Metamaterials for Heat Flux Manipulation and Energy Efficiency of Buildings

The course offers a comprehensive exploration of the principles and applications of metamaterials in the context of heat transfer. The content of the course covers various. aspects related to the design and optimization of metamaterials for manipulating heat flux and enhancing thermal performance of NZEB buildings.

Course Content:

• Definition of metamaterials - Design of metamaterials - Invariance of the heat conduction equation under transformation.
• Transformation-based design of metamaterials - Design of metamaterials for heat flux manipulation.
• Analytical and finite element solutions for concentration, shielding, and diversion of heat flux.
• Quantitatively characterized materials - Sensitivity of macroscopic response to microstructure in the finite element method.
• Optimization-based design of metamaterials - Solution of large-scale constrained optimization problems.
• Applications to heat flux manipulation - Comparison with transformation-based solutions.
• Sensitivity of the macroscopic response to microstructure in temperature-dependent metamaterials - Metamaterials with phase-change constituents.
• Sensitivity of the macroscopic response to microstructure in transient problems.
• Applications to thermal management.
• Characterization of building envelopes as cementitious-based metamaterials - Optimization of the thermal performance.
• Coupling of optimization-based metamaterial design with building energy simulation.
• Optimization of the thermal performance of buildings using cementitious-based metamaterials.

Course Dates: 20-23 June 2023 - 13:30 / 18:30.

Location: DICCA, via Montallegro 1, 16145 Genova (GE). Aula INFAL-DICCA.

Teacher: Prof. Fachinotti, Víctor D., PhD.

Duration: 20 hours (4 CFU)

Course mode: Hybrid mode (in presence and on-line. Zoom link can be sent upon registration). Registration is FREE.

Registration must be done in writing: Prof. Antonio Caggiano - antonio.caggiano@unige.it