TY  - BOOK
AU  - Uma P. (PG191075)
AU  - Damle, Rashmin  (Guide) 
TI  - A case study on thermal performance in residences with laterite stone climate and rammed earth materials in warm and humid (Softcopy is also available) 
U1  - MBEP TH-0060 
PY  - 2021///
N1  - Contents
Abstract	0
Acknowledgement	1
Nomenclature	4
List of Figures	4
List of tables	5
1.	Introduction	6
1.1	Background	6
1.2	Purpose statement	6
1.3	Research questions	6
1.4	Research objectives	7
1.5	Significance of the study	7
1.6	Limitation	7
2.	Literature Review	8
2.1	Thermal performance parameters	8
2.1.1	Mean radiant temperature	8
2.1.2	Operative temperature	9
2.1.3	Decrement factor	9
2.1.4	Time lag	9
2.2	Thermal properties of building materials	9
2.3	Instruments used in various studies	10
2.4	Investigation of thermal performance of materials in buildings	10
3.	Research Methodology	12
3.1	Study building selection.	12
3.1.1	Selection of the residences and evaluation of the building parameters	13
3.1.2	Composition of laterite stone and rammed earth.	14
3.2	Data gathering methods	14
3.3	Data collection procedure	15
3.3.1	Onsite measurement	15
3.3.2	Measurement protocol	16
3.3.3	Thermal simulation	17
4.	Observations and results	17
4.1	Laterite stone residence	17
4.1.1. Surface temperature	17
4.1.2 Indoor conditions of south east room	20
4.2	Rammed earth residence.	21
4.2.1	Surface temperature	21
4.2.2	Indoor condition of south east room	23
4.3	Study of the buildings and the criteria for selection of similar analysis spaces	24
4.3.1	South East room	24
4.3.2	North east room	25
4.3.3	South West room	26
4.4	Preliminary analysis of similar spaces.	27
4.5	Thermal simulation model	29
4.5.1	Creation and calibration of the simulation model	29
4.5.2	Results	29
5.	Conclusions	31
6.	Future scope of work	32
7.	References	33
Appendix	35

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