Date of Award:
5-1988
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Computer Science
Committee Chair(s)
Del Dyreson
Committee
Del Dyreson
Committee
Robert Campbell
Committee
Ron Canfield
Abstract
This paper describes an interactive computer program that can be used as a design tool in assessing the shading effects of trees in relation to buildings. The program determines the area and position of the shadow cast by a tree or group of trees on a surface of a building which can have any orientation. The program outputs numerical and graphical hourly results at any time of the day, for any day of the year, at any location on the earth, for any relative positioning between the tree and building, and estimates percent irradiation reductions on building surfaces resulting from tree shade. The program allows three different shapes of tree (elliptical, cylindrical, and parabolic) to be used. This program is being interfaced with a commercially available building energy analysis program.
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Recommended Citation
Brown, Roberto A., "Shadow Pattern Simulator" (1988). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 5080.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/5080
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