COUPLEFLO: a computer program for coupled creeping viscous flow and conductive-convective heat transfer addendum

Technical Report · Sat Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:7063463

Chavez, P F; Dawson, P R

COUPLEFLO is a two-dimensional finite element code for plane strain or axisymmetric analyses of thermomechanically coupled systems. It is capable of analyzing the creeping flow of non-Newtonian fluids or the primary and secondary creep of solids. COUPLEFLO solves equations for conductive-convective heat transfer to determine the thermal response of a system. Thermomechanical coupling between the flow field and temperature distribution can exist in terms of temperature dependent material properties, temperature dependent body forces, viscous dissipation, material convection, and changing system geometry. Either transient or steady-state problems can be analyzed in Eulerian or quasi-Lagrangian reference frames. This document describes improvements to the computer code that have been made since previous reports detailing the theoretical background and code use were published.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA); Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (USA). Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 7063463
• Report Number(s): SAND-80-2566
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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