STEADY STATE THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF CONCRETE MASONRY WALLS





LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE 1

Schematics of masonry units analyzed in this paper.

FIGURE 2

Procedure how to calculate Thermal Efficiency of insulation in masonry units.

FIGURE 3

Thermal Efficiency of foam inserts in masonry units.

FIGURE 4

Steady-State thermal resistance of masonry units as a function of concrete thermal resistivity.

FIGURE 5

Reduction of wall R-value of 2-core masonry units caused by mortar.

FIGURE 6

Reduction of masonry wall R-value caused by grout.

FIGURE 7

Overall Wall R-values for masonry wall systems.




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Updated August 21, 2001 by Diane McKnight