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Ansys Lumerical HEAT
3D Heat Transport Solver
Ansys Heat Transfer Simulation
Simulate Thermal Optical and Electro-Optical Effects
Deploy Ansys Lumerical HEAT to reliably, and systematically, address your engineer’s needs for heat simulation.
A finite-element heat transfer and Joule heating solver are included in the 3D heat transfer simulation to handle conductive, convective, and radiative effects as well as optically and electrically generated heat.
Engineering Solutions
Heat Transport Solver Simulations
For steady-state and transient simulation, Lumerical HEAT provides a 2D/3D finite element heat transfer solver.
- Automatic mesh refinement
- Joule heating via electrical conduction
- Comprehensive models for thermal materials
- Heat flux, convection and radiation analysis
- Automatic Programming Interface transfer for heat profiles
Highly Integrated Interoperable Solvers
Self-consistent charge and heat transport simulation is offered by Lumerical HEAT. HEAT can be used in tandem with other Lumerical solutions to conduct multiphysics simulations:
- Photovoltaic
- Opto-thermal
- Plasmonics
Self-Consistent Charge/Heat Modeling
Flexible implementation capable of capturing thermal optical and electro-optical effects.
- Self-heating effects and property-based variations
- High-current electronic, photonics and optical devices
FE Interactive Design Engineering
Automatic mesh refinement catered to Finite Element IDE, based on geometry, materials, doping, refractive index, and optical or heat generation.
- Dual 2D & 3D modeling
- Import STL, GDSII, and STEP
- Parameterizable simulation components
- Geometry-linked sources and monitors for presets
- Domain partitioned solids for seamless property definition
Comprehensive Material Models
With more than 500 adjustable electronic and thermal properties, the material database enables precise modeling of complicated effects, and scriptable material properties, Lumerical HEAT offers a flexible visual database.
Ansys Lumerical CHARGE In-Action
Functionality and practical industrial applications
Modeling Thermal Materials with the Ansys Lumerical HEAT Solver
Steady-state, Transient, Thermal and Thermal-Conductive Simulation
Core Capabilities
- Joule (J) Heating Solver
- Flexible Materials Database
- Automatic Mesh Refinement
- Finite-Element Meshing Automation
- Finite-Element Heat Transport Solver
- Steady-State and Transient Simulation
- Rapid Transition from 2D & 3D Solvers
- Self-Consistent Heat/Charge Transport
- Conductive, Convection & Radiative Effects
Ansys Lumerical Products
Designers can model interacting optical, electrical, and thermal effects thanks to tools that seamlessly integrate device and system level functionality. A variety of processes that combine device multiphysics and photonic circuit simulation with external design automation and productivity tools are made possible by flexible interoperability between products.
