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.
To set up the solid components continuum:
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For the physics continuum
, 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 - Click Close.
To define the materials for the solid
components:
- Expand the node.
- Right click the Solids node and select Select Mixture Components....
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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.
- Click Apply, then Close.
- Rename the two arbitrary materials to PMMA and Plastic.
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Edit the Multi-Part Solid node and set
the material properties as follows:
Node Property Setting PMMA Material Properties Value 1180.0 kg/m^3 Value 1.5 Value 1500.0 J/kg-K Value 0.2 W/m-K Node Property Setting Plastic Material Properties Value 1100.0 kg/m^3 Value 1.0 Value 692.0 J/kg-K Value 1.0 W/m-K Node Property Setting Glass Material Properties Value 1.52 - Click Close.
- Save the simulation .