Heat Transfer

The Heat Transfer module is used to analyze the temperature distribution in static and transient heat transfer processes. The heat sources in the Heat Transfer module can be specified directly and/or imported from other QuickField problems (coupled problems) as Joule Losses.
The Heat Transfer module can be used to design and analyze many different electrical and mechanical systems.

Features of the Heat Transfer module:

Steady-state or transient formulation with arbitrary initial field distribution, nonlinear specific heat and flexible time parameters
Nonlinear or anisotropic properties
Distributed and concentrated heat sources
Heat sources as a function of temperature
Heat sources generated by electric power losses
Boundary temperature and heat fluxes
Boundary conditions with convective/radiative terms
Results: temperature, heat flux, thermal gradients, total heat loss on any given part, and other integral quantities
Couplings: the resulting temperatures can be used for thermal stress analysis in both steady-state and transient cases. Transient heat transfer problem may be based on the results of other steady-state or transient problem.

See examples of Heat Transfer problems:
transient heating of a slot
heat transfer in the capacity kiln
inductively heated ceramics
heat transfer in cylinder
temperature distribution in the conducting sheet
PCB heating
Natural convection from the horizontal tube surface.

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