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Heat Transfer Module - radiation calculations separation
Posted Dec 1, 2016, 12:01 p.m. EST Heat Transfer & Phase Change, Studies & Solvers Version 4.3a 0 Replies
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I created a model in which I want to calculate steady-state temperatures of assembly of solids with given boundary temperature, heat dissipation and so on.
And I managed to do that using Heat Transfer in Solids interface with Surface-to-Surface radiation option switched on.
However, calculations take much time, mainly because of the need of consideration of radiative effects.
I was wondering if there's a way to do the radiation calculations separately - just to find the radiative interface between every two nodes. Then using this data, I would like to calculate a few thermal cases, using different boundary conditions for temperature and heat dissipation.
So, whatever the program calculates to get radiation heat transfer (view factors?), I would like to store it somewhere and then use it as input for a "thermal" case to avoid exceeding computation time, if I don't change the geometry or any radiation properties between different thermal analysis cases.
I'm sure there's an easy way to do it, which I, as a beginner, yet don't know.
Looking forward to Your help,
PCZ
Hello Przemysław Czechowski
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