Climatology Syllabus for VTU BE/B.Tech Architecture Engineering third sem complete syllabus covered here. This will help you understand complete curriculum along with details such as exam marks and duration. The details are as follows.
15ARC 3.3 – CLIMATOLOGY
CONTACT PERIODS: 3(Lecture) per week
DURATION OF EXAM: 3 Hrs
THEORY MARKS:100
PROGRESSIVE MARKS : 50
OBJECTIVE: To develop the knowledge required for understanding the influence of Climate on architecture including the environmental processes which affect buildings, such as thermal, lighting, etc.
OUTLINE:
MODULE 1
- Introduction to Climate-1: The Climate-built form interaction; some examples. Elements of climate, measurement and representations of climatic data. Classifications and Characteristics of tropical climates.
- Introduction to Climate-2: Major climatic zones of India. Site Climate: Effect of landscape elements on site/micro climate
- Thermal comfort-1: Thermal balance of the human body, Thermal Comfort Indices (Effective temperature, corrected effective temperature, bioclimatic chart, tropical summer index by CBRI Roorkee). Measuring indoor air movement: Katathermometer, and measuring indoor radiation: Globe thermometer.
MODULE 2
MODULE 3
- Thermal Heat gain or loss: Steady state and periodic heat flow concepts, Conductivity, resistivity, diffusivity, thermal capacity, time lag and ‘U’ value. Calculation of U value for multilayered walls and Roof, Temperature Gradient, Inference of time lags from Graphs for walls and Roof. Construction techniques for improving thermal performance of walls and roofs. (Effect of density, Insulation, and Cavity).
MODULE 4
- Shading devices: Optimizing Design of Shading devices effective for overheated periods while allowing solar radiation for under heated periods for different wall orientations.
- Natural ventilation: Functions of natural ventilation, Stack effect due to thermal force and wind velocity. Air movements around buildings, Design considerations and effects of openings and external features on internal air flow and Wind shadows.
MODULE 5
- Day Lighting: Nature of natural light, its transmission, reflection, diffusion, glare. Advantages and limitations in different climatic zones, North light, Daylight factor, components of Daylight devices.
- Climatic Design considerations-1: Literature study of relevant traditional and contemporary building examples.
- Climatic Design considerations-2: Two Indian case studies and one international for each climatic zone.
REFERENCES:
- Koenigsberger, Manual of Tropical Housing & Buildings (Part-II), Orient Longman, Bombay, 1996.
- Arvind Kishan, Baker & Szokolay, Climate Responsive Architecture, Tata McGraw Hill, 2002.
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