Question
I would to know the specific heat and thermal conductivity values for hydration heat analysis.
Answer
The specific heat and thermal conductivity values can be obtained from the Korean standard specifications for concrete.
When conducting hydration heat analysis, you need to input thermal properties data in addition to the basic elastic data. For the materials, you need to input specific heat and thermal conductivity values for thermal properties. The values to be input are those specified in the standard specifications for concrete. However, in some cases, unreliable values can be calculated during analysis when the values given in CIVIL are used directly in FEA. In fact, the unit systems for specific heat in CIVIL and FEA are different. In FEA, you need to input specific heat values multiplied by the gravitational acceleration.