Analysis of the Temperature Field and Deformation Characteristics of Foam Glass Thermal Insulating Decorative Integrated Board System

Abstract

Recently, foam glass thermal insulating decorative integrated board has been proposed as advanced external wall insulation. In the present study, the temperature and strain monitoring program is designed to investigate the synergistic of the integrated board and the base wall after installation on the building exterior wall. Moreover, variations of the temperature and strain fields of the system in different aging stages are studied. The obtained results show that the foam glass integrated board has an excellent performance in heat and cold preservation. It is found that the temperature difference between the concrete base layer and the finishing layer reaches 40°C. The temperature fluctuation range of the base layer is only 4°C and 9°C in hot-rain cycles and the heat-cold cycles, respectively. Moreover, it is found that the strain fluctuations of the finishing layer are relatively severe, and the deformation range of −1000με～+2500με and the plastic deformation of +1500με may occur in the hot-rain cycle, and the range of −2000με～+1500με and the plastic deformation of −600με may occur in the heat-cold cycle. Finally, the concept of thermal insulation degradation degree (D_T) is proposed. The obtained results reveal that D_T rises from 0 to 0.23 in the hot-rain cycle and from 0 to 0.36 in the heat-cold cycle. Through the analysis of the strain changes, the synergistic mechanism of the integrated board and the base wall in the aging process is studied. The present article is expected to provide a theoretical guideline to design foam glass integrated boards.