Simcenter 3D Thermal/Flow, Electronic Systems Cooling, and Space Systems Thermal boundary conditions

The tables list the loads, constraints, and simulation objects boundary conditions and the associated modeling objects for Simcenter 3D Thermal/Flow, Simcenter 3D Electronic Systems Cooling, and Simcenter 3D Space Systems Thermal solutions.

Loads

Icon	Load name	Modeling object name		Icon	Load name	Modeling object name
	Rotation	N.A.			Thermal Convecting Zone	N.A.
	Thermal Loads	Active Heater ControllerNon-Geometric ElementReference Temperature Set****Thermostat			Thermal Stream	N.A.
	Thermal Void	N.A.

Constraints

Icon	Constraint name	Modeling object name		Icon	Constraint name	Modeling object name
	Axisymmetry Target Zone	N.A.			Convection to Environment	N.A.
	Film Cooling	N.A.			Flow Target Zone	N.A.
	Initial Conditions	Non-Geometric ElementTracer FluidTurbulence Characteristics			Mapping	N.A.
	Mapping Target Set	N.A.			Simple Radiation to Environment	N.A.
	Rotational Periodicity Target Zone	N.A.			Temperature	N.A.
	Thermal Target Zone	N.A.			Transverse Gradient Target Zone	N.A.

Simulation Objects

Icon	Simulation object name	Modeling object name		Icon	Simulation object name	Modeling object name
	Advanced Controls	N.A.			Deactivation Set	N.A.
	Deactivation Set Advanced	N.A.			Disjoint Fluid Mesh Pairing	N.A.
	Duct Flow Boundary Conditions	Duct Head Loss			Flow Blockage	Convection Properties
	Flow Boundary Conditions	External ConditionsFan Speed ControllerHomogeneous Gas MixtureImmiscible Fluid MixturePlanar Head LossThermostatTracer Fluid****Turbulence Characteristics			Flow Convergence	Flow Convergence - Absolute PressureFlow Convergence - Absolute TemperatureFlow Convergence - EnthalpyFlow Convergence - U VelocityFlow Convergence - Velocity MagnitudeFlow Convergence - ViscosityFlow Convergence - V Velocity****Flow Convergence - W Velocity
	Flow Surface	Convection Properties			Fluid Domain	Homogeneous Gas Mixture****Immiscible Fluid Mixture
	Free Molecular Heating	Monte Carlo Settings			Immersed Ducts	N.A.
	Interface Resistance	N.A.			Joule Heating	N.A.
	Merge Set	N.A.			Mixing Plane	N.A.
	Moving Frame of Reference	N.A.			Orbital Heating	Orbit****Monte Carlo Settings
	Override Set — Thermal Properties	N.A.			Particle Injection	N.A.
	PCB Component	N.A.			Peltier Cooler	N.A.
	Periodic Boundary Condition	N.A.			Printed Circuit Board	Convection Properties
	Protective Layers	N.A.			Radiation	Monte Carlo Settings
	Radiative Element Subdivision	N.A.			Radiative Heating	Monte Carlo Settings
	Report	Non-Geometric Element			Screen	Planar Head Loss
	Selective Results	N.A.			Solar Heating	Monte Carlo Settings
	Solar Heating Space	Monte Carlo Settings			Solid Motion Effects	Joint****Joint-Orbital Tracker
	Supersonic Inlet	Turbulence Characteristics			Surface-to-Surface Contact	N.A.
	Symmetry Plane	N.A.			Thermal Coupling	Non-Geometric Element
	Thermal Coupling — Advanced	Non-Geometric Element			Thermal Coupling — Convection	Duct Convection Correlation
	Thermal Coupling — Radiation	N.A.			Thermal Rotational Periodicity	N.A.
	Thermal Streams Junction	N.A.

Other modeling objects

Modeling object name		Modeling object name		Modeling object name
Ablation-Charring		Non-Newtonian Fluid		PCB Layer
Layer		Target Temperature		Target Temperature Change
PCB Via		Thermo-Optical Properties — Advanced		Thermo-Optical Properties — State
Thermo-Optical Properties

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