- Introduction to This Course
- Examples Thermal Models
- Solar Energy Fundamentals
- Worldwide Weather Data
- Ground Models
- Radiation Heat Transfer
- Software Used for Thermal Models Involving Solar Heating
- Tutorial Workshop Problem PDF File
- Introduction to the Tutorial workshop
- Creating the Geometry
- Adding Materials and Properties
- Meshing
- Thermal Radiation Loads
- Environment Simulation Module (ESM) Setup
- Running the model for the first time
- Viewing the Results
- Rerunning the Thermal Model in the Background
- Creating the Geometry for the Near Field Ground (NFG)
- Adding Material Properties for the NFG Model
- Meshing the Ground Model
- Creating Temperature and Radiation Loads for the NFG Model
- ESM Setup for NFG Model
- Running the Thermal Model
- Viewing the Results in Patran
- Viewing the Results in Thermal Studio
- Changing the Date for the Model
- Changing the Location on the Earth
- Running the Thermal Model at the New Location
- Comparing the Results to the Original Location
- Setting up a Design Day
- Rerunning the Model
- Viewing the Results
- Applications for this Type of Simulation
- Other Tutorial Workshops on Thermal Modeling