Assignment 4 went well. If trends continue from year to year, most of you will be, or already have, selected a structural concentration, and as such, this will be the majority of your experience with HVAC during your career.
Hopefully you all have some familiarity with the various HVAC systems and their applications now, and can make basic analysis and design. We were glad to see that most of you used EQuest in your analysis. This can be great for general, quick calculations, but can also be highly customized to provide accurate analysis as well.
A couple things to note:
1. When sizing members, keep in mind what sizes are available. For example, you will not be able to find circular duct work 1.38675 feet in diameter. When your analysis returns a required size, try to find the next readily available size up that will work. This is not really pertinent to this project, but in the professional world, you will need to identify members that can actually be purchased. This is true for all design, be it structural, HVAC, Architectural, Plumbing, ETC.
2. When designing HVAC systems, a combination of multiple systems is almost always used. While selecting a main system is acceptable for this assignment, most buildings utilize as many as 4 or 5 different systems.
Overall, a good job, and good luck moving forward.
Thanks,
Brad & Steve
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