[TRNSYS-users] in TRNBuild, what does the "slope of window" in window type manager mean?

[Yi Lu]

thank you for your answer. because of the limitation of my experience, I
still need some time to understand. I'll be back to this if I still don't
get it.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Dipl. Ing. Yi Lu

Veteranenstr. 4
70565 Stuttgart

Mobile:017620996611


2013/11/25 Marion Hiller <Hiller at transsolar.com>

>   Yi,
>
>
>
> For Type 56 geometric information of a window surface orientation as slope
>  isn’t mandatory. You can define a model
>
> where the geometric information is given by the surface area and the
> incident angle of the beam radiation.
>
>
>
> The slope defined in the window type manager is used for calculating the
> convection of gaps between glass panes for all windows.
>
> (The slope of the surface given by a standard orientation is NOT used.)
> For solar radiation calculation the angles of the orientation
>
> are used.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Marion
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *Dipl.-Ing. Marion Hiller*
>
>
>
> *Transsolar Energietechnik GmbH*
>
> Curiestraße 2
>
> 70563 Stuttgart
> Telefon: +49 711 67976-0
> *http://www.trnsys.de <http://www.trnsys.de/>*
>
>
>
> *Transsolar: KlimaEngineering- Technologien für energieeffizientes Bauen
> und Nutzerkomfort in Gebäuden*
>
> *Stutt**gart** – München – New York – Paris *
>
> Geschäftsführer :Diplom-Ingenieur Matthias Schuler, Diplom-Ingenieur Thomas Auer,
> Diplom-Physiker Stefan Holst, Diplom-Betriebswirt Dieter Schnelle
>
> Eingetragen beim Amtsgericht Stuttgart HRB 23347,
>
> Steuernummer: 99073/00911,USt-IdNr.: DE 152272639
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> *Von:* trnsys-users-bounces at cae.wisc.edu [mailto:trnsys-users-
> bounces at cae.wisc.edu] *Im Auftrag von *Margarethe Korolkow
> *Gesendet:* Freitag, 22. November 2013 14:50
> *An:* TRNSYS users mailing list at the Solar Energy Lab, UW-Madison
> *Betreff:* Re: [TRNSYS-users] in TRNBuild, what does the "slope of
> window" in window type manager mean?
>
>
>
> Dear Yi,
>
>
>
> a normal window (in the facade) has a slope of 90 degrees. That means it`s
> vertical. The slope is the inclination. In some projects the slope of
> windows is varied in order to e.g. avoid some solar gains.
>
> I hope, this helps you.
>
>
>
> Best regards
>
> Margarethe
>
>
>
> *Von:* trnsys-users-bounces at cae.wisc.edu [mailto:trnsys-users-
> bounces at cae.wisc.edu] *Im Auftrag von *Yi Lu
> *Gesendet:* Freitag, 22. November 2013 14:27
> *An:* trnsys-users at cae.wisc.edu
> *Betreff:* [TRNSYS-users] in TRNBuild, what does the "slope of window" in
> window type manager mean?
>
>
>
> hello  trnsys-users,
> i can not undetstand, why there is a slope difinition in the window type.
> slope means something about orientation. but the orientation is already
> descript in zone definition, isn't it? or it means each different slope
> should be a window type, even if everything else are same?
> and I built a simple modell in sketchup with trnsys3d. when i look deeper,
> in the idf and b17 file, every window type has the same slope 90.
> i'm a little confused.
>
> regards
> Yi
>
> _______________________________________________
> TRNSYS-users mailing list
> TRNSYS-users at cae.wisc.edu
> https://mailman.cae.wisc.edu/listinfo/trnsys-users
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.onebuilding.org/pipermail/trnsys-users-onebuilding.org/attachments/20131125/7f21c247/attachment-0004.htm>