1 Reply Latest reply on Jun 2, 2015 1:44 PM by Chris Michalski

Simulating a heating element exposed to a moving airflow

Matthew East Jun 2, 2015 1:23 PM

I'm trying to work out the operating temperature of the element I need to heat the air moving past it to a given temperature. I've used static temperature studies and flow simulations, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to add/combine the thermal load into the flow simulation to test my design. any assistance would be much appreciated.

Re: Simulating a heating element exposed to a moving airflow

Chris Michalski Jun 2, 2015 1:44 PM (in response to Matthew East)

In Flow you simply need to insert a surface source and define your surface temperature. Is that what you really have though (a completely uniform temperature) or would you be better off adding a volume source of a defined number of watts in the body and let Flow determine the actual temperature based on heat transfer. (hint: usually it's the second.)
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