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• TITLE: Thermophysical Characterization of Local Materials from a Locality in Chad for Use in Eco-Building

  AUTHORS: Abderahman Adoum Oumar, Malloum Soultan, Abdallah Dadi, Togdjim Jonas, Mahamat Saleh Abdel-Khadir, Mahamoud Youssouf Khayal, Salif Gaye

  KEYWORDS: Soils, Characterization, Thermophysical, Local Building

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol.14 No.3, September 24, 2024

  ABSTRACT: With the aim of enhancing the value of local building materials, the subject of this paper is a thermophysical study of natural Chadian clay from the eastern region of Chad, “Abeche”. Samples were taken from a brickwork in Abeche from a depth of 1 m, then using a clay brick-making press, 4 × 5 × 8 cm3 clay test tubes were made with 2%, 4%, 6% and 8% cow dung, and a 100% clay sample was used as a control. These samples underwent thermophysical characterization using the hot-wire method with a hot-plane option, yielding results that could improve thermophysical performance. The thermal conductivity of the test sample is in the order of 0.715 to 0.420 W/m. K, at 8% for cow dung, so the addition of cow dung as a percentage in the clay matrix enabled us to obtain various satisfactory thermal parameters.