diff --git a/_docs_v7/Markers-and-BC.md b/_docs_v7/Markers-and-BC.md index fae2a0b8..f36183e9 100755 --- a/_docs_v7/Markers-and-BC.md +++ b/_docs_v7/Markers-and-BC.md @@ -73,7 +73,16 @@ A wall with a prescribed constant heatflux is defined with the `MARKER_HEATFLUX` MARKER_HEATFLUX = (Wall1, 1e05, Wall2, 0.0) ``` -**Note**: Typically Navier-Stokes and RANS simulations are setup with adiabatic walls (heatflux = 0). +Instead of a constant heatflux (in `[W/m^2]`), a constant rate of heat flow (in `[W]`) can be prescribed by additionally adding the option `INTEGRATED_HEATFLUX= YES`. For the above `MARKER_HEATFLUX`, lets consider that `Wall1` has a surface area of 0.3 `[m^2]` then one could equivalently prescribe +``` +MARKER_HEATFLUX = (Wall1, 0.3e05, Wall2, 0.0) +``` + +when additionally using the `INTEGRATED_HEATFLUX= YES` option. In the case of a DOE or an optimization this prescription of a rate of heat flow might be the more natural boundary condition. + +**Notes**: +1. Typically Navier-Stokes and RANS simulations are setup with adiabatic walls (heatflux = 0). +2. `INTEGRATED_HEATFLUX` is not available for `FEM_NAVIER_STOKES`. ## Heat Transfer or Convection (no-slip) Wall ##