Beam Attributes: Heat Flux
Description
Assigns a heat flux to selected ends of beam elements.
Applicable only to heat transfer analysis.
Models uniform heat flow through the cross section of the beam end. A positive flux indicates heat flowing out of the element. A negative flux indicates heat flowing in.
The heat flux can be scaled as a function of time and/or temperature.
Heat flux attributes are load case dependent.
Dialog
Value
End heat flux.
May be positive or negative.
Factor vs Time table
A table that scales heat flux as a function of time.
Applicable only to the transient heat solver.
Factor vs Temperature table
A table that scales heat flux as a function of temperature.
Applicable only to nonlinear heat transfer analysis.
Common Controls
Units
Energy/Time/Length2 (e.g., J/s/m2, Btu/s/in2).
See Also