[GWCooke22]

Hello,

I'm using ANSYS Workbench, and I have two objects with known film coefficients for convection into 200LFM air. The objects are separated by a 5mm air gap and both have some internal heat generation, and I would like to model the steady state temperature of the objects in this system.

I have tried searching everything I could find on Google, YouTube, and a bit on this forum, and haven't found the answer yet.

I didn't think I needed to create a material with the properties of air since I have the film coefficients which imply that there is air there, moving at the speed I want; however, I think that in my current Steady State Thermal model, once heat is convected from each object, it is simply lost, rather than, as would happen in real life, transferring some portion into the other object.

Does anyone know whether this simulation is possible in Steady State Thermal, or do I need to use Fluent instead? It seems I may need to create an actual material air around the objects rather than just using the film coefficients if I want the program to keep track of the heat convected into the air...

Thank you very much to anyone who can help!