[esp-r] Re: 3D gridding

[Jon Hand]

A recent question about 3D gridding. Lets assume
that the question was related to the grd
module of ESP-r.

This particular interface can be quite confusing.
Because it is confusing it does not get used very
often or updated very often - catch-22. 

To answer this question is probably going to
require looking at the code of grd related
to this particular dialog and then seeing how
the two values are being used. Running grd in
debug mode would probably be a good idea.

If anyone has had recent experience with 2D and
3D gridding perhaps they could share their
experience?

-Jon Hand


-----Original Message-----
From: esp-r-bounces at lists.strath.ac.uk on behalf of Liam O'Brien
Sent: Fri 10/17/2008 4:11 AM
To: esp-r at lists.strath.ac.uk
Subject: [esp-r]  3D gridding
 

Hello All,

I'm attempting to model an apartment with a concrete balcony for which the slab is continuous from the balcony to the interior.  I have a couple questions about this:
- If I model the balcony as a zone (not sure how I would do it otherwise), can I set it up so that conduction occurs between the slab in the balcony zone and the floor of the apartment zone?
- For the manual addition of grid lines, why does ESP-r request two coordinates for a horizontal gridline, for example, when this could be defined with a single value?  Am I missing something?
- It is possible to subdivide the slab in the thickness direction, or should this be merely done by having multiple identical layers in the construction definition?

Finally, if anyone knows a good source of information for the 3d gridding process, please let me know.  I found the only relevant exemplar overly complex.

Thanks very much.

Liam O'Brien
 
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