Material Element

Supported Attributes:

Attribute Description
Id The identifier attribute, based off the Name.

Supported Children:

Element Description
Name For model information, the value of the Name element is collected from the Name of the Material specified in the Assembly layer.
Description For model information, not specified.
R-value Resistance of material. If model information is used, the value is computed by dividing the assembly layer thickness with the thermal asset property Thermal Conductivity (see below). The unit will always be SquareMeterKPerW.
Thickness The value for this element is collected from the Thickness column for the assembly layer. The unit will always be Meters.
Conductivity The value for this element is collected from the property Thermal Conductivity from the thermal asset from the assembly layer Material. The unit will always be WPerMeterK.
Density The value for this element is collected from the thermal property Density from the thermal asset from the assembly layer Material.. The unit will always be KgPerCubicM.
Specific Heat The value for this element is collected from the thermal property Specific Heat from the thermal asset from the assembly layer Material. . The unit will always be JPerKgK.

Sample:

<Materialid="mat-112inwood">

<Name>1 1/2 in wood</Name>

<Description>1 1/2 in (40 mm) wood</Description>

<R-valueunit="SquareMeterKPerW">0.2506667</R-value>

<Thicknessunit="Meters">0.0376</Thickness>

<Conductivityunit="WPerMeterK">0.15</Conductivity>

<Densityunit="KgPerCubicM">608</Density>

<SpecificHeatunit="JPerKgK">1630</SpecificHeat>

</Material>