The ConcentratedRadiationToAmbient object defines radiant heat transfer between a point and its nonreflecting environment.
The ConcentratedRadiationToAmbient object is derived from the Interaction object.
import interaction mdb.models[name].interactions[name]
This method creates a ConcentratedRadiationToAmbient object.
mdb.models[name].ConcentratedRadiationToAmbient
Required arguments
A String specifying the repository key.
A String specifying the name of the step in which the ConcentratedRadiationToAmbient object is created.
A Region object specifying the region to which the concentrated radiation interaction is applied. The interaction is applied to each node in the region.
A Float specifying the reference ambient temperature,
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A String specifying the name of the Amplitude object that gives the variation of the ambient temperature with time.
Note: Use None in an Abaqus/Standard analysis to specify that the reference ambient temperature is applied immediately at the beginning of the step or linearly over the step. Use None in an Abaqus/Explicit analysis to specify that the reference ambient temperature is applied throughout the step.
A Float specifying the emissivity,
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Optional arguments
A Float specifying the area associated with the node where the concentrated radiation interaction is applied. The default value is 1.0.
A SymbolicConstant specifying how the concentrated radiation is applied to the boundary of an adaptive mesh domain. Possible values are LAGRANGIAN, SLIDING, and EULERIAN. The default value is LAGRANGIAN.
Note: explicitRegionType applies only during an Abaqus/Explicit analysis.
A String specifying the name of the AnalyticalField object associated with this interaction. The field argument applies only when distributionType=ANALYTICAL_FIELD. The default value is an empty string.
A SymbolicConstant specifying how the radiation is defined. Possible values are UNIFORM and ANALYTICAL_FIELD. The default value is UNIFORM.
Return value
A ConcentratedRadiationToAmbient object.
Exceptions
This method modifies the data for an existing ConcentratedRadiationToAmbient object in the step where it is created.
Required arguments
Optional arguments
The optional arguments to setValues are the same as the arguments to the ConcentratedRadiationToAmbient method, except for the name and createStepName arguments.
Return value
Exceptions
This method modifies the propagating data of an existing ConcentratedRadiationToAmbient object in the specified step.
Required argument
A String specifying the name of the step in which the interaction is modified.
Optional arguments
The optional arguments to setValuesInStep are the same as the arguments to the ConcentratedRadiationToAmbient method, except for the name, createStepName, region, and explicitRegionType arguments.
None.Return value
Exceptions
The ConcentratedRadiationToAmbient object has members with the same names and descriptions as the arguments to the ConcentratedRadiationToAmbient method.