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Thermal Boundary Conditions

Thermal boundary conditions are applied to faces of the components participating in the simulation by connecting to the boundary condition input on the thermal solver component.

⚠️Also, refer to Using lists for Intact components for explanation of how list input works with Load Blocks.

Temperature Load

A “Temperature” boundary condition fixes the temperature at the chosen boundary at the specified temperature.

A Temperature boundary condition requires two inputs:

  • G: the geometry of the surfaces where the temperature is fixed
  • T: the magnitude of the temperature

Thermal Convection

“Thermal Convection” specifies the transfer of heat from a surrounding medium.

A thermal convection boundary condition requires three inputs:

  • G: the geometry of the surfaces where the convection is specified.
  • C: the coefficient of convection
  • Te: the temperature of the surrounding medium

Thermal Flux

Surface “Thermal or Heat Flux” specifies the heat flow per unit of surface area.

A surface thermal flux requires two inputs:

  • G: the geometry of the surfaces where the heat flux is applied
  • HF: the magnitude of the heat flux

wiki/sns/intactgh/thermal_bc.txt · Last modified: 2025/08/13 11:28 by goldy