Use the Temperature Coupling (
) multiphysics coupling to add the temperature as the default model input for a standalone physics interface.
The Temperature Coupling feature is generic and specifies a Heat Transfer interface as
Source and a second interface as
Destination. When
Temperature Coupling feature is used, the temperature from the
Source, Heat Transfer interface is used to evaluate material properties in any feature from the
Destination interface. The coupling can be added wherever the Heat Transfer interface is active.
The Source interface can be any interface defining a temperature, which includes all versions of heat transfer and multiphysics, except the pure radiation interfaces.
The Destination interface can be any interface providing multiphysics feature in the
Multiphysics node —for example,
Electric Current or
Solid Mechanics.
The Label is the default multiphysics coupling name.
The Name is used primarily as a scope prefix for variables defined by the coupling node. Refer to such variables in expressions using the pattern
<name>.<variable_name>. In order to distinguish between variables belonging to different coupling nodes or physics interfaces, the
name string must be unique. Only letters, numbers, and underscores (_) are permitted in the
Name field. The first character must be a letter.
The default Name (for the first multiphysics coupling in the model) is
tc1.