Convection Tool Guides and Options

Convection Tool Guides

The following tool guides are available for the convection condition:

Select Select a face to add a thermal condition. This is the default filtering option.
Advanced filters > Link named selections To apply this condition to a named selection, select this option and then choose a named selection from the list.

Convection Tool Options

The following tool options are available for the convection condition:

Convection coefficient The convection coefficient (or heat transfer coefficient). This value is based on the composition of the fluid in contact with the face, the geometry of the face, and the hydrodynamics of the fluid flow past the face.
Convection temperature The external temperature of the surrounding fluid.