SpecificHeat¶

Type:	0-Tensor, or section
Range:	[v_1, …, v_1]
Default:	-/-
Appearance:	optional

Set the specific heat $c$ , also called specific heat capacity. Units are Joules per kilogram kelvin, $\units{J/(kg K)}$ .

The specific heat capacity defines the amount of heat energy, $\Delta Q$ , required to change a material’s temperature, $T$ , by a certain amount, $\Delta T$ , per unit mass, $m$ , of the material: $c(T) = m^{-1}\Delta Q / \Delta T$ .

A constant specific heat can be defined by assigning a scalar:

Material {
  # defines a constant specific heat
  SpecificHeat = ...
}

For more general cases, the specific heat may be given as a section in order to deal with space, time, and parameter dependent definitions:

# define the specific heat as a section
SpecificHeat {
  Python {...}
  ...
}

Field definitions within the section SpecificHeat are summed up. Consult the subsequent sections to see which types of field definitions are allowed.