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Thermal Coupling — Advanced dialog box

Use this dialog box to set options for the Thermal Coupling — Advanced simulation object for the Simcenter 3D Thermal/Flow, Space Systems Thermal, Electronic Systems Cooling, and Multiphysics solvers.

Type
1 Way Creates a one-way conductance from the primary to the secondary elements. For more information, see 1 Way options.
User Function Lets you create a customized thermal coupling based on a subroutine you write. For more information, see User Function options.
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Create a 1 Way Thermal Coupling

Create a user function thermal coupling

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Thermal Coupling — Advanced

Specifying a Coupling Resolution

Using the Only Connect Overlapping Elements option

Using the Overlap Projection Direction option

User function thermal coupling

Temperature dependency for thermal and electrical couplings

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