Element Convection Boundary Table

• Function

Enter or modify nodal temperatures at specific nodes in a spreadsheet format table.

Table Tool in MIDAS/Gen is powerful and contains a large variety of built-in functions. Refer to the following items for detail directions:
 

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• Call

From the Main Menu select Load > Load Tables > Element Convection Boundary.

Select Structure Tables > Static Loads > Element Convection Boundary in the Tables tab of the Tree Menu.

• Entry (Refer to "Nodal Temperature")

Refer to Usage of Table Tool and enter or modify the following data:

Element: Element number

Coef. Func: Convection coefficient function

Amb. Func: Ambient Temperature Function

Face: Element Face number

Group: Name of Load Group