Building Thermal Analysis, written by Professor Andreas Athienitis
of the Centre for Building Studies at Concordia University,
covers the major field of heat transfer in building design.
It can be used as a tool for self-study, an aid for college
course work, and an on-line design assistant for engineers and
architects. It is a compendium of relevant, real-life examples
stressing the theoretical, whilst never losing sight of the practical
engineering aspects. Common design problems in building thermal
design are solved, such as:
sizing of a window overhang for
summer shading
determining thermal comfort used on air temperature,
wind and humidity
computation of heat and solar radiation
transfer through various media.
Because it uses
Mathcad, every
number and formula is live so you can change parameters and
plots and watch
Mathcad calculate answers right there in the
book.
The documents
in this electronic book are filled with worked examples. Often
a user will want to change constants to more accurately model
their own problem. For this reason an appendix of material properties
listing thermal conductivity, density, specific heat, U factor,
and emissivity for a number of substances and building materials
is included.
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