The Heat Transfer in Thin Shells (htsh) interface (), found in the Thin Structures physics area under the Heat Transfer branch (), is used to model heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation in thin structures. A Thin Conductive Layer model is active by default on all boundaries. All functionalities for including other boundary contributions, such as surface-to-surface radiation, are also available.

The temperature equation defined on shells corresponds to the tangential differential form of the Fourier’s law (see Equation 4-50) that may contain additional contributions such as heat sources.

When this version of the physics interface is added, these default nodes are also added to the Model Builder: Thin Conductive Layer, Insulation/Continuity (a boundary condition), and Initial Values. Then, from the Physics toolbar, add additional nodes that implement, for example, edge or point conditions, and heat sources. You can also right-click Heat Transfer in Thin Shells to select physics features from the context menu.

By default, no check boxes are selected under the Physical Model section.

This section is available by clicking the Show button () and selecting Stabilization. See Consistent Stabilization for more details.

This section is available by clicking the Show button () and selecting Stabilization. See Inconsistent Stabilization for more details.

This section is available when the Surface-to-surface radiation check box is selected in the Physical Model section. See Radiation Settings for more details.

This section is available by clicking the Show button () and selecting Discretization. By default, the shape functions used for the temperature are Quadratic Lagrange. See Discretization for more details.