*LATENT HEAT

Specify latent heats.

This option is used to specify a material's latent heat.

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Latent heat

ProductsAbaqus/StandardAbaqus/ExplicitAbaqus/CAE

TypeModel data

LevelModel

Abaqus/CAEProperty module

Optional parameters

PORE FLUID

This parameter applies only to Abaqus/Standard analyses.

Include this parameter if the latent heat of the pore fluid in a porous medium is being defined.

SMOOTH

Include this parameter to use a smooth transition from solidus to liquidus temperature.

Data lines to define a material's latent heat

First line

  1. Latent heat per unit mass. (Units of JM−1.)

  2. Solidus temperature.

  3. Liquidus temperature.

  4. Scale factor to extend the solidus-liquidus temperature interval. The default value is 1.0.

Repeat this data line as often as necessary to define phase changes in the material; one line per phase change. Latent heat values must be given in ascending order of temperature.