Feature Nodes for the Heat Transfer Interface
This section details the nodes available within the Heat Transfer interface:
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Domain Nodes for the Heat Transfer Interface
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Boundary Nodes for the Heat Transfer Interface
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Edge Nodes for the Heat Transfer Interface
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Point Nodes for the Heat Transfer Interface
Some nodes are only available with some COMSOL products.
For a detailed overview of the functionality available in each product, visit https://www.comsol.com/products/specifications/
Domain Nodes for the Heat Transfer Interface
The Heat Transfer interface has the following domain nodes:
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Bioheat
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Biological Tissue
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Building Material
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Convectively Enhanced Conductivity
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Cross Section
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Fluid
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Fluid (Porous Medium)
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Geothermal Heating
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Heat Source
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Immobile Fluids (Porous Medium)
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Initial Values
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Irreversible Transformation
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Liquid Water (Moist Porous Medium)
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Moist Air (Heat Transfer Interface)
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Moist Air (Moist Porous Medium)
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Moist Porous Medium
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Optically Thick Participating Medium
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Out-of-Plane Heat Flux
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Out-of-Plane Radiation
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Pellets (Porous Medium)
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Pellet-Fluid Interface (Porous Medium)
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Phase Change Material
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Porous Matrix (Porous Medium, Moist Porous Medium)
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Porous Medium
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Pressure Work
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Shape Memory Alloy
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Solid
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Thermal Damage
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Thermal Dispersion
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Thermoelastic Damping
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Thickness
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Translational Motion
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Viscous Dissipation
When the Isothermal domain check box is selected in the Physical Model section, the Isothermal Domain node is also available from the context menu or the Physics toolbar Domains menu.
Boundary Nodes for the Heat Transfer Interface
The Heat Transfer interface has the following boundary nodes:
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Boundary Heat Source
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Continuity
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Deposited Beam Power
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External Temperature (Thin Layer, Thin Film, Fracture)
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Fracture (Heat Transfer Interface) and Porous Medium (Heat Transfer in Shells Interface)
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Heat Flux
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Heat Source (Thin Layer, Thin Film, Fracture)
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Inflow
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Line Heat Source on Axis
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Local Thermal Nonequilibrium Boundary
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Lumped System Connector
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Open Boundary
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Outflow
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Periodic Condition (Heat Transfer Interface)
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Phase Change Interface
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Surface-to-Ambient Radiation (Heat Transfer Interface)
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Symmetry (Heat Transfer Interface)
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Temperature
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Thermal Contact
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Thermal Insulation
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Thin Film (Heat Transfer Interface) and Fluid (Heat Transfer in Shells Interface)
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Thin Layer (Heat Transfer Interface) and Solid (Heat Transfer in Shells Interface)
When the Isothermal domain check box is selected in the Physical Model section, the Isothermal Domain Interface node is added by default and is also available from the context menu or the Physics toolbar Boundaries menu.
Edge Nodes for the Heat Transfer Interface
The Heat Transfer interface has the following edge nodes (3D components only):
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Heat Flux (Thin Layer, Thin Film, Fracture)
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Line Heat Source
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Shell Continuity (Heat Transfer Interface) and Continuity (Heat Transfer in Shells Interface)
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Surface-to-Ambient Radiation (Thin Layer, Thin Film, Fracture, and Heat Transfer in Shells Interface)
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Temperature (Thin Layer, Thin Film, Fracture, and Heat Transfer in Shells Interface)
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Thin Rod
Point Nodes for the Heat Transfer Interface
The Heat Transfer interface has the following point nodes:
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Point Heat Flux (Thin Rod)
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Point Heat Source
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Point Heat Source on Axis
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Surface-to-Ambient Radiation (Thin Rod)
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Temperature (Thin Rod)