Heat transfer¶
AgentFEM supports steady conduction and implicit transient heat transfer through the same study/model/step/result lifecycle used by solid mechanics.
Current routes¶
- steady heat transfer with conductivity and thermal boundary conditions;
- implicit Euler transient heat transfer with structured increments;
- temperature field output and history recording;
- thermal-field handoff to thermoelastic stress workflows;
- common result, progress, checkpoint, and verification concepts.
Typical workflow¶
thermal study → mesh/regions → temperature field → conductivity/capacity
→ temperature/flux/convection conditions → transient or steady step
→ temperature/flux histories → verification → optional stress handoff
The most important next depth is energy accounting, richer surface exchange, robust transient checkpointing, and coupled thermo-mechanical state transfer.