A Method to Estimate the Error of Adiabatic Temperature Rise Testing Device

Abstract

The surface temperature of a testing sample should be immediately adjusted to equal to the central point when testing adiabatic temperature rise of concrete. However, due to the insufficient tracking accuracy, there are temperature differences between the environment and the central point temperature. In this paper, the heat loss of the sample is deduced based on thermal balance equation and an assumption that the heat passing through cylindrical surface temperature and through the two ends of the sample do not affect each other, and the total heat losses of the sample can be calculated by adding the heat passing through cylindrical surface and the heat passing through two ends. Then, according to the relationship between heat and temperature, the maximum error caused by the adiabatic temperature rise testing device was deduced, and the proposed measurement accuracy of the adiabatic temperature rise testing device was presented. According to the results of the verification case, a corrective constant should be used to modify the deduction.