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Can FEAPpv compute radiation heat transfer
« on: February 24, 2014, 01:03:22 AM »
Can FEAPpv compute radiation heat transfer

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Re: Can FEAPpv compute radiation heat transfer
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2014, 11:28:26 PM »
You will have to program it yourself.  The easiest way to do this would be to write a separate element that only implements your boundary conditions:

q . n  =  h (T^4 - T_o^4)

So if you were doing a 2D problem with 4-node quads you could would be writing a 2-node element that you
would overlay on the edges of your mesh.

See http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/~sanjay/FEAP/lysmer.html for an example implementation of a boundary condition element, albeit for radiation of elastic waves (and linear for that matter).