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Investigation of the Thermal Performance of Lightweight Assembled Exterior Wall Panel (LAEWP) with Stud Connections

Tianzhen Li    
Jun Xia    
Chee Seong Chin and Pei Song    

Resumen

One of the most effective ways to improve building energy efficiency and consumption is to increase the thermal insulation of the building envelope and reduce the heat loss through walls. A new type of thermal insulation wall panel, consisting of a lightweight assembled exterior wall panel, was investigated in this research through experimental and numerical analyses. The feasibility of achieving the anticipated thermal performance through finite element modeling using ABAQUS® was verified. Good agreement between numerical simulation and experimental measurement was found, and the accuracy is 98.8%. To further reduce the heat transfer coefficient (U-value) of the panel to improve its thermal performance, parametric analyses were conducted utilizing the validated finite element model. The simulation shows that changing the insulation material is the best option, and the U-value reduction percentage reached 13.2%. Moreover, the combination of reducing the number of steel studs, decreasing the size of steel studs, implementing the opening of the light-gauge steel, and improving the insulation material led to a 23.7% reduction in the U-value at 0.695 W·m-2·K-1.

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