Heat sources
QuickField provides possibility to specify the heat sources located in the blocks, at the edges or at the individual vertices of the model.
The heat source specified at a point of the xy-plane corresponds to a linear string-like heater, which is perpendicular to the plane of the model, and is described by the generated power per unit length.
In axisymmetric case the vertex heat source represents a heating circle around the axis of symmetry or a point heater located on the axis.
To incorporate both these cases a total generated power value is associated with the vertex. For the heating circle the total power is connected with its linear density by the relationship
q = 2πr·ql.
Edge-bound heat source in the plane of model represents a surface heat source in three-dimensional world. It is described by power per unit area and is specified by the heat flux boundary condition for the edge. The volume power density associated with a block corresponds to the volume heat source.