ShelTherm: A Simple Shelter Thermal Design Assistant
This is a tool and a physics-based model (ShelTherm) of the heat transfer and air flows through simple structures. A state of the art heat transfer (balance) method is encapsulated within the tool designed to be used by humanitarian staff. The only input is a very simple description of the shelter, and the output being the time series of internal and external temperatures over an example summer and winter day. It is important to note that, unlike other reduced models, the method is capable of dealing with high ventilation/inflation rates, thin materials (such as tarpaulin) and high U-values.
Cite this dataset as:
Kuchai, N.,
Natarajan, S.,
Coley, D.,
Castro, M.,
Fosas, D.,
Adeyeye, K.,
Moran, F.,
Wang, Z.,
2020.
ShelTherm: A Simple Shelter Thermal Design Assistant.
Bath: University of Bath Research Data Archive.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.15125/BATH-00935.
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This is is a tool called ShelTherm, it can help you predict the summer and winter temperatures inside a shelter anywhere in the world. It will also help you identify what design changes might lead to better indoor conditions.
Creators
Noorullah Kuchai
University of Bath
Sukumar Natarajan
University of Bath
David Coley
University of Bath
Daniel Fosas
University of Bath
Kemi Adeyeye
University of Bath
Francis Moran
University of Bath
Contributors
University of Bath
Rights Holder
Funders
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000266
Healthy Housing for the Displaced
EP/P029175/1
Publication details
Publication date: 27 November 2020
by: University of Bath
Version: 1
Alternative title: ShelTherm: A Universal Shelter Thermal Model
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15125/BATH-00935
URL for this record: https://researchdata.bath.ac.uk/id/eprint/935
Related papers and books
de Castro, M., Kuchai, N., Natarajan, S., Adeyeye, K., Fosas, D., Moran, F., McCullen, N., Wang, Z., and Coley, D., 2021. ShelTherm: An aid-centric thermal model for shelter design. Journal of Building Engineering, 44, 102579. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2021.102579.
Kuchai, N., Albadra, D., Lo, S., Saied, S., Paszkiewicz, N., Shepherd, P., Natarajan, S., Orr, J., Hart, J., Adeyeye, K., and Coley, D., 2024. Improving the shelter design process via a shelter assessment matrix. Progress in Disaster Science, 23, 100354. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2024.100354.
Contact information
Please contact the Research Data Service in the first instance for all matters concerning this item.
Contact person: Sukumar Natarajan
Faculty of Engineering & Design
Architecture & Civil Engineering
Research Centres & Institutes
Centre for Doctoral Training in Decarbonisation of the Built Environment (dCarb)
Centre for Energy and the Design of Environments (EDEn)
