You can use HSTAR to analyze a variety of design options quickly and accurately, and rule out thermally unreliable options in the early stages of the design cycle. HSTAR helps you model real-world time and temperature-dependent loads and boundary conditions.
It gives you the ability to analyze thermo-electric coupling to determine the effect of Joule heating on temperature distribution, and element current loading. A new element for use with both HSTAR and FLOWPLUS (COSMOS/M's fluid flow module) lets you model the flow in pipes with heat transfer considerations.
After you create your model, HSTAR will help you model the heating and cooling effects caused by conduction, convection and radiation under steady state and transient design conditions.
HSTAR solves for heat transfer through solid materials. It also solves for radiant heat transfer -- using gray and black bodies and automatic radiation view factor calculations. And you can use the film coefficient determined in FLOWPLUS to incorporate the effects of fluid flow on your design.
Depending upon your needs, you can use HSTAR with the Basic System, or as a stand-alone system with GEOSTAR, COSMOS/M's fast, graphics-driven pre- and postprocessor. GEOSTAR makes it easy to model complex problems with on-line help, pull-down menus, icons and automatic meshing techniques. Its new motif-based interface for workstations and Windows NT platforms makes GEOSTAR easier than ever to use.
You don't have to take the time nor pay the high price for evaluating your designs with multiple prototypes in the test lab any more. With HSTAR, you can evaluate and troubleshoot the thermal performance of your design on your computer.