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<p>Yossef,</p>
<p> I would recommend that you look online for some accepted methods
for dealing with ground coupling. I have seen the method that you
suggest used but I have not seen any technical papers that present
its results against an analytical solution or against
measurements.</p>
<p> The simplest method of which I am aware is the "f factor"
approach. There is also a Type in the standard library (Type49)
that couples a building to the ground through a slab. Another
(Type1267) is available as an add-on for more complex building
geometries that cannot be handled by Type49.</p>
<p>kind regards,</p>
<p> David</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/04/2018 09:14, Yossef Ibrahimi
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<div>Hi,</div>
<div>I'm modelling a building, and for the ground coupling I'm
using Type77 (Kusuda correlation) with the groud thermal
properties, I'm also adding 0.8m of soil into the ground floor
layers + a masless layer with the thermal resistance of soil
(to reach 2m deep) with a timebase of 3. Is this a correct way
to model the ground coupling?</div>
<div>Thank you<br>
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