The FilmCondition object defines film coefficients and associated sink temperatures for coupled temperature-displacement analyses.
The FilmCondition object is derived from the Interaction object.
import interaction mdb.models[name].interactions[name]
This method creates a FilmCondition object.
mdb.models[name].FilmCondition
Required arguments
A String specifying the repository key.
A String specifying the name of the step in which the FilmCondition object is created.
A Region object specifying the name of the surface to which the film condition interaction is applied.
A SymbolicConstant specifying how the film condition is defined. Possible values are EMBEDDED_COEFF, PROPERTY_REF, USER_SUB, and FIELD.
Optional arguments
A String specifying the name of the FilmConditionProp object associated with this interaction. The interactionProperty argument applies only when definition=PROPERTY_REF. The default value is an empty string.
A Float specifying the reference sink temperature,
. The default value is 0.0.
A String specifying the name of the Amplitude object that gives the variation of the sink temperature,
Note: Use empty string in an Abaqus/Standard analysis to specify that the reference sink temperature is applied immediately at the beginning of the step or linearly over the step. Use empty string in an Abaqus/Explicit analysis to specify that the reference sink temperature is applied throughout the step.
A Float specifying the reference film coefficient value,
. The filmCoeff argument applies when definition=EMBEDDED_COEFF, definition=USER_SUB, or definition=FIELD. The default value is 0.0.
A String specifying the name of the Amplitude object that gives the variation of the film coefficient,
Note: Use empty string in an Abaqus/Standard analysis to specify that the reference film coefficient is applied immediately at the beginning of the step or linearly over the step. Use empty string in an Abaqus/Explicit analysis to specify that the reference film coefficient is applied throughout the step.
A String specifying the name of the AnalyticalField object associated with this interaction. The field argument applies only when definition=FIELD. The default value is an empty string.
A String specifying the name of the AnalyticalField or DiscreteField object associated with the sink temperature. The sinkFieldName argument applies only when sinkDistributionType=ANALYTICAL_FIELD or sinkDistributionType=DISCRETE_FIELD. The default value is an empty string.
A SymbolicConstant specifying how the sink temperature is distributed. Possible values are UNIFORM, ANALYTICAL_FIELD, and DISCRETE_FIELD. The default value is UNIFORM.
Return value
A FilmCondition object.
Exceptions
This method modifies the data for an existing FilmCondition 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 FilmCondition method, except for the name and createStepName arguments.
Return value
Exceptions
This method modifies the propagating data of an existing FilmCondition 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 optional arguments to the FilmConditionState method.
None.Return value
Exceptions
The FilmCondition object has members with the same names and descriptions as the arguments to the FilmCondition method except the optional arguments to the setValuesInStep method.