Adrien,The first column in the *.msk file is the angle formed between the horizontal and an imaginary line drawn between the center point of the shaded surface and the top of the obstruction. If you enter an angle of 0° that means that the obstruction has a height of 0 in that direction and that the surface would be unshaded from sunlight coming from that direction. If you enter a value of 90° that means that the obstruction has an infinite height in that direction and that the surface would always be shaded from sunlight coming from that direction. 0° = no shading, 90° = complete shading (for that surface angle direction)
Cheers, David At 11:17 7/12/2007, Adrien JEZEQUEL wrote:
Dear TRNSYS users, I'd like to model shading masks, caused by neighbour buildings. To do that, I am using Type 68 with "mask file". I understand how to use it and to connect it to others components. But I am not sure to really understand how the first column of the file is taken into account by TRNSYS. If I put an angle between 0 and 90 °, it means that there is a solar shading isn't it? But if I write 0 or 90°, what does it mean? How these values are interpreted by the component : Total shading? No Shading? Thanks in advance for your help. Best regards, Adrien -- *************************************************************** Adrien JEZEQUEL Ingénieur en Simulations Dynamiques ITF (Ingénierie Tous Fluides) 87, route de Chambéry 73230 ST ALBAN EN LEYSSE FRANCE Tel: 04.79.75.00.29 Website: www.itf.biz Mail : a.jezequel@itf.biz _______________________________________________ TRNSYS-users mailing list TRNSYS-users@engr.wisc.edu https://www.cae.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/trnsys-users
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