- Author
- Adl-Zarrabi, B. | Bostrom, L. | Wickstrom, U.
- Title
- Using the TPS Method for Determining the Thermal Properties of Concrete and Wood at Elevated Temperature.
- Coporate
- SP Fire Technology, Borås, Sweden
- Journal
- Fire and Materials, Vol. 30, No. 5, 359-369, September/October 2006
- Keywords
- concretes | wood | thermal properties | thermal conductivity | thermal diffusivity | heat capacity | temperature | specific heat | moisture content | temperature distribution
- Identifiers
- Transient Plane Source (TPS); thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity of a wood at room temperature with different orientation; thermal properties at different temperatures as mean values of 3-5 measurements for each specimen; specific heat of dry wood and wood with moisture content; comparison of thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity of two wood specimens and values found in literature at 208°; concrete mixture; specific heat measured with TPS and MDSC