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RD-1085 Linear Steady State Heat Convection Analysis PDF
RD-1085 Linear Steady State Heat Convection Analysis PDF
RD-1085 Linear Steady State Heat Convection Analysis PDF
Launch HyperMesh.
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Click OK.
This loads the User Profile. It includes the appropriate template, macro menu, and import reader, paring down
the functionality of HyperMesh to what is relevant for generating models in Bulk Data Format for RADIOSS.
User Profiles can also be accessed from the Preferences pull-down menu on the toolbar.
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Click Open.
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Click Open.
The location of thermal.femnow displays in the File: field.
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Click Import.
The thermal.femdatabase is loaded into the current HyperMesh session.
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= 0.3
= 7.9 x 103 Kg/m3
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Enter the update subpanel by clicking the radio button in front of it.
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Click update.
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Click the Set Current Load Collector panel located at the right corner of the footer bar, as shown below.
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Click nodes and select by sets from the pop-up extended entity selection menu.
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Uncheck the box in front of dof1, dof2, dof3, dof4, dof5, and dof6 and keep 0.0in the entry fields.
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Click nodes and select by ID from the pop-up extended entity selection menu.
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Uncheck the box in front of dof1, dof2, dof3, dof4, dof5, and dof6 and keep 0.0in the entry fields.
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Click create.
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Click MID and select steelas the material and click return.
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An element group convection and a free convection property PCONV are created.
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Go to add subpanel.
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Click the switch button under slave and select face from the pop-up list.
10. Click the highlighted solid elems and select by sets from the pop-up selection menu.
11. Select element set elem_convecand click select.
12. Click nodes in face nodes field.
13. Select 4 nodes on the surface face of a solid element, as shown in the following figure.
Figure 3: Selected surface nodes on the solid element outside the pipe.
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Click TA1 and input the ambient node ID 4679as shown below.
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Click create.
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Click the button below TYPE and select HEAT as the analysis type.
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Select the directory where you would like to write the RADIOSS model file and enter the name for the model,
thermal_complete.fem, in the File name: field.
The .femfilename extension is the recommended extension for Bulk Data Format input decks.
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Click Save.
Note the name and location of the thermal_complete.femfile displays in the input file: field.
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Click Radioss.
This launches the job. If the job is successful, you should see new results files in the directory from which
thermal_complete.femwas selected. The thermal_complete.outfile is a good place to look for error
messages that could help debug the input deck if any errors are present.
Once you receive the message Process completed successfully in the command window, click HyperView.
HyperView is launched and the results are loaded. A message window appears to inform of the successful
model and result files loading into HyperView.
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Select the first pull-down menu below Result type: and select Grid Temperatures(s).
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Click Apply.
A contour plot of grid temperatures is created. You may have to use Edit Legend in the Contour panel to
get the contour shown in Figure 5.
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Select the first pull-down menu below Result type: and select Element Fluxes (V).
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Click Apply.
You may have to use Edit Legend in the Contour panel to get the contour shown in Figure 5.
Both temperature and flux contour plots are shown below in Figure 5.
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