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Direct Coupled Thermal-Structural Analysis in Ansys Workbench
Direct Coupled Thermal-Structural Analysis in Ansys Workbench
Direct Coupled Thermal-Structural Analysis in Ansys Workbench
• Multiphysics Coupling
• Thermal-structural coupling
• Analysis procedure
– Material definition
– Meshing
Electromag Thermal
ANSYS Mechanical
ANSYS Maxwell / HFSS
ANSYS CFX / Fluent
THERMAL STRUCTURAL COUPLING
THERMAL STRUCTURAL
• Some examples:
T S T S T S
T S T S T S
• Sequential coupling
THERMAL STRUCTURAL COUPLING
• Direct coupling
THERMAL STRUCTURAL COUPLING
PLANE13 SOLID98
SOLID5
• Example:
– Steel axissymetric pipe with fins
Convection
h = 200 W/m² °C
Tamb = 20 °C
• Be careful with !
– It defines zero value to all DOFs, including temperature!
LOADS AND BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
Nodes Elements
APDL command = D