The effect of material properties and isolation system on thermal bridge behavior

Abstract

Reducing the energy consumption is very important for the development of the countries. For this reason, energy consumption at the buildings is very important. It is necessary to know behaviours of thermal bridges, affects at insulation system utilized and materials constituting the thermal bridges very well to cut down thermal loss in buildings, this study searches affects at change in the thermal conductivity coefficients of concrete, wall and insulation materials used in the terrace floors on the thermal bridges . For this reason, apart from literature, examination on 9 insulation sections most frequently used for the terrace floors at reinforced concrete buildings in Turkey were realized. What is the effect of changes at insulation system and/or the concrete and the wall materials on the thermal bridge?. Answers to this question was researched. Calculations were made for temperature and heat flux distributions at wall-floor-beam combinations at different insulation states considering plastered state for first degree day area, as mentioned in TS825 Standard. For the calculations, QuickField 5.6 program, which gives realistic values and utilizes finite elements method was used. With the results of this study, it was seen how the behavior of the variance of the concrete, wall and insulation heat conductivity values at the thermal bridges changes in a two-dimensional way. As a result of the calculations, the biggest heat loss was obtained when thermal conductivity coefficient of the concrete increased. Besides, answers are given to questions such as which is the most productive section used in terrace floors?