The effect of temperature difference on bending of external panel walls

Abstract

One of the most common structural systems of buildings intended for various purposes is a prefabricated panel system of factory-made elements assembled on-site. Single-layer structures made of lightweight concrete are widely used as envelopes of these buildings. In buildings operated under various climatic conditions, exterior wall panels, as well as other envelopes, are exposed to thermal deformations and, accordingly, changes in the stress-strain state. As the temperature changes, corresponding stresses and deformations occur across the thickness of the exterior panels. To analyze their values, the bending moments and support reactions of single-layer lightweight concrete panels of different length and thickness in the range of temperature differences from 0 °С to 65 °С have been calculated. It was found that the bending moments and support reactions of 1,500 mm long panels decrease as the thickness of the panels increases over the entire temperature gradient. The values of bending moments and support reactions of panels with length of 3,000, 4,500 and 6,000 mm decrease only when the temperature rises from 0 to 10 °С, in the rest of the range 15–65 °С – increase as the thickness of the panel increases due to the bending stiffness.