COMSOL 6.4 - The Heat Transfer Module Study Capabilities

The Heat Transfer Module Study Capabilities

Table 1-1 lists the Preset Studies available for the physics interfaces most relevant to this module.


	Studies and Solvers in the COMSOL Multiphysics Reference Manual

Table 1-1: Heat Transfer Module Dependent Variables and Preset Study Availability.
Physics Interface	Name	Dependent variables	Preset Studies1
			Stationary	Time Dependent	Thermal Perturbation, Eigenfrequency	Thermal Perturbation, Frequency Domain	Stationary with Initialization	transient with Initialization
Chemical Species Transport > Moisture Transport
Moisture Transport in Air	mt	ϕ	√	√
Equilibrium Moisture Transport in Porous Media	mt	ϕ	√	√
Nonequilibrium Moisture Transport in Porous Media	mt	ϕ, sl	√	√
Moisture Transport in Building Materials	mt	ϕ	√	√
Moisture Transport in Free and Porous Media	mt	ϕ, sl	√	√
Moisture Transport in Solids	mts	ϕ, pm	√	√
Chemical Species Transport > Moisture Flow
Laminar Flow(2)	—	u, p, ϕ	√	√
Turbulent flow, Algebraic yPlus(2)	—	u, p, G, yPlus, ϕ					√	√
Turbulent flow, L-VEL(2)	—	u, p, G, uPlus, ϕ					√	√
Turbulent Flow, k-ε(2)	—	u, p, k, ep, ϕ	√	√
Turbulent Flow, SST(2)	—	u, p, k, om, G, ϕ					√	√
Turbulent Flow, Low Re k-ε(2)	—	u, p, k, ep, G, ϕ					√	√
Porous Media Flow(2)	—	u, p, ϕ	√	√
Fluid Flow > Single-Phase Flow
Laminar Flow	spf	u, p	√	√
Turbulent flow, Algebraic yPlus	spf	u, p, G, yPlus					√	√
Turbulent flow, L-VEL	spf	u, p, G, uPlus					√	√
Turbulent Flow, k-ε	spf	u, p, k, ep	√	√
Turbulent Flow, SST	spf	u, p, k, om, G					√	√
Turbulent Flow, Low Re k-ε	spf	u, p, k, ep, G					√	√
Fluid Flow > Nonisothermal Flow
Laminar Flow(2)	—	u, p, T	√	√
Turbulent flow, Algebraic yPlus(2)	—	u, p, G, yPlus, T					√	√
Turbulent flow, L-VEL(2)	—	u, p, G, uPlus, T					√	√
Turbulent Flow, k-ε(2)	—	u, p, k, ep, T	√	√
Turbulent Flow, SST(2)	—	u, p, k, om, G, T					√	√
Turbulent Flow, Low Re k-ε(2)	—	u, p, k, ep, G, T					√	√
Heat Transfer
Heat Transfer in Solids	ht	T	√	√	√	√
Heat Transfer in Fluids	ht	T	√	√	√	√
Heat Transfer in Solids and Fluids	ht	T	√	√	√	√
Heat Transfer > Conjugate Heat Transfer
Laminar Flow(2)	—	u, p, T	√	√
Turbulent flow, Algebraic yPlus(2)	—	u, p, G, yPlus, T					√	√
Turbulent flow, L-VEL(2)	—	u, p, G, uPlus, T					√	√
Turbulent Flow, k-ε(2)	—	u, p, k, ep, T	√	√
Turbulent Flow, SST(2)	—	u, p, k, om, G, T					√	√
Turbulent Flow, Low Re k-ε(2)	—	u, p, k, ep, G, T					√	√
Heat Transfer > Radiation
Heat Transfer with Surface-to-Surface Radiation(2)	—	T, J	√	√	√	√
Heat Transfer with Radiation in Participating Media(2)	—	T, I (radiative intensity)	√	√	√	√
Heat Transfer with Radiation in Absorbing–Scattering Media(2)	—	T, I (radiative intensity)	√	√	√	√
Heat Transfer with Radiative Beam in Absorbing Media(2)	—	T, I (radiative intensity)	√	√	√	√
Surface-to-Surface Radiation	rad	J	√	√
Radiation in Participating Media	rpm	I (radiative intensity)	√	√
Radiation in Absorbing–Scattering Media	rasm	I (radiative intensity)	√	√
Radiative Beam in Absorbing Media	rbam	I (radiative intensity)	√	√
Heat Transfer > Electromagnetic Heating
Joule Heating(2)	—	T, V	√	√		√
Lumped Thermal System	lts	not applicable	√	√
Heat Transfer > Thin Structures
Heat Transfer in Shells	htlsh	T	√	√	√	√
Heat Transfer in Films	htlsh	T	√	√	√	√
Heat Transfer in Fractures	htlsh	T	√	√	√	√
Heat Transfer > Heat and Moisture Transport
Moist Air(2)	—	T, ϕ	√	√
Moist Porous Media(2)	—	T, ϕ	√	√
Building Materials(2)	—	T, ϕ	√	√
Heat Transfer > Heat and Moisture Transport > Heat and Moisture Flow
Laminar Flow(2)	—	u, p, T, ϕ	√	√
Turbulent flow, Algebraic yPlus(2)	—	u, p, G, yPlus, T, ϕ					√	√
Turbulent flow, L-VEL(2)	—	u, p, G, uPlus, T, ϕ					√	√
Turbulent Flow, k-ε(2)	—	u, p, k, ep, T, ϕ	√	√
Turbulent Flow, SST(2)	—	u, p, k, om, G, T, ϕ					√	√
Turbulent Flow, Low Re k-ε(2)	—	u, p, k, ep, G, T, ϕ					√	√
Porous Media Flow(2)	—	u, p, T, ϕ	√	√
Heat Transfer in Porous Media	ht	T	√	√	√	√
Local Thermal Nonequilibrium	ht	T	√	√	√	√
Heat Transfer in Packed Beds	ht	T	√	√	√	√
Bioheat Transfer	ht	T	√	√	√	√
Thermoelectric Effect(2)	—	T	√	√	√	√
1 Custom studies are also available based on the physics interface. 2 Multiphysics interfaces.