RE: [EnergyPlus_Support] simulating dome

["Ellis, Peter" <peter_ellis@xxxxxxxx>]

One thing to clarify:  the TDD:DOME object is used to model the plastic
dome of a tubular daylighting device, but it does not make any special
optical calculations because it is a dome...it actually just models it
the same as a flat window.  We hope to add special optical dome
calculations some day in the future.

 

P

 

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From: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael J.
Witte
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:26 AM
To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] simulating dome

 

If you mean a structural dome, it must be described as a collection of
flat 
surfaces. EnergyPlus is not able to model curved surfaces. Some of the
user 
interfaces may allow you to draw a dome shape and triangulate it
automatically.

If you mean a small dome serving a light tube, then yes. See TDD:DOME, 
TDD:DIFFUSER, and Daylighting Device:Tubular.

Mike

On 13 Sep 2007 at 17:34, ozgur gocer wrote:

> i wonder as if it is possible to simulate any dome with the use of e+?

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Michael J. Witte, GARD Analytics, Inc.
EnergyPlus Testing and Support 
EnergyPlus-Support@xxxxxxxx <mailto:EnergyPlus-Support%40gard.com> 

 



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