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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE-CH link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Susana<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>the ESP-r CFD module is for zones, only. So, you would need to define your "outside" above the roof as a zone - which of course has its implications in regard to boundary conditions (wind, radiation incidence). Also, the CFD module is restricted to right-angles kind of simple zones with rectangular floor sections.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>You can couple a CFD zone to an air flow network.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>As far as I am aware, there is no tutorial, as such. There is an exemplar, I think.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Achim<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Von:</span></b><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> esp-r-bounces@lists.strath.ac.uk [mailto:esp-r-bounces@lists.strath.ac.uk] <b>Im Auftrag von </b>Susana Saiz Alcazar<br><b>Gesendet:</b> Mittwoch, 22. Juni 2011 09:55<br><b>An:</b> esp-r@lists.strath.ac.uk<br><b>Betreff:</b> [esp-r] esp-r CFD feature-temperature gradients<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Hi all,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I would like to develop a CFD model to evaluate the air temperature gradient above roofs with different covering materials. I would like to know if the CFD feature of esp-r would work for this purpose and if there is any tutorial for this feature.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Thanks a lot,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Susana</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>