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    Thermal loads on buildings are caused by temperature changes from outdoor air, solar radiation, underground temperatures, and indoor air/equipment. The document discusses how to calculate thermal loads, including: 1) Using the 100-year highest and lowest outdoor temperatures and time-history analysis of temperatures and solar radiation. 2) Factoring in solar absorption and heat transfer coefficients to calculate solar loads. 3) Underground temperatures stabilize below 10 meters but may impact foundations. 4) Indoor temperatures consider air conditioning but also account for failures.

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    Thermal loads on buildings are caused by temperature changes from outdoor air, solar radiation, underground temperatures, and indoor air/equipment. The document discusses how to calculate thermal loads, including: 1) Using the 100-year highest and lowest outdoor temperatures and time-history analysis of temperatures and solar radiation. 2) Factoring in solar absorption and heat transfer coefficients to calculate solar loads. 3) Underground temperatures stabilize below 10 meters but may impact foundations. 4) Indoor temperatures consider air conditioning but also account for failures.

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    CHAPTER 8 THERMAL LOADS - C8-1 -

    8 THERMAL LOADS

    8.1 Scope of Applications


    Thermal load is defined as the temperature that causes the effect on buildings, such as outdoor air
    temperature, solar radiation, underground temperature, indoor air temperature and the heat source
    equipment inside the building. The change of the temperature in the structural and non-structural
    member causes thermal stress and is defined as the effect of thermal load.

    8.1.1 Change of temperature


    The initial temperature is defined as the temperature which causes no thermal effect on a building.
    The temperature difference ΔT has two parts, mean cross-section temperature ΔTd and the temperature
    gradient in the cross-section ΔTg / t.

    8.1.2 Consideration of thermal load


    Thermal loads should be considered for the following building types: building constructed in an
    area where there is a considerable change in outdoor air temperature, building with large length,
    building with large space inside, building with direct influence of solar radiation like a building with
    glass roof, building or structure with heat source such as a chimney, silo containing warm material,
    heat storage tank, refrigerated warehouse and electric power plant. When the building is divided into
    smaller parts with expansion joints to reduce the movement in each part, or the temperature change in
    the structural member is reduced by thermal insulation, thermal load may not be considered.

    8.2 Thermal Load


    The basic thermal load is the 100-year-return period of the change in outdoor air temperature, solar
    radiation, underground temperature or equivalent value.
    The basic thermal load of outdoor air temperature is based on the 100-year-return period value of the
    annual highest and lowest temperature. The temperature in a member should be calculated using the
    outdoor air temperature and/or solar radiation, in consideration of the type of the structure, reinforced
    concrete structure or steel structure, solar radiation absorption factor, thermal inertia, heat transfer
    coefficient, and the annual and daily variations of temperature and solar radiation.
    It is recommended that the temperature in the member be calculated using time-history analysis
    considering the change of outdoor air temperature and solar radiation. It is also possible to calculate
    the temperature in member with steady state of highest or lowest temperature, ignoring the daily
    change, but the result of the calculation may be too conservative when the member has large thermal
    inertia, like a reinforced concrete member.
    - C8-2 - Commentary on Recommendations for Loads on Buildings

    8.2.1 Outdoor air temperature


    (1) 100-year-reccurence value of highest and lowest outdoor air temperature
    The 100-year-reccurence value of highest and lowest outdoor air temperature was calculated using
    fitting of extreme value distribution on 41-year data from 1961 to 2001 obtained from Meteorological
    Office.

    (2) Time history data of outdoor air temperature and solar radiation
    The time history data based on the 100-year-reccurence value is not ready. Instead, some of the
    published data for air-conditioning are shown.

    8.2.2 Solar radiation


    The effect of solar radiation on a building should be considered using Sol-Air Temperature TSAT
    (8.2.3).
    a
    TSAT = T0 + J (8.2.3)
    !0
    where
    T : Outdoor air temperature
    J : Solar radiation
    a : solar absorptivity
    α0 : total heat transfer coefficient of outer surface

    8.2.3 Underground temperature


    The underground temperature should be considered to determine the thermal effects on basement
    structures and foundations. Daily changes of temperature come down to only 0.5 meter below grade.
    Where it is deeper than 10 meters from the ground surface, it is considered that the temperature does
    not change and is equal to the annual mean air temperature.

    8.2.4 Indoor temperature


    The indoor temperature should be determined by evaluating the scheduled air-conditioning
    environment. It is also important to consider the indoor temperature for the condition when the
    building’s air-conditioning does not function as expected. It is ideal that the indoor temperature when
    it is not air-conditioned be calculated considering the thermal insulating properties of the building, but
    it is also possible to consider the temperature of the structural members of the building to be the same
    as the outdoor air temperature.

    8.2.5 Other temperatures


    Some data from the actual measurement of various building structures are introduced.

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