30.18. Convected Heat

The convected heat postprocessor computes the integral along selected boundaries of , where is the temperature. The computed value for each boundary will appear in the listing file.

The procedure for specifying the calculation of convected heat is as follows:

  1. Create a new sub-task.

      Create a sub-task

    1. Select Postprocessor as the sub-task type.

        Postprocessor

    2. When prompted, enter a name for the postprocessor sub-task.

  2. In the F.E.M. Task Postprocessor menu, select Convected Heat.

      Convected Heat

    Ansys Polydata will tell you the subdomain(s) on whose boundaries the calculation can be performed. You can click OK to continue.

  3. For each boundary for which you want to compute the convected heat, follow these steps:

    1. Select the boundary name in the list of boundaries.

    2. Click Modify.

    3. Select Convected heat calculated.

    If you decide to disable the convected heat calculation, follow the same steps, but select No convected heat calculated.