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Scott Hamel P.E., Ph.D.
01/25/2017
Thermal and mechanical modeling of
thermal breaks in structural steel point
transmittances
Presented to the UAA College of Engineering Seminar Series
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Presentation outline
Introduction to Thermal bridges and breaks
Industry Survey
Calibrated hot box
Thermal FEA
Structural Testing
Structural FEA
Conclusions
Project Goal:
Experimentally and computationally
evaluate the thermal and mechanical
characteristics of a set of common
structural steel thermal break details
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Thermal bridging
“Excessive heat flow through the building envelope by a highly
conductive element”
Linear
Units of: 𝐵𝑡𝑢
ℎ𝑟∙℉∙𝑓𝑡
Point
Units of: 𝐵𝑡𝑢
ℎ𝑟∙℉
Convection
Radiation
Convection
Radiation
Conduction
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Linear thermal bridge
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Point thermal bridge
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Point thermal bridge
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Thermal bridging in structural
steel
𝑘𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑙 = 347𝐵𝑡𝑢 ∙ 𝑖𝑛
ℎ𝑟 ∙ 𝑓𝑡2 ∙ °𝐹
𝑘𝑋𝑃𝑆 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑙. = 0.2𝐵𝑡𝑢 ∙ 𝑖𝑛
ℎ𝑟 ∙ 𝑓𝑡2 ∙ °𝐹
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Issues with thermal bridges
Heat loss
Cooling loss
Condensation
Corrosion
Façade and interior coverings damage
Mold growth
Occupancy comfort
Indoor humidity problems
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Thermal breaks
Bearing pads
Neoprene
Wood
FRP
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Proprietary thermal breaks
Manufactured thermal break assemblies (MSTBAs)
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AISC/ RCSC Code
provisions
AISC / RCSC 2014
Section 3.1, p. 16.2-17
“Compressible materials shall not be placed within the grip of the bolt.”
Commentary
“…Compressible materials … preclude the development and/or retention
of the installed pretensions in the bolts, when required.”
“….Greater slopes [than 1:20, of connected elements] are
undesirable because the resultant localized bending decreases both the
strength and the ductility of the bolt.”
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Condensation
Calculating condensation potential:
Dew point, indoor temp
Temperature index: 𝑇𝐼 =𝑇𝑠 − 𝑇𝑜𝑇𝑖 − 𝑇𝑜
𝑇𝑖 = 70º𝐹
𝑇𝑜 = 0ºF𝑇𝑠 = 40.8º𝐹
=40.8 − 0
70 − 0= 0.58 < 0.70, not good
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Industry survey & results
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Industry survey
Local interviews
AISC members
May 2014
269 responses
Map of survey respondents
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Survey results
Which thermal bridging detailing situations do you find to be more common? Check all that apply.
# Answer
Response %
1 Cantilever levels/ beams
113 74%
2 Facade elements
113 74%
3 Roof protrusions
96 63%
4 Foundation penetrations
30 20%
5 External braces
22 14%
6 Other
10 7%
Most Common Details:
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Survey results
How does your company currently address thermal bridging of steel members that protrude
through a building’s thermal envelope? Check all that apply.
# Answer
Response %
1 Avoid entirely (e.g., double columns, etc.)
39 27%
2 Use gasket material (e.g., plywood, neoprene,
fiberglass, etc.)
67 46%
3 Use a Manufactured Structural Thermal Break
Assembly (MSTBA)
34 23%
4 Replace member with less conductive material
(such as stainless steel, timber, etc.)
35 24%
5 Surround protruding steel member with insulating
material
104 71%
6 Do nothing
63 43%
7 Other
17 12%
How is Thermal-Bridging Addressed?
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Survey results
Which of the following materials does your company employ to mitigate thermal bridging effects?
Check all that apply.
# Answer
Response %
1 Neoprene
43 56%
2 Nitrile
1 1%
3 High Density Polyethylene
(HDPE)
31 40%
4 Wood/ engineered wood
35 45%
5 Fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP)
26 34%
6 Fibre-reinforced polymer bolts
5 6%
7 Stainless steel
31 40%
8 Stainless steel bolts
29 38%
9 Other (list as many as apply)
9 12%
What Materials are used for Gasket?
