PDE Thermal Model with heat produced as a function
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I am doing a thermal Problem similar to the Mathworks rod example. But rather than having constant heat production throughout the geometry I have heat production varying with Location, time, temperature and another variable (current). How specify my heat source as a function of Location (x and y) ? Thank you in advance Ben
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Alan Weiss
on 5 Sep 2017
To write the surce as a function of time and temperature, follow this example. In short, give the heat source as a function that takes two arguments, region and state. Toolbox function pass these arguments, whose values you can see described, for example, here. Your heat source function should return a row vector of values of the same number of elements as in, for example, the region.x field.
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Precise Simulation
on 5 Sep 2017
If you are using the FEATool Multiphysics Toolbox it is possible enter PDE coefficients as regular string expressions, for example the expression '42/x+y*Tx^2-sqrt(pi*V)', would be a perfectly valid equation, boundary, or postprocessing coefficient (where x and y are space coordinates, Tx the x-derivative of T, and V another dependent variable). The linked heat transfer model example illustrates this with time and a switch expression.
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