This paper presents a theoretical and experimental study on thermal conductivities of silica
aerogel, xonotlite-type calcium silicate and xonotlite–aerogel composite insulation material …

Considering the fact that thermal mass materials enable a significant reduction of 7–22% in
energy consumption in buildings, it is vital to use cementitious materials with enhanced …

This paper presents a review of existing studies on the microstructure and thermal
conductivity of cement-based foam. Previous studies on constituent materials, measurement …

A resistor model has been presented for easy estimation of effective thermal conductivity
(ETC) of highly porous metal foams based on experimental data available. Recently …

Particle shape can affect the flow and thermal behavior significantly in particle–fluid flow
systems. In this work, the combined approach of discrete element method (DEM) and …

A generalized model for the effective thermal conductivity of porous media is derived based
on the fact that statistical self-similarity exists in porous media. The proposed model …

Effective thermal conductivity (ETC) is one of the most important thermal properties of
packed granular materials, and is affected significantly by particle properties. In this work …

As a transport property, effective thermal conductivity of porous media has received much
attention due to its wide applications in many fields, including chemical engineering, soil …

A fractal model is presented based on the thermal–electrical analogy technique and
statistical self-similarity of fractal saturated porous media. A dimensionless effective thermal …

In this paper, a new effective model, spherical hollow cube model, is proposed based on the
structures of aerogels and the prediction equation for the apparent thermal conductivity is …