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Turning a function off mid-simulation
Posted Jul 23, 2011, 3:58 p.m. EDT Heat Transfer & Phase Change, Parameters, Variables, & Functions, Results & Visualization, Studies & Solvers Version 4.0a 0 Replies
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I'm trying to do a heat transfer simulation wherein a small seed is heated up inside a tissue to a certain point, and then let to cool down via heat dispersion. I want to create an animation wherein the seed heats up for 40 seconds, and then is let to cool for another 40.
Right now I have it so that the temperature on the boundaries of the seed varies with time via a -cos(x) function, this is fine for the heating phase, but I want it to cool without a driving function via natural heat dispersion. Making two separate animations and splicing them together doesn't work because I need to retain the data of the heat transfer during the heating phase.
I've tried using a piecewise function but I'm not sure how I would define the cooling phase. I figured there has to be a way to turn a function off mid-simulation. Thanks!
-Vlad
Hello vsatchouk
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