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How to change from dirichlet to newman conditions in a thermal model using PDE?
Hi Rubem, ThermalModel crated using thermalmodelS=createpde('thermal') lets you set up the problem in deomain specific funct...

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evaluateGradient missing from pde toolbox
Hi Heidi, You need to have a results object in the workspace to access evaliuateGradient on the MATLAB path. Run any PDEModel ...

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pde themral model, thermally connect two cells
Hi Derek, Multidomains in the imported geometry, using STL file, are not recoganized as connected cells of the same geometry. ...

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Simple compression of cylinder- results of finite element model don't make sense
Hi Clay, Your BCs are correct. I think the load you are applying is resulting in very small defomration. This is causing the d...

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error in heat transfer example
Hi Charlie, What version of MATLAB are you running R2018a or R2018b. In any case, you should not see this error if you run t...

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PDE Toolbox: Using different temperature-dependent thermal conductivities
I did not realize this in my initial response, both of your k values goes to inf when u=0. Try the following following instead, ...

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PDE Toolbox: Using different temperature-dependent thermal conductivities
Both k1 and k2 yields zero when state.u = 0, this is causing solver to misinterpret them as same functions. You can get around t...

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nonzero m and d coefficients for Matlab PDE
Refer to this documentation: https://www.mathworks.com/help/pde/ug/pde.pdemodel.specifycoefficients.html#bu7pwf5 d has to be a...

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How to indicate the number of nodes and elements of mesh of PDE problem in command line? (the function pdeplot can't do this)
Try using: pdemesh(modelM,'NodeLabels','on') Does it not show labels of node for you?

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PDE Thermal model computation speed
Hi Juan, Nonconstant BC would take longer than constant BC. However, the increase you are observing seems abnormal, given that...

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How to incorporate a 3D mesh in [p,e,t] format on a PDE thermal model?
You can attempt to use geometryFromMesh function to import geometry as a mesh (also retain the original mesh). Regards, Ra...

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How to apply external heat flux to a surface with specified "emissivity" boundary conditions in MATLAB R2018 PDE Toolbox?
You can specify all heat fluxes on that BC with a single function call, like: thermalBC(thermalmodelT,'Edge',2,'HeatFlux',@So...

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How to impose a variable temperature distribution for one edge of a rectangular plate while keeping the temperatures of other three edges same and constant?
Hi Anik, Define a function to model variation of temperature and use it in BC specification: tFunc = @(region,state) 30.*sin(...

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Assigning faces or cells fro meshes created by distmesh
Hello Lewis, To get multiple subdomains into PDE Toolbox you need to use the four argument format of the geometryFromMesh. Lik...

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Compute Craig Bampton model reduction using structural PDE toolbox of MATLAB (FEM SuperElements - Component Mode Synthesis)
Hi Alberto, I see have asked this question a while ago, hope it is still relevant to you. Could you elaborate your use case a ...

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How to export things from pdetool?
You can export gometry related information from pdetool from the 'Draw' menu, last option. You might also consider other geomet...

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Control mesh size on the faces of a 3D Structural Model
Local mesh refinement is currently not availbale in PDE Toolbox.

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How to extract data from a stress displacement graph generated by pdeplot3d?
Use the function interpolateStress. For example, in your case you could do: intrpStress = interpolateStress(structuralresults,0...

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Is it possible to calculate the reaction forces in a PDEModel if i use enforced displacement as load?
You can evaluate reaction at the boundary using evaluateReaction function.

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What is wrong about my "specifyCoefficients" function use for PDEModel?
Can you try using: specifyCoefficients(model,'m',0,'d',d_mod,'c',c_mod,'a',0,'f',f_mod); and see if you get the solution? Reg...

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it's possible to update nodes value in a mesh that was created with pde toolbox?
Hello Gabriel, You can achieve this using geometryFromMesh function. Following your example: results = solvepde(model); u = ...

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Does the importgeometry command work to import any geometry in simmechanics ?
Currently only STL import is supported in importGeometry.

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Is it possible to export stresses computed with the PDE Modeler App?
I would suggest using the programmatic workflow instead of PDEModeler, where you get direct access to solution and its derived q...

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PDE modeler plotting method
You can export solution from Solve dropdown menu. You will have the solution for all time-steps as variable 'u' in your workspac...

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What does deflection mean in Structural Mechanics PDE Toolbox?
a) Results output from PDE Toolbox contains Displacements wstruct array ith ux, uy, and uz as fields, these values are displace...

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Time-dependent boundary condition in PDE Toolbox
Hi Alexis, Replace the BC assignment line: Tgauche = applyBoundaryCondition(pdem,'Edge',4, 'u', sin(350*t).^2); with mybc =...

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Stationary Convection-Diffusion Equation 2-D
Hi Andrea, I suggest using <https://www.mathworks.com/help/pde/ug/solve-problems-using-pdemodel-objects.html programmatic> w...

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About PDETOOL in 3-D
Use programmatic workflow for 3-D problems. An outline of the programmatic workflow is shown in the <https://www.mathworks.com/h...

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thermal conductivity, pde toolbox
Hi Juan, Looks like you have orthotropic thermal conductivity, not spatially varying conductivity. in that case, you can jus...

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thermal conductivity, pde toolbox
Hi Juan, I recommend using the new <https://www.mathworks.com/help/pde/heat-transfer-and-diffusion-equations.html ThermalMod...

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