Film

class pyccx.bc.Film(target, h=0.0, TAmbient=0.0, name=None, amplitude=None, timeDelay=None)

Bases: BoundaryCondition

The film or convective heat transfer boundary condition applies the Newton’s law of cooling \(q = h_{ c}\left(T-T_{amb}\right)\) to specified faces of boundaries elements (correctly ordered according to Calculix’s requirements). This BC may be used in thermal and coupled thermo-mechanical analyses.

Attributes Summary

ambientTemperature	The ambient temperature \(T_{amb}\) used for the Film boundary condition
heatTransferCoefficient	The heat transfer coefficient \(h_{c}\) used for the Film boundary condition

Methods Summary

type()	Returns the BC type so that they are only applied to suitable load cases
writeInput()

Attributes Documentation

ambientTemperature

The ambient temperature \(T_{amb}\) used for the Film boundary condition

heatTransferCoefficient

The heat transfer coefficient \(h_{c}\) used for the Film boundary condition

Methods Documentation

type()

Returns the BC type so that they are only applied to suitable load cases

Return type:

BoundaryConditionType

writeInput()

Return type:

str