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How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part III

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part III

As covered in the previous blog, air that sticks to the inside and outside walls offers a resistance to the…

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part II

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part II

It might well be that a single U-value is quoted, in reality though that single value describes the ease by…

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part I

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part I

I never trust a quoted value without having at least a little understanding as to what the value truly represents…

Keeping the caveman warm – HVAC blog

Keeping the caveman warm – HVAC blog

We knapped our first flints about 2,000,000 years ago and started to shelter from the elements in caves and simple…

FloVIZ, the free FloTHERM/FloVENT CFD results viewer, try it, it’s free

FloVIZ, the free FloTHERM/FloVENT CFD results viewer, try it, it’s free

Computational Fluid Dynamics, CFD, is a simulation technology that provides 3D predictions of fluid flow and heat transfer for a…

‘Heat Trees’ – taking a leaf out of natures book

‘Heat Trees’ – taking a leaf out of natures book

Heatsinks aren’t a novel energy efficient type of washing bowl, they are parts that are placed on high powered IC…

The Most Extreme CFD Model Ever Ever – Explained

The Most Extreme CFD Model Ever Ever – Explained

The ability of FloTHERM to resolve a massive disparity in geometric length scale in a single model is for me…

FloTHERM and its new XML neutral file format

FloTHERM and its new XML neutral file format

We have recently published a new xml schema and associated xml reader for FloTHERM that offers some exciting new possibilities….

The Most Extreme CFD Model Ever Ever

The Most Extreme CFD Model Ever Ever

Electronics are small and getting smaller. The world in which we live is tending to stay at the same size….