Patran Thermal User’s Guide Volume 1: Thermal/Hydraulic Analysis
Thermal/Hydraulic Input Deck
Overview
QTRAN Input Data File (QINDAT)
QTRAN Run Control Parameters and Node Number Declarations
Title Data
Input Data Echo Option
Temperature Scale and Time Units Definition
Transient/Steady-State Run Option Selection and Solver Selection
Iteration Limit Parameters
Control Parameters
Auxiliary Print Options
Maximum Time Step Control
Node Definitions
Print Control
Material Properties
MPID Number, Function Type, Temperature Scale, Factor and Label
Material Property Data
Network Construction
Thermal Resistor Assignments
Capacitor Data
Boundary Conditions
Microfunction Data
Heat Source/Sink Macrofunction Definition
Temperature Control Macrofunctions
Mass Flow Rate Control Macrofunctions
Pressure Control Macrofunctions
Initially Fixed Nodes
Nodal Classification Changes
Initial Globally-Assigned Temperatures, Heat Sources, Mass Flow Rate, and Variable Gravity Fields
Individual Assignments of Initial Temperatures and Pressures
Individual Assignments of Constant Nodal Heat Sources and Mass Flow Rates