A study by Adna Érica Melo de Sousa Fontes analyzes lining mortars with expanded clay aggregate. The research compares mortars with 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, and 50% expanded clay substitution against a reference mortar without it. Laboratory tests measured mechanical properties in fresh and hardened states and thermal conductivity using incidence and heat transfer simulators.
Use Cases
- Predicting thermal insulation performance based on expanded clay content percentages mentioned in the description
- Analyzing the relationship between aggregate substitution levels and mechanical strength properties
- Comparing fresh-state and hardened-state mortar properties across different material compositions
Strengths
- The study explicitly tests five distinct substitution percentages (10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%)
- Measures both mechanical properties and thermal conductivity, providing a multi-faceted analysis
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- Adna Érica Melo de Sousa Fontes
- Collection Method
- Laboratory tests on mortar samples using incidence and heat transfer simulators.