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Thermal coupling on shell elements

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Hello everybody, I am trying to ceate a thermal contact between two plates. I created medium surfaces to model the problem with shell elements. I am using the physical interface " heat transfer in shell ". How can a contact or thermal identity be created between two surfaces not directly in contact? Contact occurs on surface portions and not on edges. Thanks


1 Reply Last Post 17.12.2018, 15:54 GMT-5
Eric Favre COMSOL Employee

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Posted: 6 years ago 17.12.2018, 15:54 GMT-5

Hello Dani, this looks like a perfect job for an "identity coupling variable" that you can define under the Definitions node. Best regards, Eric Favre, COMSOL France

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Eric Favre
COMSOL France
Hello Dani, this looks like a perfect job for an "identity coupling variable" that you can define under the Definitions node. Best regards, Eric Favre, COMSOL France

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