Surface Heat Flux

[Yoman228]

anyone know what is surface heat flux?

 

[gurmeet2003]

Yoman,

Heat flux is rate of heat transfer per unit area and is a vector. It has a magnitude and a direction.

Gurmeet

 

[Yoman228]

Can I plot the surface heat flux in viewer?

 

[Yoman228]

I tried to do a sample model that applied the temperture on the inner and outer surface of the pipe. and get the HFL as results.

1)Is the HFL = surface heat flux.

2) I tried to use that HFL as loading instead of the outer temperture, why do I have different temperture at the outter surface as the results? would't it should be the same if 1 above is true?

 

[xerf]

If you solve the heat transfer equation in 1D with different essential (temperature) and natural (flux) boundary conditions you will see why you do not get the same results.