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Dear all, I tried to couple the temperature of study1 into Study2 (study1 is heating, Study2 is cooling) it can not be done in 1 study because in study 2 we have also air cooling, and the time of study1 is unknown.
I first tried some simple things and it worked, can you specialists have a look to the method is it principally correct (physics not important in this topic)?


Step 1: make a global variable
Name: Starttemp
Expression: mod1.T
This will store all the temperatures on all places from study1 but on which times?

Step 2: calculate study 1

Step 3: add physics: (heat transfer in solids 2 (ht2))
Add study (un check the ht1 mode in the physics selection)

Step 4: Initial values in ht2
T2= Starttemp

Step 5: Dependent variables
General:
Defined study step: user defined

Initial values of variables solved for:
Method: Initial expression
Solution: Solver 1
Time: Automatic or last time step

Scaling
Method: Automatic

Values of variables not solved for
Method: Solution
Solution: Solver 1
Time: Automatic or last time step

Output
Keep solution: initial values

Step6: Run study 2

Step 7: take care by looking to the results: the temperature of study 2 is T2 not T