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Conductive Heat Transfer - Simulate heat transfer by conduction

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Description

The Conductive Heat Transfer block represents a heat transfer by conduction between two layers of the same material. The transfer is governed by the Fourier law and is described with the following equation:

where

Q	Heat flow
k	Material thermal conductivity
A	Area normal to the heat flow direction
D	Distance between layers
TA,TB	Temperatures of the layers

Connections A and B are thermal conserving ports associated with material layers. The block positive direction is from port A to port B. This means that the heat flow is positive if it flows from A to B.

Dialog Box and Parameters

Area

Area of heat transfer, normal to the heat flow direction. The default value is 0.0001 m^2.

Thickness

Thickness between layers. The default value is 0.1 m.

Thermal conductivity

Thermal conductivity of the material. The default value is 401 W/m/K.

Ports

The block has the following ports:

A

Thermal conserving port associated with layer A.

B

Thermal conserving port associated with layer B.

See Also

Convective Heat Transfer

Radiative Heat Transfer

Capacitor

Connection Port

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