Setting Up the Physics Continuum for the Solid Components

You set up the physics continuum and define the materials for all the solid components of the headlamp.

The Multi-Part Solid model allows you to define multiple solid parts of different materials in a single continuum. As for the Air continuum, you use the Coupled Energy model together with the Surface Photon Monte Carlo radiation model and the Solar Loads model to model the energy tranport in the components.

To set up the solid components continuum:

  1. For the physics continuum Continua > Solid Components, select the following models in order:
    Group Box Model
    Space Three Dimensional
    Time Steady
    Material Multi-Component Solid
    Multi-Component Solid Multi-Part Solid
    Optional Models Coupled Solid Energy
    Equation of State Constant Density
    Optional Models Radiation
    Surface Materials (selected automatically)
    Radiation Surface Photon Monte Carlo
    Gray Thermal Radiation (selected automatically)
    Refraction (Gray) (selected automatically)
    Solar Radiation Solar Loads
  2. Click Close.
To define the materials for the solid components:
  1. Expand the Continua > Solid Components > Models > Multi-Part Solid node.
  2. Right click the Solids node and select Select Mixture Components....
  3. In the Select Mixture Components dialog, select the following materials:
    • Al (Aluminum (pure))
    • Glass (Glass Plate)
    • UNSG 104000 (Medium Carbon Steel)
    • W (Tungsten)
    • Any two additional materials from the list—the materials that you choose here are not important. You change the material properties for these selections in the subsequent steps.
  4. Click Apply, then Close.
  5. Rename the two arbitrary materials to PMMA and Plastic.
  6. Edit the Multi-Part Solid node and set the material properties as follows:
    Node Property Setting
    PMMA
    Material Properties
    Density > Constant Value 1180.0 kg/m^3
    Refractive Index > Constant Value 1.5
    Specific Heat > Constant Value 1500.0 J/kg-K
    Thermal Conductivity > Constant Value 0.2 W/m-K
    Node Property Setting
    Plastic
    Material Properties
    Density > Constant Value 1100.0 kg/m^3
    Refractive Index > Constant Value 1.0
    Specific Heat > Constant Value 692.0 J/kg-K
    Thermal Conductivity > Constant Value 1.0 W/m-K
    Node Property Setting
    Glass
    Material Properties
    Refractive Index > Constant Value 1.52
  7. Click Close.
  8. Save the simulation .