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What do you need to know about surfaces in contact with the ground, when modeling in Open Studio?

asked 2016-04-26 07:21:53 -0500

DavidFGG

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updated 2016-04-29 09:31:07 -0500

Hello,

i am modeling a building in Sketchup using the OS plugin. I want to understand how to corectly model ground surfaces in OS, because you have more than one outside boundary condition option for ground surfaces. What is the difference if i use Ground or GroundFCfactorMethod as an outside boundary condition(or some other boundary condition for a ground surface)? Because it seems that in OS there is no difference, so what happens in EP?

Tnx,

David

Addition to question: Which outside boundary conditions relating to ground surfaces that are listed in OS are functional (it seems that only Ground and FCfactor method are operable in OS)?

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answered 2016-04-26 08:33:33 -0500

Chandan Sharma

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InputOutput reference has detailed explanation of difference outside boundary condition choices in EnergyPlus.

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OK, i checked the InputOutput reference, and now i have more understanding for the different outside boundary conditions. But still i have problems in OS. For my model the OtherSIdeCoefficients boundary condition is atractive, but it does not work in OS (simulation error). So i wonder, which outside boundary conditions in OS actualy work(it seems that only Ground and FCfactor method)?

DavidFGG ( 2016-04-29 06:51:41 -0500 )edit

I guess will have to pass that to OpenStudio experts. I directly run energyplus.

Chandan Sharma ( 2016-05-04 11:24:14 -0500 )edit

OK, tnx anyway !

DavidFGG ( 2016-05-05 04:45:42 -0500 )edit

It doesn‘t matter in OS, I think, because you can change the details in E+

gaofeng ( 2016-05-07 06:44:45 -0500 )edit

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