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Calibrated Hot-Box Testing
Experimental Thermal Performance
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Experimentally measuring
heat flow Modified ASTM C1363-11: “Standard Test Method for Thermal
Performance of Building Materials and Envelope Assemblies by
Means of a Hot Box Apparatus”
Calibrated hot box:
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Calibrated hot box
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PID control
1.5in. FRP break, steel bolts
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Calibrated hot box specimens
Thermal bridge Thermal break2in. XPS insulation
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Calibrated hot box specimens
Thermal bridge
W10x19 beam through 2-in. XPS
▪ Thermal break
▪ Beam to beam end-plate connection
▪ Neoprene pad (0.5, 1.0, & 1.5in. thick)
▪ Fabreeka pad (0.5, & 1.0in. thick)
▪ Steel & stainless-steel bolts
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Experimental results
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
2
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
Continuous
beam
No pad Neoprene
steel
Neoprene
stainless
FRP
steel bolts
FRP
stainless
Neoprene
steel
Neoprene
stainless
FRP
steel
FRP
stainless
Heat
flo
w r
ate (
Btu
/hr
F)
1 in. thick0.5 in. thick
Neoprene pad, steel bolts
FRP pad, steel bolts
Neoprene , stainless bolts
FRP, stainless bolts
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Thermal Finite-Element Modeling
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FEA heat transfer model
Thermal bridge
Parameters:
Beam size
▪ Thermal break
▪ Parameters:
▪ Pad material
▪ Pad thickness
▪ Bolt material
▪ Abaqus 6.14/ Standard (& Solidworks)
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Continuous beam
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Thermal break results
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Thermal break pad thickness
(k in units of Btu·in/ft2·hr·ºF)
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Bolt material
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
1.00
1.20
1.40
1.60
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5
Tem
per
atu
re i
nd
ex
Hea
t fl
ow
rat
e (B
tu/h
r·°F
)
Neoprene pad thickness (in.)
Heat flow rate
Steel bolts
Stainless-steel bolts
FRP bolts
Temperature index
Steel Bolts
Stainless-steel bolts
FRP boltsBetter heat
flow rate
Better temperature index
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Heat flow - pad vs. bolts
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
1.6
0.25 0.5 0.75 1 1.25 1.5 1.75 2 2.25 2.5 2.75 3 3.25 3.5 3.75 4
Heat
flow
rate
(B
tu/h
r·°F
)
Neoprene pad thickness (in.)
Heat flow through neoprene pad
Heat flow through steel bolts
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Covering insulation
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Covering insulation results
Temperature Index = 0.57 Temperature Index = 0.85
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Structural Testing
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End-plate thermal break
End-plate moment
connection
W10x19 A992 steel beam
A572 Gr. 50 end-plate
A325 bolts
Neoprene pad, 0.5”, 1”,
1.5”
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Bending tests
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Bending tests
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Bending test results
0.5 in. neoprene pad test at failure
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Bending test results
1.5 in. neoprene pad test at failure
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Moment-rotation
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Shear tests
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Shear test results
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Shear test results
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Structural Finite-element Modeling
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Finite element model
Abaqus 6.14/ Standard
3D deformable elements
Mesh
C3D8RH elements (8-node, linear, hybrid formulation)
Mesh density
5 elements across any thickness in bending
Maintain ~ 1:1 aspect ratio
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Study properties
Steps
Step 1: tighten bolts to 2000lb
Step 2: apply deflection at 45.9in
Automatic Incrementation
Direct solution method
Full-Newton solution technique
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Steel material definition
Non-linear elastic
0
40,000
80,000
120,000
160,000
0.00 0.20
Str
ess (
psi)
Strain (in/in)
Nominal stress
True stress
A325
bolts
Plate and beam
0
40,000
80,000
120,000
160,000
0.00 0.05 0.10
Str
ess (
psi)
Strain (in/in)
Nominal stress
True stress
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-2000
-1500
-1000
-500
0
500
1000
