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
@JournalArticle {2215, title = {Ranking procedure based on mechanical, durability and thermal behavior of mortars with incorporation of phase change materials}, journal = {Materiales de Construcci{\'o}n}, volume = {65}, year = {2015}, month = {2015-10-02 00:00:00}, pages = {1-15}, publisher = {Instituto de Ciencias de Ia Construccion Eduardo Torroja}, abstract = {Nowadays, considering the high variety of construction products, adequate material selection, based on their properties and function, becomes increasingly important. In this research, a ranking procedure developed by Czarnecki and Lukowski is applied in mortars with incorporation of phase change materials (PCM). The ranking procedure transforms experimental results of properties into one numerical value. The products can be classified according to their individual properties or even an optimized combination of different properties. The main purpose of this study was the ranking of mortars with incorporation of different contents of PCM based in different binders. Aerial lime, hydraulic lime, gypsum and cement were the binders studied. For each binder, three different mortars were developed. Reference mortars, mortars with incorporation of 40\% of PCM and mortars with incorporation of 40\% of PCM and 1\% of fibers, were tested. Results show that the incorporation of PCM in mortars changes their global performance.
}, keywords = {Durability, Mechanical properties, Mortar, Thermal Analysis, Workability}, issn = {0465-2746}, doi = {10.3989/mc.2015.07314 }, url = {http://materconstrucc.revistas.csic.es/index.php/materconstrucc/article/view/1895/2311}, author = {Cunha, S. and Aguiar, J. B. and Tadeu, A.} }
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.
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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