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This workbook calculates and displays several items commonly needed when dealing with wall
assemblies. It uses standard methods, but most specifically uses the methods defined in:
“Thermal and Moisture Protection Manual” - Christine Beall – McGraw Hill1998. The ones currently
included are:
- Thermal gradient across a wall
- Saturation vapor pressure across a wall
- Actual vapor pressure across a wall
- Joint width necessary to address component movements and construction tolerances.
- Thermal Bridging
- Wind pressure on a wall in both PSF and inches of water
The main worksheet is the “Wall Gradients” worksheet. It is “protected” so that you won't make
unecessary mistakes while entering data. If you wish to make changes you can unprotect the document
since there is no password.
The “Saturation Pressure Worksheet” shows the coefficients of the polynomial that is used to
approximate the Saturated Water Pressure in the range -50c to 50c for which this equation is valid.
Notes:
- The worksheet is set up to accept up to 8 materials in the wall – plus the airfilms on either side. You
should work from the left side entering material names, thickness and properties. The worksheet will
work properly if you enter fewer than 8 materials.
- For thermal resistance the sheet is set up to expect Resistance per inch and then to calculate the total
resistance based on the thickness of the material. If you are given a specific Resistance (as for an air
film) then you can overide the calcuation.
- Similarly, for Vapor Resistance the sheet is set up to accept permeability and then calculate vapor
resistance per inch and the actual vapor resistance. You can override these last two.
Page 1
Instructions
erview
rances.
that is used to
is equation is valid.
Page 2
Wall Gradients
Temp on On Right 65 64 58 23 19 18 18
Temp (DegC) 18.6 18 14 -5 -7 -8 -8
Saturated Vap Press 0.6325 0.5926 0.4838 0.1238 0.1061 0.0991 0.0991
Actual Vap Press 0.344 0.342 0.311 0.189 0.188 0.070 0.070
Delta Vap Press 0.2880322464 0.25070475 0.1724728 -0.0651577 -0.0819831 0.0295344 0.0295344
60 0.600
50 0.500
Temp DegF
40 0.400
30 0.300
20 0.200
10 0.100
0 0.000
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Page 1
Wall Gradients
12.875 12.875
0 0
0 0 0.17
18 18 17
-8 -8 -8
0.0991 0.0991 0.0964
0.070 0.070 0.070
0.0295344 0.0295344 0.0268536
essure in Wall
8 10 12 14
tance
Page 2
Joint Width
The necessary width for a joint is addressed in Chapter 9 of “Thermal and Moisture Protection Manual”. There are
components that must included to determine the design width.
Jt = Thermal movement
Jm = Moisture movement
Jc = Construction Tolerances
Page 1
Joint Width
Page 2
Saturation Pressure
Page 3
Saturation Pressure
6.11E+000
4.44E-001
1.43E-002
2.65E-004
3.02E-006
2.04E-008
6.39E-011
to inches of Mercury
0.7500617 Mm of Hg
0.03937008 Inches
0.0295299891 Inches of HG
Page 4
Thermal Bridging Calculation
a+b = 12 in
R5
Total Insulation Calculation
Insulation Stud Path
R1 1 1
R2 1 1
R3 1
R4 18
R5 6 R2
Total 21 8
Effective Insulation This sheet allows you to calculate the decrease in effective insulation valu
bridging. It assumes a stud-like material with insulating material filling bet
Reff 17.5
Decrease 3.5 Vary the dimensions and the insulation values to see the decrease in effe
Decrease% 17%
You can see that the formula in B24 is
=((Insulation_R*Stud_R)*(a+b)) / (a*Stud_R+b*Insulation_R)
This is derived from equating the sum of the heat flows through the two se
an "effective" resistance over the total width path and solving for the effec
Note that when you have metal bridging the calculation is more complex b
much small of the metal. In this case you must calculate a tributary area.
calculations.
a
b
R1
R3
R5
R2
d_R+b*Insulation_R)
the heat flows through the two separate paths to the heat flow of
idth path and solving for the effective resistance.
Wind Pressure
40.0
35.0
Pressure PSF & In Water
30.0
25.0 q PSF
20.0 q inches water
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Speed MPH