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Jukka Aho 3ada6aa07d docs(physics): tidy Thermal tag docstring
Drop a duplicated example line and remove the commented-out Fluid placeholder
that suggested unfinished velocity dispatch.

- Clarify `Thermal{Dim}` wording; delete stale `Fluid{Dim}` sketch.
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# This file is a part of JuliaFEM.
# License is MIT: see https://github.com/JuliaFEM/JuliaFEM.jl/blob/master/LICENSE.md
"""
Physics category types for material trait dispatch.
Defines abstract physics categories used for:
- Material trait functions (required_field_type)
- Material cache generation
- Physics-based dispatch
These are lower-level type tags, not complete FEM problems.
"""
"""
Elasticity{Dim} <: AbstractPhysics
Elasticity physics in Dim dimensions (2D or 3D).
Used for trait-based dispatch to determine required fields:
```julia
required_field_type(Elasticity{3}()) # → Displacement{3}
```
"""
struct Elasticity{Dim} <: AbstractPhysics end
"""
Thermal{Dim} <: AbstractPhysics
Thermal physics (heat transfer) in `Dim` dimensions (2 or 3).
Used for trait-based dispatch:
```julia
required_field_type(Thermal{2}()) # → Temperature (2D plane heat)
required_field_type(Thermal{3}()) # → Temperature (3D heat)
```
"""
struct Thermal{Dim} <: AbstractPhysics end
# ============================================================================
# TRAIT FUNCTIONS
# ============================================================================
"""
required_field_type(physics::AbstractPhysics)
Returns the field type required by the given physics.
Used for compile-time inference of material cache structure and
field requirements.
# Examples
```julia
required_field_type(Elasticity{3}()) # → Displacement{3}
required_field_type(Thermal{2}()) # → Temperature (2D)
required_field_type(Thermal{3}()) # → Temperature (3D)
```
Materials can declare their physics requirements:
```julia
struct ThermoElasticMaterial <: AbstractMaterial
# ...
end
# Material supports both elasticity and thermal physics
supported_physics(::ThermoElasticMaterial) = (Elasticity{3}(), Thermal{3}())
# System maps this to required field types:
# Elasticity{3} → Displacement{3}
# Thermal → Temperature
```
"""
function required_field_type end
required_field_type(::Elasticity{Dim}) where Dim = Displacement{Dim}
required_field_type(::Thermal{Dim}) where Dim = Temperature
# required_field_type(::Fluid{Dim}) where Dim = Velocity{Dim} # Add when Velocity field exists