Anca Constantin, Claudiu Ștefan Nițescu, Mirela Popa
DOI: 10.2478/ouacsce-2025-0002
Pages: 9 – 18
Abstract – The article presents a dynamic analysis of the heat transfer through an adobe wall of a residential detached house in Constanta, aiming to determine the temperature field in the wall, during a hot summer day. Both outdoor and indoor air temperatures are variable. It proposes a simple way for determining the conduction coefficient of a building material, by combining the finite element method of E. Smidt with in situ measurements. The adobe conductive coefficient was obtained to be λ=0.33 W⁄(m/K). The results regarding the limit surfaces temperature field pointed out the attenuation of the temperature amplitude from 23.4 ℃ at the external wall surface to 5 ℃ at the internal one. The presence of the glazed surfaces on the wall mitigates the good influence adobe has on the interior thermal comfort.
Keywords – adobe, dynamic conductive heat transfer, temperature field, thermal conduction.
