Applying Film Conditions

You can apply a film condition to define heating or cooling due to the convection by surrounding fluids.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
About Film Conditions

Apply Uniform Film Conditions

You can apply a film condition that has uniform values for the film coefficient and reference temperature.

  1. From the Thermal section of the action bar, click Film Condition .
  2. Optional: Enter a descriptive Name.
  3. Select the geometry supports in the model.

    You must apply a film condition to one or more faces.

  4. Enter a value as the Ref. Temperature, which is the temperature surrounding the selected faces.
  5. Click OK.