The Nonisothermal Flow, Brinkman Equations multiphysics coupling is used to model heat transfer and flow in porous media where both the temperature and flow fields have to be coupled. Here, the nonlocal couplings between porous media flow and heat transfer are set up automatically.

When the Brinkman Equations multiphysics interface is chosen from the Fluid Flow > Nonisothermal Flow branch of the Model Wizard or Add Physics windows, the Heat Transfer in Porous Media and the Brinkman Equations interfaces are added to the Model Builder. In addition, the Multiphysics node is added, which automatically includes the multiphysics coupling feature Nonisothermal Flow.

Furthermore, a Porous Material node with a Fluid and a Solid subnode is automatically generated under Component > Materials.