INERTIA

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Revision as of 15:43, 17 July 2017

Description

This variable is the thermal inertia of the upper material.

Units - Change Card Index

Units: J m-2 s-1/2 K-1


Change Card Index: 1 3

Usage

Layer 1 is the atmosphere. This material property begins at layer 2 and continues until it is switched at the layer set by the variable "IC".

Example Value

1000

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Related Variables

Supported under version: 2.3.2

Parameter Variable and Physical Definition

Surface Thermal Inertia: The reluctance of a material to change temperature through heat transfer.


Davinci Usage

Davinci Definition:
  • Thermal Inertia Value of the top layer of the surface
Values:
  • Range = Greater than 0
  • Default Value = Value from 2 ppd TES
Input Parameter Name:
  • INERTIA


KRC Usage

KRC Definition:
  • Surface Thermal Inertia
Values:
  • Input = Real Value Parameter in F10.2 FORTRAN format
i.e. Floating point value, with a field width of 10, including leading blank spaces, plus or minus sign, decimal point and 2 integers after the decimal point.
  • Range = Greater than 0
  • Default Value = 200.0
Input Parameter Name:
  • INERTIA
Example:
See the default master input file as an example: master.inp
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