Heat Transfer by Free Convection
Application ID: 122
This example describes an array of heating tubes submerged in a vessel with fluid flow entering at the bottom.
This is a multiphysics model because it involves fluid dynamics coupled with heat transfer. The pressure and the velocity field are the solution of the Navier-Stokes equations, while the temperature is solved through the heat equation. In this model, the equations are coupled in both directions.
The implementation uses the Nonisothermal Laminar Flow interface to simulate the coupling between heat transfer and fluid flow. It combines the Heat Transfer in Fluids and Laminar Flow interfaces. The Nonisothermal Flow multiphysics coupling is automatically added. It couples the heat transfer and flow interfaces and provides options to include flow heating in the model.
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