-1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00
Nom
inal str
ess (
psi)
Nominal strain
Neoprene Material Ogden 2nd order model
Function that fits complex incompressible materials
Expressed in terms of principal stretches
1 2 3 1 2 3
1
, , 3p p p
Np
p p
W
1 2
µi 0.104347 158.099
αi 7.78077 2.24987
D 0 0
N=2
Uniaxial stress-strain curve
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Finite element modeling
No neoprene 0.5” neoprene
1.0” neoprene 1.5” neoprene
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Plate
No neoprene
0.5” neoprene
1.0” neoprene
1.5” neoprene
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FEA vs. experimental no neoprene
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FEA vs. experimental
FEA limit of convergence
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FEA vs. experimental
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Research Conclusions Thermal
Thin thermal break pads (<0.5in for neoprene, <1.0in for FRP) increases heat flow greater than continuous beam case
Thicker thermal break pads provide reduced heat flow
Stainless-steel and FRP bolts reduce heat flow for a 0.5in neoprene pad by 19.4% and 66.3%, respectively, compared to steel bolts
Structural
Rotational stiffness is reduced approximately linearly for increasing neoprene pad thickness
Bolt rupture occurred at a lower applied moment for neoprene pad connections
Shear stiffness is reduced exponentially with increased pad stiffness
Prying action occurs on bolts in connections with a neoprene pad
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Practical Conclusions Thin neoprene pads
Bad for heat flow
Good for temperature index
Good structural behavior
Thick neoprene pads
Good for heat flow
Good for temperature index
Bad for stiffness in bending
Thick FRP pads (Northeastern University)
Good for heat flow
Good for temperature index
Good for stiffness in bending?
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UAA Engineering Industry
Building Bridge
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Thermal Break Supports
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Roof Connection
3D FEA
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Roof Connection
Thermal Model
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Floor Connection
Structural Detail
(Looking North)
Structural Detail
(Looking North)
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Instrumented Connection
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Results on a Cold Day
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Results on a Cold Day
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Acknowledgements
American Institute of Steel Construction
Structural Engineers Association of Alaska
University of Alaska Anchorage, CoEng
Sava White
Corbin Rowe
Nathaniel Cox
Matheus Bastos Silva
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Questions?
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Boundary conditions/
interactions
Boundary conditions
Rigid plate fixed for all DOF
Constraints
Nuts “tied” to bolts
Bolt heads tied to -plate
Interactions
Bolts & neoprene (fric = 0.4)
Neoprene and end-plate (fric = 0.4)
Neoprene and rigid plate (fric = 0.4)
Nuts to rigid plate (fric = 0.2)
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Calculating heat loss in a
thermal bridge
Calculating thermal bridge heat flow:
Linear thermal bridge:
Point thermal bridge:
Total:
𝛹 =𝑄 − 𝑄0
𝐿= 𝑈 − 𝑈0 ∙
𝐴𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙𝐿
𝜒 = 𝑄 − 𝑄0 = 𝑈 − 𝑈0 ∙ 𝐴𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙
𝑄 = ∆𝑇 U0 ∙ 𝐴𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 + 𝛹𝑖 ∙ 𝐿𝑖 + 𝜒𝑖 ∙ 𝑛𝑖
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Heat transfer FEA
Abaqus 6.14/ Standard (& Solidworks)
Steady-state
ASHRAE values for:
Material thermal conductivity Steel, k = 347 Btu·in/ft2·hr·ºF
Stainless steel, k = 118
FRP, k = 2.0
Neoprene, k = 1.32
XPS insulation, k = 0.2
Surface heat transfer coefficient 1.5 Btu/ (hr·ft2·ºF), both sides
Sink temperature:
Inside: 1ºF
Outside: 0ºF
No gap resistance
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-40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40
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(ºF
)
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Outside air
temperature
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temperature
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Continuous beam thermal bridge acts as a cooling fin
𝑄 ≈ ℎ ∙ 𝑘 · 𝑃 ∙ 𝐴𝑐𝑇𝑖 − 𝑇o
2
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Continuous beam heat flow for all W-shapes
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0 50 100 150 200
Heat
flo
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ate (
Btu
/hr·
ºF)
√(𝑃∙𝐴)
Finite element analysis
Eq. 3-8𝑸 ≈ 𝒉 ∙ 𝒌 · 𝑷 ∙ 𝑨𝒄𝑻𝒊 − 𝑻𝒐
𝟐