Analysis of numerical methods and simulation time step effects on the prediction of building thermal performance

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 1129-1142

  Dos Santos, Gerson H ^a   Mendes, Nathan ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Building simulation; Numerical methods

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEATING; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VENTILATION;

BUILDING SIMULATION; SIMULATION MODELS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 1842419448     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2003.11.029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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