Compressive Strength and Heat Transfer of Wood/PVC Composite Wall bearing with Various Cross Sections

Abstract

This work studied the effect of hollowed cross section including web thickness, flange width and flange thickness on compressive strength and heat transfer of wood/PVC composite wall panels via full-scaled laboratory test. The compressive strength was also investigated with 15 and 30 wall slenderness ratio. The major parameters including web thickness, flange width and flange thickness were 12 and 20 mm, 70 100 and 140 mm, 20 and 35 mm, respectively. The results found that the load carrying capacity increased with increasing the web thickness, flange width and flange thickness while the lateral displacement and heat transfer were decreased. Moreover, the load carrying capacity and lateral displacement resistance were decreased with increasing wall slenderness ratio.