Segmented Insulation Element for Sliding and Thermal Performance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing thermal insulation components do not adequately optimize functional and thermal insulation properties, particularly in areas requiring improved sliding and thermal insulation performance.
Innovation Solution
A modular design for the additional element, comprising multiple parts with varying material properties, allows for precise adaptation to different sub-areas of the pressure element, incorporating optimized sliding and thermal insulation materials, and optionally using supplementary elements like foamed polyurethane or polystyrene, with the casting mold being made in two or more parts or involving reusable shaping elements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single-material additional element is used, then the structure is simple, but both sliding properties and thermal insulation properties cannot be optimized simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The additional element is divided into multiple parts with different material properties. One part is in contact with the pressure element to provide optimized sliding properties, while another part provides thermal insulation. This segmentation allows each part to be optimized for its specific function without compromising the other.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the additional element are assigned different material properties according to their functional requirements. The region contacting the pressure element uses material optimized for sliding, while other regions use material optimized for thermal insulation. This local differentiation resolves the contradiction between sliding performance and structural simplicity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a single-material additional element is used, then the manufacturing process is simple, but thermal insulation properties cannot be optimized in specific sub-areas
Solution Approach 1:
The additional element is segmented into parts with different material properties, allowing thermal insulation to be optimized in specific sub-areas while maintaining a relatively simple manufacturing process. Each segment can be manufactured separately and then assembled, reducing overall complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The additional element uses composite construction with different materials having different properties. This allows optimization of thermal insulation in specific areas while maintaining manufacturing feasibility through modular assembly of pre-fabricated segments.
3Reliability
If the additional element is designed in two or more parts, then sliding properties and thermal insulation properties can be optimized, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The additional element is divided into a minimum necessary number of parts (two or more) to achieve the dual optimization of sliding and thermal insulation properties. This segmentation improves reliability by allowing each part to be specialized for its function while limiting the increase in overall device complexity to only what is necessary.
Solution Approach 2:
Different parts of the additional element are assigned different material properties tailored to local functional requirements. This approach improves overall functional performance by optimizing each region for its specific purpose while maintaining a manageable number of parts.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances sliding properties at end faces and thermal insulation properties laterally, improving the overall performance and adaptability of the thermal insulation component.
Implementation Method 1
the casting mold forms a sliding layer for the concrete pressure element in this area of the end faces and thus does not impede any relative movements occurring between the pressure element and the adjacent component, but instead promotes them through improved sliding properties
Implementation Method 2
The insulating body (30) is made of a thermal insulation material, in particular of a foamed material
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AI summary
Structural element for heat-insulating purposes between two structural parts, in particular between a building and a projecting exterior part, consisting of an insulating body, which is to be arranged between the two structural parts, and of reinforcing elements at least consisting of a pressure-exerting element which, with the structural element in the installed state, runs through the insulating body substantially horizontally and transversely to the substantially horizontal longitudinal extent of the insulating body, and can be connected at least indirectly to the two structural parts, wherein the pressure-exerting element has an additional element which encloses the pressure-exerting element at least in sub-regions, and at least indirectly, wherein the pressure-exerting element is produced using a lost mould (1), wherein the additional element consists, at least in part, of the lost mould, and wherein the additional element is formed in two or more parts.