Abstract: An overview of commonly used methodologies based on the artificial intelligence approach is provided with a special emphasis on neural networks, fuzzy logic, and genetic algorithms. A description ...

Abstract: A new model is developed to predict hourly solar radiation for any climate zone worldwide. The model solar radiation predictions are suitable to generate typical weather files used to evaluate ...

Abstract: General semi-analytical solutions for the steady-state heat conduction problems for circular and three-dimensional rectangular slab-on-grade floors with uniform insulation are presented. The soil ...

Abstract: This paper presents a simulation environment developed to assess the energy use specific to integrated radiant heating and cooling systems. The developed simulation environment combines a transient finite difference solution ...

Abstract: This paper describes use of the Interzone Temperature Profile Estimation (or ITPE) technique, an analytical calculation procedure to predict heat transfer within earth in contact with a structure. ...

Abstract: This paper provides a numerical solution for simultaneous heat and moisture transfer within frozen soil beneath slab foundations of refrigerated warehouses. The developed solution is validated ...

Abstract: This paper discusses selected results from a numerical solution of two-dimensional heat and moisture transfer within frozen and unfrozen soils beneath freezer slab foundations. In particular, the ...

Abstract: Cooling of commercial buildings contributes significantly to the peak demand placed on an electrical utility grid. Time-of-use electricity rates encourage shifting of electrical loads to off-peak ...

Abstract: Analytical solutions for steady-periodic ground-coupled heat conduction problems for cylindrical and three-dimensional rectangular slab-on-grade floors beneath refrigerated structures with uniform and ...

Abstract: This paper presents an analytical solution associated with the steady-periodic heat transfer for a typical slab-on-grade floor building foundation in contact with a nonhomogeneous soil medium. In ...