SPARK Technical Reports 2000-2004

All of the technical reports generated by the Simulation Research Group are available. However, some reports, like computer documentation, must be purchased from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). All of the non-NTIS reports are free of charge. If you do not find the report you want in PDF format, please email info@gundog.lbl.gov or fax (510) 486-4089 with your request. Report number and report title are required. Reports are usually mailed out the same day the request is received.



2004
 
LBNL-55522
pdf document 		Graph-Theoretic Methods in Simulation Using SPARK , Edward F. Sowell, Dept. of Computer Science, California State University at Fullerton, Fullerton, California, 92834; Michael A. Moshier, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Chapman University, Orange, California 92866; Philip Haves, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720; and Dimitri Curtil, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720. Proc. High Performance Computing Symposium of the Advanced Simulation Technologies Conference (Society for Modeling Simulation International), Arlington, VA, April 18-22, 2004.

 
pdf document A Simulation-Based Testing and Training Environment for Building Controls
Peng Xu, Philip Haves (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA USA) and Joe Deringer (The Deringer Group, Berkeley, CA USA)
Proc. SimBuild 2004, Building Sustainability and Performance Through Simulation, August 4-6 2004, Boulder, CO, USA


2003

 
pdf document Analysis Of Hybrid Ventilation Performance In France
Florence Cron and Christian Inard (LEPTAB, Universite de la Rochelle, France)
Proc. 8th Int.l IBPSA Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands, August 11-14, 2003.

 
pdf document SIMSPARK: An Object-Oriented Environment To Predict Coupled Heat And Mass Transfers In Buildings
Laurent Mora, K. C. Mendonca, Etienne Wurtz and Christian Inard (LEPTAB, Universite de la Rochelle, France)
Proc. 8th Int.l IBPSA Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands, August 11-14, 2003.

 
LBNL-54581
pdf document 		SPARK Reference Manual(3mb), 2003

 
LBNL-54582
pdf document 		VisualSPARK Users Guide (2.5mb), 2003

 
pdf Numerical Analysis of Hybrid Ventilation Performance Depending on Climate Characteristics
Florence Cron, Christian Inard and Rafik Belarbi, LEPTAB, University of La Rochelle, Avenue Michel Cripeau, F-17042 La Rochelle Cedex 01, France. Proc. International Journal of Ventilation, Volume 1 HybVent, Hybrid Ventilation Special Edition

 
IBPSA 2003
pdf document 		Application of the SPARK Kernel
Edward F. Sowell (sowell@fullerton.edu), Department of Computer Science, California State University at Fullerton, Fullerton California, 92834 USA and Michael A. Moshier, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Chapman University, Orange, California 92866. Proc. Eighth International IBPSA Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands August 11-14, 2003
 


2002
 
pdf Experimental and Numerical Analysis of a Hybrid-Ventilated Room, F. Cron and C. Inard, LEPTAB, University of La Rochelle, Avenue Michel Crepeau, F-17042, La Rochelle Cedex 01, France -and- M. ElMankibi and P. Michel, LASH, ENTPE, Rue Maurice Audin, F-69518 Vaulx-en-Velin, France. Proc. "Roomvent 2002: 8th International Conference on Air Distribution in Rooms", Copenhagen, Denmark, 8-11 September 2002.
LBNL-50156 A Zonal Model for Predicting Simultaneous Heat and Moisture Transfer in Buildings, Proc. "Indoor Air 2002: 9th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate" Monterey, CA June 30-July 5, 2002.


2001
 
pdf document BUILDINGS AIR-FLOW SIMULATIONS: AUTOMATICALLY-GENERATED ZONAL MODELS
Marjorie MUSY (CERMA . Ecole d.Architecture de Nantes . 44319 Nantes, France), Etienne WURTZ and Anne SERGENT (LEPTAB . Université de La Rochelle. 17042 La Rochelle, France)
Proc. Seventh International IBPSA Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 13-15, 2001
pdf document VisualSPARK 1.0.1 User Guide

pdf document SPARK Reference Manual

LBL-45936
pdf document
abstract only 		EFFICIENT SOLUTION STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION
E. F. Sowell and P. Haves, Energy and Buildings 33(2001)309-319, April 2001.
 

SPARK
pdf document 		BUILDINGS AIR-FLOW SIMULATIONS: AUTOMATICALLY-GENERATED ZONAL MODELS, M. Musy, CERMA, Ecole d'Architecture de Nantes, 44319 Nantes, France, E. Wurtz, A. Sergent. LEPTAB, Universite de La Rochelle, 17042 La Rochelle, France, Proc. Building Simulation 2001, IBPSA, Rio de Janeiro, August 13-15, 2001.
 

LBNL-47975
pdf document 		AUTOMATIC UNIT AND PROPERTY CONVERSION IN SPARK
Edward F. Sowell, California State University, Fullerton, CA., Michael A. Moshier, Chapman University, ORange, CA., Ender Erdem, Simulation Research Group, EETD, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, May 2001. Proc. Building Simulation 2001, IBPSA, Rio de Janeiro, September 2001.
 


2000
 
LBL-45936
pdf document
abstract only 		EFFICIENT SOLUTION STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION
Edward F. Sowell, California State University at Fullerton, and Philip Haves, LBNL. Accepted for publication in Energy and Buildings.