Simulated hydrodynamic temperature profiles T( t, s = L) at the loop apex (thin curves) and analytical approximations (thick curves) for a subset of 56 cases simulated by Tsiklauri et al. (2004). The selected cases include variations of the heating timescale t _heat and heating rate E _H , for footpoint heating. The average deviations Δ T/ T _max between the numerical values and analytical approximations are given in percentages in each frame.