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PowerTHERM Specifications
Features: PowerTHERM
- Multi-bounce radiation
- Conduction
- Convection via internal library or CFD import capability
- 1-D advection and fluid stream models
- Natural environment model
- Steady & transient simulations
- Temperature dependent properties
- Conduction, specific heat, and emissivity
- Multi layer parts
- Up to 20 layers: solid, air, vacuum or mixed
- Import surface meshes from several common data formats
- Parallel processing
- Efficient and robust numerical scheme
- Graphical interface for setup and post-processing
PowerTHERM/PowerFLOW Coupling Interface
- Graphical user interface
- Visualization of PowerTHERM geometry and results
- Integrated setup of coupling parameters
- Automatic determination of surface matching
- No user intervention required during simulation
- User friendly interface(s) reducing the total setup effort to a minimum
- Coupled process addresses thermal applications requiring all heat transfer modes (radiation, conduction, forced and natural convection)
- Efficient scalable flow and thermal simulation
- Complex detailed geometry
Applications
PowerTHERM has been extensively tested for the following real world applications:
- Underhood / underbody
- Climate control
- Heat shield analysis
- HVAC design
- Brakes & clutches
- Exhaust systems
Real-world Benefits
- Deliver solutions to engineering problems
- Accurate results
- Highly detailed geometrical complexity
- Short turn-around time
- Access to comprehensive flow and surface data
- Support decisions in early design stages
- Quick and easy design modifications
- Reduction of physical testing
Technical Specifications
PowerCASE coupling interface:
- Import of PowerTHERM/RadTherm TDF files
- Rotate, scale, and translate model
- Couple to multiple and partial model
- Visualization of geometries and surface temperatures
- Specification of coupling parameters
- Automatic determination of surface matching between PowerFLOW and PowerTHERM required for the data exchange
- Possibility to manually adjust the constraints
Coupled simulations:
- User submits only one coupled PowerFLOW job
- Automatic interpolation and exchange of surface data
- PowerFLOW/PowerTHERM: Heat transfer coefficients and near wall temperatures
- PowerTHERM/PowerFLOW: Surface temperatures
- Automatic execution of PowerTHERM in the background
- Dedicated multiprocessor host can be specified
- Additional recorded data
- Statistics on interpolation
- TDF file per coupling iteration
- Output of each PowerTHERM simulation
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