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:

Conductivity

Thermal conductivity of the material.

Required: Yes
Type: Numeric
Units: W/m-K

Density

Density of the material.

Required: Yes
Type: Numeric
Units: kg/m3

Specific Heat

Specific heat of the material.

Required: Yes
Type: Numeric
Units: J/kg-K