Aaron,
As far as I know, Trnbuild requires
surface areas, but does not limit them to being rectangular.
The same applies to zone volumes. You
may enter any volume in the zone dialog.
In bth cases, it is necesary to calculate
surface areas an zone volumes by hand before entering them in TRNBUILD.
best regards,
Roberto.
----- Mensaje de "danenberg"
<danenberg@hartford.edu> en Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:39:18 -0500 -----
Para:
trnsys-users@cae.wisc.edu
Asunto:
[TRNSYS-users] Thermal Zone of Non-Rectangular Geomtry
(Simulation Studio/TRNBuild)
I am having trouble figuring out how to create a thermal
zone either within the Simulation Studio or TRNBuild that
consists of non-rectangular geometry. This could either be
in regards to circular/spherical geometry or geometry that
could be modeled as "adjacent rectangles" with different
length and width dimensions. However I am reluctant to
model a single thermal zone with adjacent rectangular
geometry using a "massless wall" and entering 0 thermal
resistance for the "walls" that don't actually exist within
the thermal zone. Thanks!
Aaron Danenberg
University of Hartford
Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student
danenberg@hartford.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Roberto Garay Martinez
Labein-Tecnalia
Unidad de Construcción y Desarrollo del Territorio
c/Geldo. Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia
Edificio 700
48160 Derio (Bizkaia)
Tel.: 34 94 607 33 00
Fax: 34 94 607 33 49
www.labein.es
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