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30 December, 22:19

Consider a composite wall that includes an 8-mm thick hardwood siding, 40mm by 130mm hardwood studs on. 65m centers with glass insulation (paper faced, 28 kg/m^3) and a 12mm layer of gypsum (vermiculite) wall board.

What is the thermal resistance associated with a wall that is 2.5m high by 6.5m wide (having 10 studs, each 2.5m high) ? Assume surfaces parallel to the x-direstion are adiabatic.

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  1. 31 December, 01:33
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    Answer / Explanation:

    (1) First, we identify the known parameters:

    Known Parameters: Dimensions and materials associated with a composite wall (2.5m x 6.5m, 10 studs each 2.5m high)

    Assumptions: (1) Steady state condition (2) Temperature of comosite depends only on x (surface normal to x are iso thermal), (3) constant properties (4) Negligible contact resistance.

    Properties: (T≈ 300k) : Hard wood siding, Kₐ = 0.094 W / m. k:

    Hard wood, Kₙ = 0.16 W / m. k : Gypsum, Kₓ = 0.17 W / m. k:

    Insulation = Fiber glass faced paper, 28 kg/m³), K₀ = 0.038W / m. k

    (2) Analysis:

    Using the isothermal surface assumption, the thermal circuit associated with a single unit.

    (3)

    (Lₐ / Kₐ Aₐ) = 0.008m / 0.094 W / m. k. (0.65m x 2.5m)

    = 0.0524 K/W

    (Lₓ / Kₓ Aₓ) = 0.13m / 0.16 W / m. k. (0.04m x 2.5m)

    = 8.125 K/W

    (Lₙ / Kₙ Aₙ) = 0.13m / 0.038 W / m. k. (0.61m x 2.5m)

    = 2.243 K/W

    (L₀ / K₀ A₀) = 0.012M / 0.17 W / m. k. (0.65m x 2.5m)

    Therefore, the equivalent resistance of the core is:

    Req = (1 / Rb + 1 / Rd) ⁻¹

    = (1/8.125 + 1/2.243)

    1.758 k/w

    and the total unit resistance

    = Rtotal = Ra + Req + Rc

    =1.854 k/w

    Rtotal = (10 x 1 / Rtotal-1) ⁻¹

    0.1854 k/w

    Hence, if the surface parallel to the heat flow direction are assumed adiabatic, the thermal circuit and the value Rtotal will differ.

    Therefore, the total wall resistance = 0.1854 k/w
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