[ypooi]

Hi guys,

Does anyone know how to create or model the heat pipes by using the smart part feature ? From my understanding, previous heat pipe modelling without smart part introduced by flotherm is built by drawing a long cuboid and setting it at very high thermal conductivity (e.g copper-water heat pipes with 4000W/mK)

Thank you.

[Gabriel_C]

Hello,

The help docs say:
"
Creating a Heat Pipe

A Heat Pipe SmartPart is a point in space, therefore, heat pipes are physically modeled by adding Network Cuboid SmartParts.
Procedure

• Select or create an assembly in the data tree and add a Heat Pipe SmartPart.

• Select the Heat Pipe and add a Network Cuboid.

• Repeat Step 2, adding more Network Cuboids to build the shape of the heat pipe.

• Use the Heat Pipe property sheet to define the effective thermal resistance and maximum heat flow of the heat pipe.

• Use the Network Cuboid property sheets to define the surface, radiation and grid constraint attributes.

• If required, add Monitor Points to Network Cuboids to track temperatures in grid cells."

P.S.1: after point 1, click in the project tree the heatpipe icon and watch in the "Project Manager Create/ Drawing Board Create" for two yellow cuboids called "Network Cuboid"!!!
P.S.2: the netwrok cuboids are just to define the shape. The behavior of the heatpipe is defined in the heatpipe "Construction" sheet.



Hope it helps, Gabriel