Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] vertex entries accounting thickness

[Linda Lawrie <linda@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 07:05 PM 3/30/2003, Hector Huerta wrote:
>I dont know how a wall (or ceiling ) thickness accounted for in the
>input of the different geometries.. for example. I have a glassdoor
>at the very edge my south wall and perpendicular to the west wall ,
>the west wall is 30cm thick and its lower cooerdinate 0,0,0....
>
>should I input the first coordinate of the glassdoor on the south
>wall as (.30, 0, 0) or (0,0,0) ?

It's not going to matter "that" much.  I would probably use the first 
though EnergyPlus treats the walls, geometry wise, as if they were 0 
thickness (for purposes of sun entering through the glass door, for 
example).  The thickness is accounted for in actuality by the conduction 
through the wall/glass door and the calculation of the heat balance of the 
surfaces.


Linda

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