Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
Title | Proposal of an innovative solution for partition walls: mechanical, thermal and acoustic validation |
Publication Type | Papers in International Journals |
Year of Publication | 2013 |
Authors | Vasconcelos G., Lourenço P. B., Mendonça P., Camões A., Mateus, R., Bragança, L., Brito A. G., and Poletti E. |
Abstract | Nowadays, there is an increasing need for alternative construction technologies that allow, among others, reducing construction wastes and energy consumption during the buildings’ life-cycle. In this context, this paper presents results of a research project which goal is to develop an innovative solution for partition walls. This solution is based on a masonry block made of an eco-efficient new composite material. The composite material used in the production of the blocks results from the combination of three industrial by-products, namely: flue-gas desulfurization gypsum; granulated cork; and textile fibers resulting from the tyre recycling process. Besides the raw materials, the innovation of the solution results also from the new design of the block, whose shape enables the positioning of the infra-structures during the assembling of the indoor wall. |
Journal | Construction and Building Materials |
Volume | 48 |
Pagination | 961–979 |
Date Published | 2013-01-01 |
Publisher | Elsevier BV |
ISSN | 0950-0618 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.07.079 |
URL | http://sieeum.eng.uminho.pt/publicacoes/pub.aspx?pubid=15895 |
Keywords | By-products, Eco-efficiency, Mechanical characterization, Partition wall, Sustainable building, Thermal and acoustic performance |
Rights | openAccess |
Peer reviewed | yes |
Status | published |
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
Currently CTAC aggregates 25 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt