Materials¶
Materials define the intrensic thermophysical properties of the solid components of the computational domain (eg: surrounding soil, structural concrete, insulation). All materials must fall within a single Materials: group.
Example:
Materials:
Soil:
Conductivity: 0.864 # [W/m-K]
Density: 1510.0 # [kg/m3]
Specific Heat: 1260.0 # [J/kg-K]
Concrete:
Conductivity: 1.98 # [W/m-K]
Density: 1900.0 # [kg/m3]
Specific Heat: 665.0 # [J/kg-K]
XPS:
Conductivity: 0.029 # [W/m-K]
Density: 28.0 # [kg/m3]
Specific Heat: 1450.0 # [J/kg-K]
Each instance of a material begins with a descriptive name (eg: Soil, Concrete or XPS) and contains the following attributes: