NOVEL APPROACHES IN STRUCTURAL AND THERMAL ANALYSIS OF BUILDINGS

Dariusz ALTERMAN
The University of Newcastle Australia

OVERVIEW

Artificial Intelligence methods Uniaxial tensile tests Image Analyse techniques Energy efficiency of buildings

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Image Analysis

AE

Mechanical tests
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- air content (A) - micropores content (A300) - specific surface (alfa) - spacing factor (L) - cracks

- AE signal - Vickers test - CoV of diagonals

DATABASE
Information from the object

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- modulus of elasticity

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS

Numerous multi-dimensional data comes from multithe real world and are often not exactly accurate, complete but fuzzy or scattered

Artificial Intelligence procedures can reveal unknown features of reality to an Engineer

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OBSERVED FEATURES

AI

EVALUATED PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE

(frost resistance, compressive and tensile strength, ...)

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TYPE OF ANALYSIS
approximation classification ???

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BACKPROPAGATION NETWORK
hidden neuron
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hidden neuron etc.

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PREDICTION
F u n c t io n A p p ro x im a t io n 140 120

100 Output: -, Target: +

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fc

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40

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0 0 0 .5 1 In p u t 1.5 2 2.5

w/c
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HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE

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UNIAXIAL TENSILE TESTS EFFECTS OF SECONDARY FLEXURE

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LOADING

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THE EFFECTS OF SECONDARY FLEXURE

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Without elimination

With elimination

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IMPREGNATION TECHNIQUE

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AUSTRALIAN HOUSING
Typically brick veneer, cavity brick or lightweight construction (some single skin) Developers in the past have paid little attention to climate design or energy consumption and often poor use of materials Widespread use of air conditioning Modelling using appropriate software (AccuRate, EnergyPlus, NatHERS, FirstRate, BERS Pro, NUMBERS) One of the dominant parameters is the thermal resistance (R-value) of the external walls
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Sarking

OTHER MODULES INSTRUMENTATION

Exterior Wall

Roof Cavity Insulation R3.5

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Cement Render (Average Thickness 10mm) T-type Thermocouple Locations Heat Flux Sensor Locations
600mm

R1 Polystyrene Insulation Interior Wall

600mm

Floor Slab

Reflective Foil Insulation Exterior Wall

Sarking Roof Cavity Insulation R3.5

Insulated Cavity Brick

Sarking Roof Cavity Insulation R3.5 Fibro-Cement Timber Framing with R1.5 Batts Interior Wall Cement Render (Average Thickness 10mm)

Timber Framing with R1.5 Batts Plasterboard

600mm

T-type Thermocouple Locations

600mm

600mm

Heat Flux Sensor Locations

600mm

T-type Thermocouple Locations Heat Flux Sensor Locations

600mm

Floor Slab

600mm

Floor Slab

Insulated Brick Veneer

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Insulated Reverse Brick Veneer

INSTRUMENTATION

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Temperature Heat flux profiles Solar radiation Weather conditions Heating/cooling energy

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Thermal resistance of each walling system determined from guarded hot box tests

Guarded hot box (2.4m x 2.4 m walls)

Representative housing test modules for each walling system observed over several years in Newcastle (Interior temperature free floating or controlled by heating/cooling)
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THERMAL MASS

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http://www.monier.co.nz/AboutUs/Environmental/Default.aspx
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Artificial Intelligence methods can help you better understand different phenomena in your research field

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