[Equest-users] Use of shells for non-repeating floor shapes

[Carol Gardner]

Richard,

I would make a shell for each different exposure. For instance where your
building is exposed to ground versus air, where your building is exposed to
air versus another floor, where it is exposed to a roof versus air. I would
also take into consideration thermal zoning. Minimizing zones is good but
using them to make your life easier is too.

Carol

PS if you sent two exposures we could probably say more.

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Richard Williams <Richard.Williams at arup.com
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> I am trying to understand how best to minimise use of shells. I am trying
> to model a building which has jagged shaped floors which overlap and
> cantilever all over the place. The attached sketch is a simplified section
> of the building showing how the floors change up the building. I’ve reached
> the conclusion that, although it is undesirable to have many shells, I will
> need a shell for each floor. Additionally, for floors broken into several
> separate blocks (eg level 1 on the attached) I will need a shell for each
> block. Please let me know if I am missing something?!
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> Regards
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> Richard
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