External Terminal
Use this feature to connect a node (one-port component) of the thermal system to a distributed finite element model. It prescribes the temperature Text provided by a Lumped System Connector boundary feature of a Heat Transfer interface, a Lumped System Connector, Interface (Heat Transfer in Shells Interface) boundary interface feature of a Heat Transfer in Shells interface, or a Lumped System Connector (Heat Transfer in Shells Interface) edge interface feature of a Heat Transfer in Shells interface.
The Lumped System Connector feature uses the heat rate defined by the External Terminal feature on the selected node to set a heat flux on the corresponding boundary, interface, or edge in the distributed finite element model.
Node Connections
Set the Node name for the external terminal.
External Connection
This section displays an information message about the connection status of the node:
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If the External Terminal feature is selected in the Source list of a Thermal Connector feature, the message Current status: connected is displayed.
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Else, the message Current status: not connected is displayed. The default value 293.15[K] is used for Text.
Results
Select appropriate options in the Add the following to default results in order to include the following global variables (space-independent) in the default plots:
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 Heat rate
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 Temperature
Lumped Composite Thermal Barrier: Application Library path Heat_Transfer_Module/Tutorials,_Thin_Structure/lumped_composite_thermal_barrier
Location in User Interface
Context Menus
Lumped Thermal System>Nodes>External Terminal
Ribbon
Physics tab with Lumped Thermal System selected:
Global>Nodes>External Terminal