We were asked the following question by a SOLIDWORKS user and thought it would be useful to share the answer with our viewers. QUESTION: I see you apply the following thermal loads: 1) Heat power (on the LED driver) 2) Convection (back casing) 3) Radiation (back casing) 4) radiation (front glass) - Why only convection of the back casing? And not of the front glass? - Why is there no heat power set on the actual LED's? ANSWER: Adding fewer thermal loads was partly done for simplicity and speed, allowing us to get results within the space of the video. Also, if an LED is mounted in a ceiling there is only ever going to be minimal convection (as the hot air cannot rise further), and the heat power output of the LED itself is tiny in comparison to the driver. You can of course add in these additional thermal loads to make the study more accurate, but it will increase the solve time. Hope that helps. Innova Systems.
We were asked the following question by a SOLIDWORKS user and thought it would be useful to share the answer with our viewers.
QUESTION:
I see you apply the following thermal loads: 1) Heat power (on the LED driver) 2) Convection (back casing) 3) Radiation (back casing) 4) radiation (front glass)
- Why only convection of the back casing? And not of the front glass?
- Why is there no heat power set on the actual LED's?
ANSWER:
Adding fewer thermal loads was partly done for simplicity and speed, allowing us to get results within the space of the video. Also, if an LED is mounted in a ceiling there is only ever going to be minimal convection (as the hot air cannot rise further), and the heat power output of the LED itself is tiny in comparison to the driver.
You can of course add in these additional thermal loads to make the study more accurate, but it will increase the solve time.
Hope that helps.
Innova Systems.