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@drjfloyd drjfloyd commented Sep 4, 2025

I noticed that the properties for a TC are pure nickel. The typical TC used in expirements is Type K which is a nickel alloy whose density is a bit less than pure nickel. Also the specific heat for Type K increases by 1/3 from ambient to flame temperature. This PR also sets the Type K density and makes the TC specific heat temp dependent using Type K properties. It also adds a SPECIFIC_HEAT_RAMP input for PY so someone could set a ramp for another type of TC.

I also changed the explicit TC update to be crank nicholson. For typical TC diameters used in fire tests and typical FDS time steps the explicit is OK but if you get to very fine TCs or are doing something with large timesteps the implicit can be smoother.

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drjfloyd commented Sep 4, 2025

Note these changes won't impact the typical steady-state values we use in V&V, just the transient.

@drjfloyd drjfloyd merged commit daf9731 into firemodels:master Sep 4, 2025
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