESULTS FROM EXPERIMENTS
SHOW THAT SCC POSSESSES HIGHER THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY,
SPECIFIC HEAT, AND THERMAL EXPANSION THAN HSC AND FAC IN
THE 20-800°C TEMPERATURE RANGE. DATA GENERATED FROM
TESTS IS UTILIZED TO DEVELOP SIMPLIFIED RELATIONSHIPS FOR
EXPRESSING DIFFERENT THERMAL PROPERTIES AS A FUNCTION OF
TEMPERATURE. THE PRAPOSED THERMAL PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS
CAN BE USED AS INPUT DATA FOR EVALUATING THE RESPONSE OF
CONCRETE STRUCTURES UNDER FINE CONDTIONS.
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
TESTING IN AAC BLOCK
 AUTOCLAVED AERATED CONCRETE BLOCKS (AAC BLOCKS) ARE
USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF EXTERNAL WALLS OF
BUILDINGS. DUE TO THE LOW DENSITY AND VOLUMINOUS ASPECT,
THE EFFICIENCY OF A BUILDING DEPENDS ON THE THERMAL
CONDUCTIVITY OF THE BLOCK.
AS PER THE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS AND ITS FAVOURABLE WATER
VAPOUR PERMEABILITY, THE PECULIARITIES OF THE BUILDING LIE
WITHIN THE AAC BLOCKSS ANNUAL HEATING ENERGY
CONSUMPTION UP TO 75KW.H/M2/YEAR.
CONCLUSION
 THE MAIN OBJECT IS TO DESIGN THE TYPE OF BUILDING THAT
DECREASES THE RESIDENTIAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND RAISES
THE EFFICIENCY OF THE BUILDING OF LOW THERMAL
CONDUCTIVITY(LOWER THAN 0.1 W/MK) OR VERY THICK
THERMAL INSULATION.
REFERENCE
1. BY USING INTERNET
2. COLLEGE SUBJECT TEACHER ETC.
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