*LATENT HEAT

Optional parameters

PORE FLUID

This parameter applies only to Abaqus/Standard analyses.

Include this parameter if the latent heat of the pore fluid in a porous medium is being defined.

SMOOTH

This parameter applies only to Abaqus/Standard analyses.

Include this parameter to use a smooth transition from solidus to liquidus temperature.

Data lines to define a material's latent heat

First line

Latent heat per unit mass. (Units of JM⁻¹.)
Solidus temperature.
Liquidus temperature.
Scale factor to extend the solidus-liquidus temperature interval. The default value is 1.0.

Repeat this data line as often as necessary to define phase changes in the material; one line per phase change. Latent heat values must be given in ascending order of temperature.