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Old   October 11, 2013, 02:43
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Hi everybody,
I am at my first experience with openfoam and I am interested in simulating a steady-state cht problem.

So far I was able to run a simple case by using the chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam solver. In order to create the interface between the different regions, I have used the turbulentTemperatureCoupledBaffleMixed.
This boundary works fine but I did not find any method to set the thermal resistance between two solid parts.

Please, can you suggest me a strategy in order to solve this problem?

Thanks in advance for your help.
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welcome bangelo,

please could you explain what do you mean by thermal resistance between solid regions. thermal conductivity is already defined for every solid region.
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He means the inverse of the thermal contact conductance:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_contact_conductance

This should be handled with a boundary conditions, but I don't know if Foam has such conditions (haven't dug deep enough myself).
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hi marco,

i think he don't need to input such resistance as he will entering thermal conbuctivity. then openfoam will deal with it or convert it to resistance.

am l right?
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He means the inverse of the thermal contact conductance:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_contact_conductance
Hi Marco, this is exactly what I mean.

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i think he don't need to input such resistance as he will entering thermal conbuctivity. then openfoam will deal with it or convert it to resistance.
Hi Ahmed, what you say would be right if you really simulate the contact region between the two parts. Anyway, as the contact region is very thin (we are speaking about some microns), its mesh would be very demanding and for this reason one prefers to work with its thermal resistance (thickness/k).

The link Marco posted shows very well what I mean.
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Dear Pangelo,

this information is really new for me, thanks for your information. i think there is a case in openFoam.2.2.0 for cooling of electronic circuit, maybe you will find your target there.

thanks and good luck
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