<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Aaron,</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">As far as I know, Trnbuild requires
surface areas, but does not limit them to being rectangular.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The same applies to zone volumes. You
may enter any volume in the zone dialog.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">In bth cases, it is necesary to calculate
surface areas an zone volumes by hand before entering them in TRNBUILD.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">best regards,</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Roberto.</font>
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<br><font size=2 color=#800080 face="sans-serif">----- Mensaje de "danenberg"
<danenberg@hartford.edu> en Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:39:18 -0500 -----</font>
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<div align=right><font size=3><b>Para:</b></font></div>
<td><font size=3>trnsys-users@cae.wisc.edu</font>
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<div align=right><font size=3><b>Asunto:</b></font></div>
<td><font size=3>[TRNSYS-users] Thermal Zone of Non-Rectangular Geomtry
(Simulation Studio/TRNBuild)</font></table>
<br><tt><font size=2>I am having trouble figuring out how to create a thermal<br>
zone either within the Simulation Studio or TRNBuild that<br>
consists of non-rectangular geometry. This could either be<br>
in regards to circular/spherical geometry or geometry that<br>
could be modeled as "adjacent rectangles" with different<br>
length and width dimensions. However I am reluctant to<br>
model a single thermal zone with adjacent rectangular<br>
geometry using a "massless wall" and entering 0 thermal<br>
resistance for the "walls" that don't actually exist within<br>
the thermal zone. Thanks!<br>
<br>
Aaron Danenberg<br>
University of Hartford<br>
Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student<br>
danenberg@hartford.edu</font></tt>
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