ThermalMaterialAssignment Properties

Thermal material properties assignments

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AThermalMaterialAssignmentobject contains the description of a thermal model’s material properties. AThermalModelcontainer has a vector ofThermalMaterialAssignmentobjects in itsMaterialProperties.MaterialAssignmentsproperty.

Create material properties assignments for your thermal model using thethermalPropertiesfunction.

Properties

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`RegionType`—Region type
`'Face'`|`'Cell'`

Region type, returned as'Face'for a 2-D region, or'Cell'for a 3-D region.

Data Types:char|string

`RegionID`—Region ID
vector of positive integers

Region ID, returned as a vector of positive integers. To determine which ID corresponds to which portion of the geometry, use thepdegplotfunction. Set the'FaceLabels'name-value pair to'on'.

Data Types:double

`ThermalConductivity`—Thermal conductivity of the material
nonnegative number|function handle

Thermal conductivity of the material, returned as a nonnegative number or a function handle.

Data Types:double|function_handle

`MassDensity`—Mass density of the material
nonnegative number|function handle

Mass density of the material, returned as a nonnegative number or a function handle.

Data Types:double|function_handle

`SpecificHeat`—Specific heat of the material
nonnegative number|function handle

Specific heat of the material, returned as a nonnegative number or a function handle.

Data Types:double|function_handle

Tips

When there are multiple assignments to the same geometric region, the toolbox uses the last applied setting.
To avoid assigning material properties to a wrong region, ensure that you are using the correct geometric region IDs by plotting and visually inspecting the geometry.