You can use it on a banana shaped building...the algorithm is based on corrilations from rectangular buildings with flat roofs and within certain aspect ratio limits, but it can be applied to anything, only that the accuracy is likely to diminish more the further away you are from the corrilation data set.
Use it and then adjust those surfaces where it would not apply well manually, such as inner courtyards.
Else, google some other tools that you can use to find the WPCs...CFD is the best and can handle all geometries accurately.
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On 05.09.2014, at 18:41, "michele.rossi@xxxxxxxxx [EnergyPlus_Support]" <EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello everyone,
I have a doubt about the Wind pressure coefficients (WPC) in the
Airflow Network group in EnergyPlus (natural ventilation modeling).
Can I use the option Surface Average Calculation for the WPCs if the
building has a rectangular plan with pitched roof (see the attached file)?
The I/O Reference Manual does not explain anything about the roof. It
only mentions that the building must be rectangular.
Thank you very much,
Michele Rossi.
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