[TRNSYS-users] Does a FE-wall element exist?

David BRADLEY d.bradley at tess-inc.com
Fri Mar 11 07:38:34 PST 2016


Christian,
   I have been working recently on a finite difference wall model but 
unfortunately it is not ready for public distribution. However, usually 
the best way to treat thin walls in Type56/TRNBuild is to neglect their 
ability to store energy and to treat them as a purely thermally 
resistive wall. You can define them simply as a massless layer and 
specify only the material's thermal resistance.
kind regards,
  David


On 03/11/2016 08:23, Christian Herløv Krintel wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have a problem with Type 56, since it cannot find coefficients for 
> the Conduction transfer function used to model the transient heat 
> through the wall (the wall is very thin). Does anyone know of a finite 
> element wall type, which could be linked to type 56 and replace one or 
> more walls when needed?
>
> Best regards
> Christian Krintel
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