COYOTE : a finite element computer program for nonlinear heat conduction problems. Part I, theoretical background.

Glass, Micheal W. ; Hogan, Roy E., Jr. ; Gartling, David K.

关键词: ALGORITHMS;    AVAILABILITY;    BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;    BOUNDARY-VALUE PROBLEMS;    COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE;    COMPUTER CODES;    THERMAL ANALYSIS;    TRANSPORT Finite element method.;    Computer prog;   

DOI  :  10.2172/986602
RP-ID  :  SAND2009-4926
PID  :  OSTI ID: 986602
Others  :  TRN: US1006627

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The need for the engineering analysis of systems in which the transport of thermal energy occurs primarily through a conduction process is a common situation. For all but the simplest geometries and boundary conditions, analytic solutions to heat conduction problems are unavailable, thus forcing the analyst to call upon some type of approximate numerical procedure. A wide variety of numerical packages currently exist for such applications, ranging in sophistication from the large, general purpose, commercial codes, such as COMSOL, COSMOSWorks, ABAQUS and TSS to codes written by individuals for specific problem applications. The original purpose for developing the finite element code described here, COYOTE, was to bridge the gap between the complex commercial codes and the more simplistic, individual application programs. COYOTE was designed to treat most of the standard conduction problems of interest with a user-oriented input structure and format that was easily learned and remembered. Because of its architecture, the code has also proved useful for research in numerical algorithms and development of thermal analysis capabilities. This general philosophy has been retained in the current version of the program, COYOTE, Version 5.0, though the capabilities of the code have been significantly expanded. A major change in the code is its availability on parallel computer architectures and the increase in problem complexity and size that this implies. The present document describes the theoretical and numerical background for the COYOTE program. This volume is intended as a background document for the user's manual. Potential users of COYOTE are encouraged to become familiar with the present report and the simple example analyses reported in before using the program. The theoretical and numerical background for the finite element computer program, COYOTE, is presented in detail. COYOTE is designed for the multi-dimensional analysis of nonlinear heat conduction problems. A general description of the boundary value problems treated by the program is presented. The finite element formulation and the associated numerical methods used in COYOTE are also outlined. Instructions for use of the code are documented in SAND2010-0714.