Fluid-Solid Interfaces Tool Guides and Options

Fluid-Solid Interfaces Tool Guides

The following tool guides are available:


Select a face	Select a face for which you want to review all interface pairs on the primary face.
Select a body	Select a body for which you want to review all interface pairs on the primary body.
Select a secondary face	Select a secondary face to review only interface pairs between the secondary face and any primary face.
Select a secondary body	Select a secondary body to review only interface pairs between the secondary body and any primary body.
Select markers	Select markers to highlight individual interface pairs.

Fluid-Solid Interfaces Tool Options

The following options are available:


Exclude from interface detection	Exclude the interface pairs from interface detection.
Include internal radiation	Switch internal radiation on or off.
Detection distance	Specify the maximum distance of interface detection to be used. For example, for a thin-walled pipe, you could set this distance to ensure that interfaces are not inadvertently included between the contained fluid and the outer pipe surface.
Group faces by body	View interfaces grouped by the body and optionally create an excluded interface per grouped body.
Group tangent faces	View interfaces grouped by tangent faces and optionally create a excluded interface per grouped topologies, such as groups of tangent faces.
No grouping	View individual interface pairs and optionally create an excluded interface for the desired separate face pairs.
Internal emissivity	Internal emissivity is the measure of a material's ability to emit heat by radiation from within itself, or from a surface that is surrounded by the same material. It is a dimensionless quantity that ranges from 0 to 1. A value of 0 means radiation is reflected and 1 means radiation is absorbed. Blackbody surfaces have an emissivity of 1.
Specify thermal conductance	Select to model the effects of thermal conductance.
Thermal conductance	Specify the thermal conductance between the regions.
Compute from	Select to specify the thermal conductance based on a thickness and a material’s thermal conductivity. The conductance is then conductivity/thickness. Enter a thickness value and then select a material. You can filter the material options.