Heat Source (Heat Transfer in Thin Shells Interface)
This node describes heat generation within the shell through a dsQ contribution to the right-hand side of Equation 4-50. If it is applied on a pair, note that the source term is applied on the source side.
Express heating and cooling with positive and negative values, respectively. Add one or more nodes as needed; all heat sources within a boundary contribute to the total heat source. Specify the heat source as the heat per volume in the domain, as a linear heat source, or as a heat rate.
Heat Source
These settings are the same as for the Heat Source node available for the other interfaces.
Frame Selection
The settings are the same as for the Heat Source node Frame Selection section
In 2D components the heat source is multiplied by dz to account for the out-of-plane thickness.
You can specify the source to be a harmonic perturbation in a frequency domain analysis. To mark the source as being a harmonic perturbation, right-click the node and choose Harmonic Perturbation. Note that this updates the node’s icon. See Theory for Harmonic Heat Transfer for more details.
Theory for Heat Transfer in Thin Structures
Handling Frames in Heat Transfer
Location in User Interface
Context menus
 Heat Transfer in Thin Shells>Heat Source
Ribbon
Physics Tab with Heat Transfer in Thin Shells selected:
Boundaries>Heat Transfer in Thin Shells>Heat Source