The Bioheat Transfer (ht) interface (
), selected under the
Heat Transfer branch (
) when adding a physics interface, is used to model heat transfer by conduction, convection, and radiation. A
Biological Tissue model is active by default on all domains. All functionality for including other domain types, such as a solid domain, are also available.
When this version of the physics interface is added, these default nodes are added to the Model Builder:
Biological Tissue (with a default Bioheat node),
Thermal Insulation (the default boundary condition), and
Initial Values. All functionality to include both solid and fluid domains are also available. Then, from the
Physics toolbar, add other nodes that implement, for example, boundary conditions and sources. You can also right-click
Bioheat Transfer to select physics features from the context menu.
See Physical Model for a description of the
Thickness (2D and 1D axisymmetric components),
Cross sectional area (1D components),
Cross sectional perimeter (1D components), and
Reference temperature settings, and the check boxes available under the
Physical Model section.
The Heat transfer in biological tissue check box is selected by default, which enables the
Damage Integral Analysis Discretization section.
Select the type of the Shape function for damaged tissue indicators. The default is
Discontinuous Lagrange. The order is set in the
Discretization section.
When the Thermal Damage subfeature is added under a
Biological Tissue node, set the discretization level of the
Damage tissue indicator shape function:
Constant (the default),
Linear,
Quadratic,
Cubic,
Quartic,
or
Quintic.
) and selecting Stabilization in the Show More Options dialog box. See Consistent Stabilization for more details.
) and selecting Stabilization in the Show More Options dialog box. See Inconsistent Stabilization for more details.
