Problem Specification

Consider the heat sink shown in gray in the image below. It is used to dissipate the heat from an LED and a thin interface layer shown in green below. The CAD file containing the LED + interface + heat sink can be downloaded here


Find temperature and heat flux distribution in the model. Verify results by checking overall energy conservation and refining the mesh.


Pre-Analysis

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