Course Details

Computer modeling 1

Academic Year 2025/26

NTA039 course is part of 1 study plan

​ NPC-EVB Summer Semester 1st year

Schedule:

1. Modeling and simulation of time-based heat conduction - power and surface temperatures of thermally activated structures.
2. Numerical modeling of time-uninterrupted heat conduction - reheating and cooling of the wall.
3. Simulation of time-uninterrupted heat conduction - reheating and cooling of thermally activated structures.
4. Modeling the energy performance of a building I. Marginal conditions of simulations. Climate data, use profile, regulation.
5. Modeling the energy performance of a building II - a detailed model of the building's thermal load.
6. Modeling the energy performance of TZB I systems - heating, ventilation and cooling systems.
7. Modeling of energy performance of TZB II systems - dynamic behavior of heating and cooling bodies.

Credits

2 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

prof. Ing. Ondřej Šikula, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Building Services

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Entry Knowledge

Prerequisites: Knowledge of physical laws in the field of heat transfer and materials and thermomechanics. Basic knowledge of numerical methods. Knowledge of heating, ventilation and cooling systems of buildings. Knowledge of indoor climate of buildings.

Aims

  • Professional Knowledge: The student understands the theoretical and numerical principles of steady-state and transient heat conduction in thermally activated building systems, energy performance modeling methodologies, and the dynamic behavior of HVAC systems.

  • Professional Skills: The student can build simulation models for calculating building thermal loads, define simulation boundary conditions, and model the dynamic behavior of heating, ventilation, cooling, and radiant systems.

  • Professional Competences: The student is qualified to independently apply advanced simulation tools to evaluate, size, and optimize the energy efficiency of buildings and building services systems.

Basic Literature

KRAJČÍK, Michal a Ondřej ŠIKULA, 2020. Heat storage efficiency and effective thermal output: Indicators of thermal response and output of radiant heating and cooling systems: Indicators of thermal response and output of radiant heating and cooling systems. Energy and Buildings. 229, 110524. ISSN 0378-7788. Dostupné z: doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110524 (en)
ČSN EN ISO 10211-1, 2009. Tepelné mosty ve stavebních konstrukcích - Tepelné toky a povrchové teploty: Podrobné výpočty. Praha: ČNI. (cs)
ČSN EN ISO 10211-2, 2002. ČSN EN ISO 10211-2 Tepelné mosty ve stavebních konstrukcích - Tepelné toky a povrchová teplota - Část 2: Lineární tepelné mosty. 1. Praha: ČNI. (cs)
ISO 11855-2, 2012. ISO 11855-2 Building Environment Design. Design, Construction and Operation of Radiant Heating and Cooling Systems. Geneva: ISO. (cs)
PATANKAR, Suhas V, 1980. Numerical heat transfer and fluid flow. 1. Bristol, PA: Taylor, xiii, 197 s. Series in computational and physical processes mechanics and thermal sciences. ISBN 08-911-6522-3. (en)
ŠIKULA, Ondřej, 2009. Manuál k softwaru CalA. Brno: Tribun EU. ISBN 978-80-7399-879-0. (cs)

Recommended Reading

Prerequisites

Prerequisites: Knowledge of physical laws in the field of heat transfer and materials and thermomechanics. Basic knowledge of numerical methods. Knowledge of heating, ventilation and cooling systems of buildings. Knowledge of indoor climate of buildings.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/295973

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Modeling and simulation of time-based heat conduction - power and surface temperatures of thermally activated structures.
  • 2. Numerical modeling of time-uninterrupted heat conduction - reheating and cooling of the wall.
  • 3. Simulation of time-uninterrupted heat conduction - reheating and cooling of thermally activated structures.
  • 4. Modeling the energy performance of a building I. Marginal conditions of simulations. Climate data, use profile, regulation.
  • 5. Modeling the energy performance of a building II - a detailed model of the building's thermal load.
  • 6. Modeling the energy performance of TZB I systems - heating, ventilation and cooling systems.
  • 7. Modeling of energy performance of TZB II systems - dynamic behavior of heating and cooling bodies.