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Journal of Wood Science

Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 6 Calculated thermal resistance (R) of the produced sandwich panel compared with that of brick and concrete with the similar thickness (62 mm)

From: Developing structural sandwich panels for energy-efficient wall applications using laminated oil palm wood and rubberwood-based plywood/oriented strand board

Type of wall

Thermal resistance (R)

(m2 K/W)

Sandwich panel

 

Plywood face

 

Low density core

0.8151 ± 0.0101a

Medium density core

0.7257 ± 0.0191b

OSB face

 

Low density core

0.8260 ± 0.0140a

Medium density core

0.7405 ± 0.0162b

Brick

0.2355

Concrete

0.2201

  1. a, bItems with the same letter indicate that there is no difference between their mean values
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