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Ansys Thermal Tutorial-2

This document provides an overview of performing thermal, structural, and thermal-structural analyses in Ansys. It discusses applying different loads and boundary conditions for each type of analysis, including heat flux, heat generation, temperature, convection coefficient, forces, pressures, and displacements. It also summarizes the steps for performing a sequential thermal-structural analysis and using the postprocessor to view results through contour plots, path operations, and other visualization tools. Key conclusions emphasize understanding materials properties, constraints, and validating results.

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Ansys Thermal Tutorial-2

This document provides an overview of performing thermal, structural, and thermal-structural analyses in Ansys. It discusses applying different loads and boundary conditions for each type of analysis, including heat flux, heat generation, temperature, convection coefficient, forces, pressures, and displacements. It also summarizes the steps for performing a sequential thermal-structural analysis and using the postprocessor to view results through contour plots, path operations, and other visualization tools. Key conclusions emphasize understanding materials properties, constraints, and validating results.

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Solution in Ansys:

Depending on the analysis you are doing


Ansys gives you options on applying different
loads and boundary conditions.
Thermal analysis:
-Heat flux : surface load (dimensions are for ex.
W/mm2, look at direction of the vector).
If you have a total power to apply on an area, you
first have to divide it for the area and then apply it
in Ansys. Please note that if you apply a heat flux
on an external area everything is ok, if you apply
it on an internal area that is shared by two volumes
Ansys count it as double, so you have to apply
half of it.

-Heat generation: body load (dimensions are for ex:


W/mm3)
-Heat flow: concentrated nodal loads. Use them only in line-element
models (conducting bars, convection links, etc.) where you cannot
specify convections and heat fluxes

Loads as boundary conditions:


-Temperature
-Convection coefficient H (ex. of dimensions W/mm2K). This coeff.
represents the effect of the water or other fluids. You can calculate it
considering fluid theory (Re, Pr, and so on). I can suggest a
spreadsheet made from Neal Hartman ( I have a copy, so ask if you
need it.)
This convection load will require a value for H and a value for the
Tb of the water, meaning the temperature of the bulk of the water,
this last value in Ansys represents only a reference point, so if you
are interested in Delta T, you can also put Tb=0. This doesn’t mean
that your Tb of the water in reality will be at 0 deg.
The convection coefficient that you calculated was based on the
properties of the water (or general fluid) at a certain temperature
and that temperature is the important one.
-Thermal radiation: radiation analysis are non linear analysis, Ansys
solves them pretty well, but there is a different procedure that will
not be covered in this tutorial. If you need any help on those let me
know. It is a tricky analysis. You have to be careful in following
all the right steps in the right sequence. I was thinking on
writing a procedure also for this at least for a simple radiation problem
to a space node.
Structural analysis:
Loads:
-force, moment
-pressure (surface load)
-structural temperatures
-pre- stresses

Loads as boundary conditions:


-Displacements, constraints, simmetries
Thermal-structural analysis

There are two ways of doing a thermal structural analysis, one is called
sequential way, the other one is called direct way.
I will only show you the sequential way because it is simple and
reliable and it is the only one that I use.
Steps:
-do your thermal analysis, and solve it.
-find your temperatures as result of the solution ( temperatures at each node)
These will be written in a .rth file.
-in the same model (nodes and elements must be the same) switch elements from
thermal to structural (Ansys will automatically choose the structural element
correspondent to the thermal element).
-apply the structural temperatures to the nodes of your model from the
file .rth that your previous analysis generated.
With the command plotctrls- symbols –body load symbols (structural temperatures)
you can see the temperatures you applied to your body.
This is an easy way to check that you grabbed the right temperatures.
-apply boundary constraints (fix your model in space).
-solve.
Solution preferences.
If you are not familiar with the solvers, in this case of steady
state thermal structural analysis you can let Ansys automatically
decide what solver is better for your analysis just using the
command
-fast solution option,
In which you will define the degree of accuracy you like.
If you have to do more complicated analysis like non linear ones
and so on, you must get familiar with the solvers to decide
which one is the most accurate to use.
Postprocessor:
allows to give a look to your results. There are two postprocessors:

-General postprocessor
You use the general postprocessor to review analysis results over the
entire model, or selected portions of the model, for a specifically defined
combination of loads at a single time or frequency.

-Time History postprocessor:


You enter the time history processor to process time or frequency
related results data.

We will consider the General Postprocessor


General Postprocessor
-Read results
-Plot Results
Contour plot
Thermal analysis: temperatures, heat flow
Structural analysis : displacements, stresses
-Path Operation
it allows you to plot a graph of parameters
along a specified direction. You can also
list the variables to build your own excel
table.
-define path
-map variables onto path
-operate on variables if needed (differentiate
exponentiate…)
-plot path items
-list path items
-List Results
-Query results
Temperature plot of something that will not work.
How to change the “look” of your results:

PlotCtrls options
Style:
-edge options: edge only , all
-size and shape-number of facets per edge
-contours
-colors
-background

Window controls:
This allows you to modify your window “look”.

Animate

I will not spend any time on this because this is just a “plus”,
default settings are ok for most of the cases. If you need to change
them you can learn how to do it.
Conclusions:

Anytime you approach a FEA with whatever software you are using
you must know what you are doing. You must understand
units and properties of material, you must understand the thermal
behavior and the structural behavior of your part.
Constraints are very important, you must understand them.
If you don’t, you can make big mistakes.
You don’t try to convince yourself of results that make no sense,
You don’t believe results that you don’t understand.
If you have any doubt, ASK!!!.
There are a lot of ways of being sure that your results are right ,for ex.
comparing results, doing test analysis to become familiar with the
behavior of a part, ask people with more experience.
Important contacts:

1) My contact: Daniela Cambie’ x 6234


2) Ansys support group:
MCR
Ph.: 916-787-1636
Mark and Scott Rodamaker are the technical people. You can reach
them also by email:
mark@mcrfea.com
scott@mcrfea.com
3) Chuck Lawrence is the CAD person in charge of Ansys.
4) Some people at the Lab have a lot of experience with Ansys and
can probably help you, just to give you a couple of names: Carol
Corradi and Schlomo Caspi.

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