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findThermalProperties

Find thermal material properties assigned to a geometric region

Description

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tmpa = findThermalProperties(materialProperties,RegionType,RegionID) returns thermal material properties tmpa assigned to the specified region.

Examples

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Create a transient thermal model that has three faces.

thermalmodel = createpde("thermal","transient");
geometryFromEdges(thermalmodel,@lshapeg);
pdegplot(thermalmodel,"FaceLabels","on")
ylim([-1.1,1.1])
axis equal

For face 1, specify the following thermal properties:

  • Thermal conductivity is 10W/(mC)

  • Mass density is 1kg/m3

  • Specific heat is 0.1J/(kgC)

thermalProperties(thermalmodel,"ThermalConductivity",10,...
                               "MassDensity",1,...
                               "SpecificHeat",0.1,...
                               "Face",1);

For face 2, specify the following thermal properties:

  • Thermal conductivity is 20W/(mC)

  • Mass density is 2kg/m3

  • Specific heat is 0.2J/(kgC)

thermalProperties(thermalmodel,"ThermalConductivity",20,...
                               "MassDensity",2,...
                               "SpecificHeat",0.2,...
                               "Face",2);

For face 3, specify the following thermal properties:

  • Thermal conductivity is 30W/(mC))

  • Mass density is 3kg/m3

  • Specific heat is 0.3J/(kgC)

thermalProperties(thermalmodel,"ThermalConductivity",30,...
                               "MassDensity",3,...
                               "SpecificHeat",0.3,...
                               "Face",3);

Check the material properties specification for face 1.

mpaFace1 = findThermalProperties(thermalmodel.MaterialProperties, ...
                                                        "Face",1)
mpaFace1 = 
  ThermalMaterialAssignment with properties:

             RegionType: 'face'
               RegionID: 1
    ThermalConductivity: 10
            MassDensity: 1
           SpecificHeat: 0.1000

Check the heat source specification for faces 2 and 3.

mpa = findThermalProperties(thermalmodel.MaterialProperties, ...
                                              "Face",[2,3]);
mpaFace2 = mpa(1)
mpaFace2 = 
  ThermalMaterialAssignment with properties:

             RegionType: 'face'
               RegionID: 2
    ThermalConductivity: 20
            MassDensity: 2
           SpecificHeat: 0.2000

mpaFace3 = mpa(2)
mpaFace3 = 
  ThermalMaterialAssignment with properties:

             RegionType: 'face'
               RegionID: 3
    ThermalConductivity: 30
            MassDensity: 3
           SpecificHeat: 0.3000

Create a geometry that consists of three stacked cylinders and include the geometry in a thermal model.

gm = multicylinder(10,[1 2 3],"ZOffset",[0 1 3])
gm = 
  DiscreteGeometry with properties:

       NumCells: 3
       NumFaces: 7
       NumEdges: 4
    NumVertices: 4
       Vertices: [4x3 double]

thermalmodel = createpde("thermal");
thermalmodel.Geometry = gm;
pdegplot(thermalmodel,"CellLabels","on","FaceAlpha",0.5)

Thermal conductivity of the cylinder C1 is 10W/(mC).

thermalProperties(thermalmodel,"ThermalConductivity",10,"Cell",1);

Thermal conductivity of the cylinder C2 is 20W/(mC).

thermalProperties(thermalmodel,"ThermalConductivity",20,"Cell",2);

Thermal conductivity of the cylinder C3 is 30W/(mC).

thermalProperties(thermalmodel,"ThermalConductivity",30,"Cell",3);

Check the material properties specification for cell 1:

mpaCell1 = findThermalProperties(thermalmodel.MaterialProperties, ...
                                                        "Cell",1)
mpaCell1 = 
  ThermalMaterialAssignment with properties:

             RegionType: 'cell'
               RegionID: 1
    ThermalConductivity: 10
            MassDensity: []
           SpecificHeat: []

Check the heat source specification for cells 2 and 3:

mpa = findThermalProperties(thermalmodel.MaterialProperties,"Cell",2:3);
mpaCell2 = mpa(1)
mpaCell2 = 
  ThermalMaterialAssignment with properties:

             RegionType: 'cell'
               RegionID: 2
    ThermalConductivity: 20
            MassDensity: []
           SpecificHeat: []

mpaCell3 = mpa(2)
mpaCell3 = 
  ThermalMaterialAssignment with properties:

             RegionType: 'cell'
               RegionID: 3
    ThermalConductivity: 30
            MassDensity: []
           SpecificHeat: []

Input Arguments

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Material properties of the model, specified as the MaterialProperties property of a thermal model.

Example: thermalmodel.MaterialProperties

Geometric region type, specified as "Face" or "Cell".

Example: findThermalProperties(thermalmodel.MaterialProperties,"Cell",1)

Data Types: char | string

Geometric region ID, specified as a vector of positive integers. Find the region IDs by using pdegplot.

Example: findThermalProperties(thermalmodel.MaterialProperties,"Face",1:3)

Data Types: double

Output Arguments

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Material properties assignment, returned as a ThermalMaterialAssignment object. See ThermalMaterialAssignment Properties.

Version History

Introduced in R2017a