TY - JOUR
TI - Numerical investigation of the effect of insulation on heat transfer of thermal bridges with different types
AU - Karabulut Koray
AU - Buyruk Ertan
AU - Fertelli Ahmet
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2016
VL - 20
IS - 1
SP - 185
EP - 195
PT - Article
AB - In the present study, the effects of different types thermal bridges formed  by beams for floor-wall junctions in reinforced concrete structures, with and  without balconies, and the optimum configuration of the insulation layers to  avoid heat loss were investigated as numerically. Both insulation between the  walls and internal insulation was selected for floor-wall junctions and  internal insulation was used for floor-wall junctions with balcony. Fluent  package program was used to solve the temperature domain numerically. Results  showed that high heat transfer rates were obtained in the region of thermal  bridges for all building models. It was also obviously obtained that heat  transfer rate decreased with making insulation on the beam surfaces.