The Data Selection form is where a user specifies the input and output file to be processed for display in the COVeRTM environment.  The resulting .cvr file may simply be loaded the next time the results are needed.  Furthermore, the independent specification of the Group File allows for various group definitions to be used without the need to regenerate the .cvr file.   

COVeRTM Data Selection


  • The Output File is specified to extract:
      - Temperatures
      - Heat Dissipations
      - Conductor Values
      - Capacitances
  • The Input File is specified to extract Conductor node pairs for heat flow calculations
  • The Env Heat File is used to specify environmental heating (independent of total dissipation)
  • The Radk File is used to specify external radks to differentiate from other radiatve couplings
  • The Env Heat File and Radk File can be combined to calculate Backloads or Equivalent Sinks
  • The Group File is specified to define the Component (Group) based on the individual nodes
  • Filtering can be used to:
      - Reduce the number of timesteps
      - Reduce the total network if only a subset is of interest