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4. Setup (Physics)
Material Properties
At this point, the material, "Cornellium", will be assigned to the geometry. Then, ANSYS will know the value of k, the coefficient of thermal conductivity, to use in the boundary value problem. To assign the material, expand Geometry, , in the tree outline. Next, click on Surface Body, . Then set Assignment to Cornellium in the "Details of Surface Body" table, as shown below.
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Adiabatic Boundaries
The top and left edges of the rectangular domain are perfectly insulated. In order to incorporate these boundary conditions, first (Right Click) Steady-State Thermal > Insert > Perfectly Insulated, as shown below.
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Next, hold down
Control key and click on the top and left edges of the rectangle. Holding down the
Control key lets you select multiple items. Then,
(Click) Apply in the "Details of Heat Flow" table.
Isothermal Boundary
The bottom edge of the rectangular domain has a constant non-dimensional temperature of theta=1. Recall that we are specifying the dimensional problem in ANSYS such that the dimensional and non-dimensional values of temperature are the same. To implement this boundary condition, (Right Click) Steady-State Thermal > Insert > Temperature , as shown below.
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Next, click on the bottom side of the rectangle and
(Click) Apply in the "Details of Temperature" table. Then, set
Magnitude to 1 degree Celsius as shown below.
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Convective Boundary
The right side of the rectangle has a convective boundary condition with a Biot Number of 5 and ambient temperature of 0. To implement this boundary condition, (Right Click) Steady-State Thermal > Insert > Convection , as shown below.
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Next, click on the right side of the rectangle and
(Click) Apply in the "Details of Convection" table. Then, set the
Film Coefficient (i.e. convection coefficient) to 5 W/(m^2 C) and set the
Ambient temperature to 0 degrees Celsius, as shown below.
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This concludes the setup of the boundary value problem. We can move on to obtaining a numerical solution.
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