Thermal conductivity of lightweight concrete with admixtures

This research presents an investigation of a new lightweight concrete for construction materials which composed of cement, sand, expanded polystyrene, and wastage materials such as fly ash, silica fume, rice husk and sawdust which react as admixtures in the mix proportion. Thermal conductivity an...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adam Hussary, Ahmad
Format: Final Year Project Report / IMRAD
Language:English
English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2009
Subjects:
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4566/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4566/1/Thermal%20Conductivity%20of%20Lightweight%20Concrete%20with%20Admixtures%20%2824pgs%29.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4566/7/Adam%20Hussary%20Bin%20Ahmad%20ft.pdf
_version_ 1848835455989055488
author Adam Hussary, Ahmad
author_facet Adam Hussary, Ahmad
author_sort Adam Hussary, Ahmad
building UNIMAS Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description This research presents an investigation of a new lightweight concrete for construction materials which composed of cement, sand, expanded polystyrene, and wastage materials such as fly ash, silica fume, rice husk and sawdust which react as admixtures in the mix proportion. Thermal conductivity and density of the samples will be investigated. Thermal conductivity is a measure of the effectivity of the material in transmitting heat through it. The result obtained shows that the thermal conductivity value reduces with the increment addition of wastage materials in the lightweight concrete mix proportion. The wastages satisfy the basic requirement of insulation for construction materials and could be used for wall, slab and roof. Hence, with this finding it shows that it has good potential for development progress for low cost construction. Finally, apart of being a good insulation materials which save energy consumption for the building, this research also has provide an alternative to reused the wastage from the industries in order to reduce the rate of pollution.
first_indexed 2025-11-15T06:08:09Z
format Final Year Project Report / IMRAD
id unimas-4566
institution Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
institution_category Local University
language English
English
last_indexed 2025-11-15T06:08:09Z
publishDate 2009
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling unimas-45662023-02-28T05:11:42Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4566/ Thermal conductivity of lightweight concrete with admixtures Adam Hussary, Ahmad TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery This research presents an investigation of a new lightweight concrete for construction materials which composed of cement, sand, expanded polystyrene, and wastage materials such as fly ash, silica fume, rice husk and sawdust which react as admixtures in the mix proportion. Thermal conductivity and density of the samples will be investigated. Thermal conductivity is a measure of the effectivity of the material in transmitting heat through it. The result obtained shows that the thermal conductivity value reduces with the increment addition of wastage materials in the lightweight concrete mix proportion. The wastages satisfy the basic requirement of insulation for construction materials and could be used for wall, slab and roof. Hence, with this finding it shows that it has good potential for development progress for low cost construction. Finally, apart of being a good insulation materials which save energy consumption for the building, this research also has provide an alternative to reused the wastage from the industries in order to reduce the rate of pollution. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2009 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4566/1/Thermal%20Conductivity%20of%20Lightweight%20Concrete%20with%20Admixtures%20%2824pgs%29.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4566/7/Adam%20Hussary%20Bin%20Ahmad%20ft.pdf Adam Hussary, Ahmad (2009) Thermal conductivity of lightweight concrete with admixtures. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Adam Hussary, Ahmad
Thermal conductivity of lightweight concrete with admixtures
title Thermal conductivity of lightweight concrete with admixtures
title_full Thermal conductivity of lightweight concrete with admixtures
title_fullStr Thermal conductivity of lightweight concrete with admixtures
title_full_unstemmed Thermal conductivity of lightweight concrete with admixtures
title_short Thermal conductivity of lightweight concrete with admixtures
title_sort thermal conductivity of lightweight concrete with admixtures
topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4566/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4566/1/Thermal%20Conductivity%20of%20Lightweight%20Concrete%20with%20Admixtures%20%2824pgs%29.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4566/7/Adam%20Hussary%20Bin%20Ahmad%20ft.pdf