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Construction and Building Materials 50 (2014) 421–431 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Construction and Building Materials journal homepage: /lo cate/conbuildmat Three-dimensional numerical modeling and simulation of the thermal properties of foamed concrete She Wei a,b,⇑, Zhang Yunsheng a, M.R. Jones b aJiangsu Key Laboratory for Construction Materials, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, PR China b Concrete Technology Unit, Division of Civil Engineering, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, Scotland, UK h i g h l i g h t s A random generation method was extended from 2D to 3D. Finite volume method was used to solve the heat transfer equations. 3D effects on the effective thermal conductivity predictions were discussed. a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: In this paper, a three-dimensional method was developed for modeling the heat transfer of foamed con- Received 18 July 2013 3 cretes with a large range of densities (300–1700 kg/m ). A random generation method was extended Received in revised form 5 September 2013 from two dimensions (2D) to three dimensions (3D) for reproducing the microstructure of foamed con- Accepted 24 September 2013 crete. A finite volume method (FVM) was then used to solve the energy transport equations for two phase Available online 19 October 2013 coupled heat transfer through the porous structure. The effec