![]() The inefficiency of trying to heat a home with a conventional furnace by pumping air through the floors at night outweighs the benefits of using solar heat during the day. Although they can be combined with solar air heating systems, those systems suffer from the obvious drawback of only producing heat in the daytime, when heating loads are generally lower. ![]() ![]() Those that make use of the large thermal mass of a concrete slab floor or lightweight concrete over a wooden subfloor are called "wet installations,” and those in which the installer "sandwiches" the radiant floor tubing between two layers of plywood or attaches the tubing under the finished floor or subfloor are called "dry installations." Types of Radiant Floor Heat Air-Heated Radiant FloorsĪir cannot hold large amounts of heat, so radiant air floors are not cost-effective in residential applications, and are seldom installed. You can further categorize these types by installation. There are three types of radiant floor heat - radiant air floors (air is the heat-carrying medium), electric radiant floors, and hot water (hydronic) For this reason, the following sections discuss radiant floor heat and radiant panels separately. Radiant floor heating systems are significantly different from the radiant panels used in walls and ceilings. For more on the different types of energy sources and heat distribution systems for home heating, explore our Energy Saver 101 infographic on home heating.ĭespite its name, radiant floor heating depends heavily on convection, the natural circulation of heat within a room as air warmed by the floor rises. Hydronic systems can use a wide variety of energy sources to heat the liquid, including standard gas- or oil-fired boilers, wood-fired boilers, solar water heaters, or a combination of these sources. Hydronic (liquid-based) systems use little electricity, a benefit for homes off the power grid or in areas with high electricity prices. People with allergies often prefer radiant heat because it doesn’t distribute allergens like forced air systems can. It is more efficient than baseboard heating and usually more efficient than forced-air heating because it eliminates duct losses. Radiant heating has a number of advantages. When radiant heating is located in the floor, it is often called radiant floor heating or simply floor heating. Radiant heating is the effect you feel from the warmth of a hot stovetop element from across the room. The systems depend largely on radiant heat transfer - the delivery of heat directly from the hot surface to the people and objects in the room via infrared radiation. Radiant heating systems supply heat directly to the floor or to panels in the wall or ceiling of a house.
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![]() ![]() Here is a link to a website on Euclidean constructions with just a ruler and a straight edge. Here is a link to a great online version of Euclid's Elements with the Geometry Applet by David Joyce at Clark. Here is a link to an online Euclidean geometry text that is useful. If you want to buy the book online at Amazon as a paper copy for $10.80 click here. Hitchman, Geometry With An Introduction To Cosmic Topology. Here is a link to a free online copy of the text book: Michael P. Here is a link to the student goals for Aleks. Here is a link to the student information sheet for Aleks. Those outside of the class should contact me for access/ permission to use the videos.) Math 111: Mon, Wed, Fri 8:00-9:15 and Mon, Wed, Fri 9:30-10:45 amįor the MST 111 videos (these are only open to and intended for students registered in the class. Ĭlick here for a link to the a Maple worksheet on approximate integrals including the trapezoid rule and Simpson's rule. Here is a Maple worksheet to on solids of revolution. Here is a link to the a very basic Maple worksheet on taking integrals. ![]() Here is a link to the a very basic Maple worksheet to use as a template for graphing functions. Here is a link to Justin Roberts' Knot Theory Text, Knot Knotes. Here is a link to Hatcher's 3-manifold topology text. Here is a link to Hatcher's algebraic topology text. Here you can find an applet that lets you drag points to do complex iteration of seeds. Here you can find code to create a Mandlebrot set. Here you can find Manual Zoom on the Mandlebrot set. Here you can find Zoom video of Mandlbrot set on Youtube link. Here you can find chaos game applet for Sierpinski gasket fractals. Here you can find Sierpinski Triangle images including zoom. Here is a link to a Maple worksheet on taking integrals.Īnd the course schedule (permissions required). Here is a Maple worksheet to use as a template for graphing functions. Here is a link to the a Maple worksheet on Newton's Method. Here is a link to the a Maple worksheet on Reimann Sums (useful in 111 and 112). Here is a link to the a very basic introduction to Maple. Math 121: Section A: Tues and Thurs 8:00-9:15am, Section B: Tues and Thurs 9:30-10:45am, Section C: Tues and Thurs 12:30-1:45pmĬontains many resources for the class (login required).Ĭontains many resources for the class including the syllabusĪnd the course schedule (permission required). ![]() Dead Reckoning by Kev Reid features numerous Blood graphics, most notably on its main menus. ![]() Gothic Mayhem by Joshua Waight re-uses many assets from HOS.The Black House, again by Majik_Monkee, also borrows more heavily.MedEvil, by the same author as HOS, also borrows from Blood, but more directly from Heretic and Hexen.A special edition was also later released (originally with the working title of " Dead Reckoning"), with new levels and some new enemies, including a few from Heretic. Finally, Tchernobog emerges as the evil Sarron. ![]() Shial is also incarnated as Webster, and the Gill Beast stars as Death Breath Cerberus also cameos while even retaining its original name. In the way that Blood TC/ ZBlood can be seen as realization of what the game could have been like on the Doom engine, and Transfusion for Quake, this can be said to be the same for Wolfenstein 3D.Ĭaleb makes a pseudo-appearance as the basis for Draven, the game's fourth boss armed with dual chain-guns. The game also adds new weapons such as the Voodoo Doll and Hell Staff. The mod changes the game's weapons into those of Blood: transforming knife to Pitchfork, pistol to Sawed-Off Shotgun, machine gun to Tommy Gun and chain-gun to a "Riot Gun" derived from the Tesla Cannon. As such, it functions effectively as a demake of the game. This was directly inspired by the author's older computer having trouble running Blood, while Wolfenstein 3D ran flawlessly. Although still set in the Wolfenstein 3D universe, with B.J Blazkowicz as the protagonist, the game borrows heavily from Blood, decorating its world with textures, sprites, music and sounds from the game. Halls of Stonehenge is a modification by Majik_Monkee for the 1992 video game Wolfenstein 3D first released on November 3, 2003. |