Forced Convection in Transient Heat Transfer

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hello all,

 

Is it possible to simulate forced convection for transient heat transfer Analysis in Optistruct? I refered to the Optistruct tutorial 'OS-1090: Linear Transient Heat Transfer Analysis of an Extended Surface Heat Ransfer Fin'. For instance we can consider the similar example with forced convection.

 

If it's possible to simulate the case; can you please guide what are the changes required for the same while setting up the simulation?

Answers

  • Rahul Rajan_21763
    Rahul Rajan_21763 New Altair Community Member
    edited June 2015

    Hi,

     

    Optistruct handles only free convection.Currently forced convection is not available with Optistruct.

    Please check the same in Acusolve which is Altair thermal & CFD solver.

     

    Regards

    Rahul R

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited June 2015

    Thanks for the information...image/emoticons/default_smile.png' alt=':)' srcset='/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x' width='20' height='20'>