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TransAT Tutorial Manual 3.2. Natural Convection in a Closed Cavity

Assigning Boundary Conditions:
• Select boundary X Min from the drop-down list at the top of the BCs tab

• By a simple click, highlight XMIN 0 in the surface tree

• Tick (light grey square) hotwall in the boundary conditions table

• Click

XMin 0 in the surface tree takes the color of the boundary condition after being assigned.

• Follow the steps above to assign the remaining surfaces to their corresponding boundary
conditions.
Boundary : XMin
XMIN 0: hotwall

Boundary : XMax
XMax 0: coldwall
Boundary : YMin
YMIN 0: noheatfluxwall
Boundary : YMax
YMAX 0: noheatfluxwall
Boundary : ZMin
ZMIN 0: symmetry

Boundary : ZMax
ZMAX 0: symmetry

The mesh is now ready.
• Click Files then select Save to save the settings. Alternatively, press Ctrl+s.

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