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# Heat Generation

**What it does:** Applies a total heat generation power to a selected region.

**Common uses:**

* A boundary condition in a thermal analysis.

**Tips:**

* The quantity of heat generation is distributed across the entities based on the volume fraction.
* The Magnitude is the Power of the heat generation. The basic units shown for this input are g-mm^2/s^3. These are the basic units for W or J/s.

## Example File

Download Example: [Thermal Analysis](https://storage.googleapis.com/files-learn/static/ExtendedBlockDocs/thermal_analysis.ntop)

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Applies a total heat generation power to a selected region. The quantity of heat generation is distributed across the nodes based on volume fraction.

### Inputs

| Name      | Type                                                   | Description                                         |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------- |
| Region    | [Region](../../../../block-documentation/types/region) | The region of elements the load will be applied to. |
| Magnitude | [Scalar](../../../../block-documentation/types/scalar) | The amount of heat generation power for the region. |

### Outputs

| Type                                                                     |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [Heat Generation](../../../../block-documentation/types/heat-generation) |