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Decrease size of simulation volumen in heat transfer analysis

Posted 23 juin 2017, 11:34 UTC−4 0 Replies

Gerardo E. Villarreal-Garcia
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Hi all,

I've read that PML boundary conditions can be used in electromagnetic studies to save computational time by limiting the size of the simulation area/volume. Is there anything similar I can use for heat transfer studies?

I'm currently simulation a heater (with dimensions in the order of submicrons by tens of microns) in the middle of a substrate which is considerably bigger than the heater (in the order of milimeters).

I used the Parametric Sweep to analyse the effect of increasing the size of my simulation area on the stationary solution, but I was thinking if there's an alternative to just make the substrate as big as the real device.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

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Gerardo E. Villarreal-Garcia

Centre for Quantum Photonics
H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory
University of Bristol
Tyndall Avenue
Bristol
BS8 1TL, UK

Email: g.villarreal@bristol.ac.uk
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