conducting polymers, because of their special properties, are used to introduce conductive polymeric composites. also, clays have recently been used for preparation of polymer composites with enhanced mechanical and thermal properties. the aim of this work is to study the synergetic effect of the co-presence of conducting polyaniline and montmorillonite in the polyethylene matrix. polyethylene ...

in the present attempt, flow behavior and thermal convection of one type of nanofluids in a disc geometry was investigated using computational fluid dynamics (cfd). influence of gravity induced sedimentation also has been studied. the commercial software, fluent 6.2, has been employed to solve the governing equations. a user defined function was added to apply a uniform external magnetic field....

this paper classifies green envelopes as green roofs and green walls according to effective factors, which were derived from literature to compare the green envelopes’ thermal and energy performance in a more effective way. for this purpose, an extensive literature review was carried out by searching keywords in databases and studying related journal papers and articles. the research method for...

The building industry is responsible for considerable energy consumption and the production of large amounts greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Hence, reducing heat losses that occur through envelope, especially floor foundations, important. This paper provides an up-to-date review on thermal bridges (TBs), mainly with respect to slab-on-grade TBs. First, different types are defined; then stan...

We synthesized CoFe2O4 nanoparticles using heating in various times by simple microwave method at power about 600W. Water, ethylene glycol and their combination were used as solvent. X-ray diffraction pattern(XRD) analysis was performed for evaluation of structural characterization of samples. We also used scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to evaluate the effects of various parameters of heati...

The selection and configuration of building materials for optimal energy efficiency in a building require some assumptions and models for the thermal behavior of the utilized materials. Although the models for many materials can be considered acceptable for simulation and calculation purposes, the work for modeling the real time behavior of phase change materials is still under development. The...

Hybrid structural electronics (HSE) consists of printed electronics, conventional rigid and load-bearing supporting parts a device (plastic, glass etc.). Extra-large area flexible lighting elements with embedded light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are an example such applications. LEDs can be used, for example, as light sources, to create smart surfaces the architectural or automotive industry. Once i...