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Concentrated nodal heat flow

The concentrated nodal heat flow can be prescribed in the first load case, with the identifier T 2, or in any subsequent load case, with the identifier T 12. In the first case, the prescription applies to the entire process under consideration; in the other cases, only to the load case in which it was declared.

In the name.iB file, a vector is first defined using a NV set:

NV set number T 2/12 V $\dot q$

and the set thus defined is then assigned to the selected nodes:

AS load case number /$\dots$ /N set number N node number list /$\dots$

where $\dot q~[\text{W}]$ is the heat flow.