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An Experimental Investigation of Thermal Properties for Different Building Materials Used in Egypt

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Last updated: 09 Mar 2025

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Architectural Engineering.

Abstract

The thermal properties of buildings' envelope play a significant role in determining energy consumption and thermal comfort within a building. This is the direct effect of the heat gain through the building's envelope on temperature distribution over its interiors. The thermal properties of a building material are not constant due to the variation of the material's components and its manufacturing from a place to the other. This work aims to extract the thermal properties of the commonly used building materials across Egypt using a lab-scale designed device. The experiment's device and settings have been validated. The results of this work will facilitate and enhance the performance of thermal simulation of building interiors within the Egyptian context through accurate specification of the local building materials' thermal properties. Commonly utilized building materials across Egypt are examined such as light brick, cement brick, hollow clay brick, ceramic, mosaic tiles, and beech wood. It is noticed that there is difference in the thermal properties' values of some tested materials when compared to the Egyptian code, while they are found to be agreed with some other studies. This difference or agreement can be referred to the component of the material and its manufacturing process.

DOI

10.21608/jaet.2025.316942.1317

Keywords

Thermal properties, Building Materials, heat transfer, Building envelope

Authors

First Name

Abd El-Montaleb

Last Name

Aly

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Architectural Engineering Dep., Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, Assuit, Egypt

Email

monteleb@aun.edu.eg

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Orcid

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First Name

Nagat

Last Name

Makhlouf

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Architectural Engineering Dep., Faculty of Engineering, Minia University, Minia, Egypt

Email

n_a_m80@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

0009-0008-4721-7182

First Name

El-Sadek

Last Name

NourEldeen

MiddleName

H.

Affiliation

Mechanical Power Engineering and Energy Dep., Faculty of Engineering, Minia University, Minia, Egypt

Email

dr_elsadekhn2000@mu.edu.eg

City

Minia

Orcid

0000-0002-5420-2287

First Name

Hisham

Last Name

Maher

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Mechanical Power Engineering and Energy Dep., Faculty of Engineering, Minia University, Minia, Egypt

Email

hesham.m@mu.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Medhat

Last Name

Osman

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Architectural Engineering Dep., Faculty of Engineering, Minia University, Minia, Egypt

Email

medhat.osman@mu.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

0000-0002-1828-4369

Volume

44

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

53703

Issue Date

2025-01-01

Receive Date

2024-12-14

Publish Date

2025-02-26

Page Start

245

Page End

252

Print ISSN

2682-2091

Online ISSN

2812-5487

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https://jaet.journals.ekb.eg/article_414467.html

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Original Article

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1,142

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Publication Title

Journal of Advanced Engineering Trends

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https://jaet.journals.ekb.eg/

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An Experimental Investigation of Thermal Properties for Different Building Materials Used in Egypt

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Created At

09 Mar 2025