Card 9 - NODESINK Sink Nodes

KODE

KODE is the code NODESINK (or 45)

N1

N1 is the sink node number.

T1

T1 is the shell option. T1 is 0 if the sink node is applied at a node of a solid element. T1 is 1 if the sink node is applied at a node of a shell element.

T2

T2 is the temperature of the sink node.

T3

T3 = CONSTANT is for constant sink node temperature.

Code example

NODESINK 10 0 30. CONSTANT
$ NODE 10 HAS A TEMPERATURE OF 30

Notes

Sink node temperatures are distributed to elements by the DATACH module. New beam elements are created at edges of shells and new shell elements are created at faces of solids when required.

When sink node temperatures are translated to sink element temperature, the sink element temperature is the average of all sink node temperatures of the element.

Sink element temperature always takes precedence over sink node temperature. As an example, if a shell exists at a face of a solid with a sink element temperature and sink node temperatures exist at every node of the shell, the sink element temperature will be used.