[Bldg-sim] Mud phuska properties
Chip Barnaby
cbarnaby at wrightsoft.com
Mon Nov 9 06:01:50 PST 2009
All,
Please check this info. The quoted density is less than
fiberglass. Mud phuska is a mix of clay and wood shavings (right?),
so the density should be > 500 kg/m3. Solid wood is around 500, soil
is 1500 - 1900. The conductivity and specific heat are more plausible.
Chip Barnaby
At 06:50 AM 11/9/2009, Meenakshi Sahu wrote:
>Dear Sanyogita,
>
>Please note down the following properties of mud phuska.
>
>Density = 1.731 kg/m^3
>Thermal conductivity = 0.750 W/mK
>Specific heat capacity = 0.88 kJ/kg-K
>[Reference: SP 41, Handbook on functional requirements of building
>(Other than industrial buildings), Part 1-4, Bureau of Indian Standard (1988)]
>
>
> Regards,
>Meenakshi.
>
>--- On Mon, 9/11/09, sanyogita manu <sanyogitamanu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>From: sanyogita manu <sanyogitamanu at yahoo.com>
>Subject: [Bldg-sim] Mud phuska properties
>To: bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org
>Date: Monday, 9 November, 2009, 12:29 PM
>
>Hi
>
>I know its a long shot but does anyone know what are the thermal and
>surface properties of Mud phuska? It is a typical Indian roof
>insulation. I would be very grateful if I could get a reference to a source.
>
>Thanks and regards,
>
>
>Sanyogita
>
>
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