SCOPT

SCOPT, TempDepKey, MappingKey
Specifies System Coupling options.

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TempDepKey

Temperature-dependent behavior key based on the convection coefficient:

YES

 — 

A negative convection coefficient, -N, is assumed to be a function of temperature and is determined from the HF property table for material N (MP command). This is the default behavior.

NO

 — 

A negative convection coefficient, -N, is used as is in the convection calculation.

MappingKey

Controls whether midside nodes of higher-order elements are used for mapping on System Coupling interfaces:

YES

 — 

Both corner and midside nodes are used (default).

NO

 — 

Only corner nodes are used.

Notes

By default in the Mechanical APDL program, a negative convection coefficient value triggers temperature-dependent behavior. In some one-way CFD to Mechanical APDL thermal simulations, it is desirable to allow convection coefficients to be used as negative values. To do so, issue the command SCOPT,NO.

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