This document provides a tutorial for solving a simple conduction problem using ANSYS 7.0. It describes the steps to create the geometry, define the element type as a thermal solid quad element, apply the material properties and mesh size, apply temperature constraints to the boundaries, solve the system, and view the temperature contour results. The problem demonstrates conducting heat transfer through a block with different fixed temperatures applied on each side.
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This document provides a tutorial for solving a simple conduction problem using ANSYS 7.0. It describes the steps to create the geometry, define the element type as a thermal solid quad element, apply the material properties and mesh size, apply temperature constraints to the boundaries, solve the system, and view the temperature contour results. The problem demonstrates conducting heat transfer through a block with different fixed temperatures applied on each side.
This document provides a tutorial for solving a simple conduction problem using ANSYS 7.0. It describes the steps to create the geometry, define the element type as a thermal solid quad element, apply the material properties and mesh size, apply temperature constraints to the boundaries, solve the system, and view the temperature contour results. The problem demonstrates conducting heat transfer through a block with different fixed temperatures applied on each side.
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This document provides a tutorial for solving a simple conduction problem using ANSYS 7.0. It describes the steps to create the geometry, define the element type as a thermal solid quad element, apply the material properties and mesh size, apply temperature constraints to the boundaries, solve the system, and view the temperature contour results. The problem demonstrates conducting heat transfer through a block with different fixed temperatures applied on each side.
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This tutorial was created using ANSYS 7.0 to solve a simple conduction problem.
The Simple Conduction Example is constrained as shown in the following figure. Thermal conductivity (k) of the material is 10 W/m*C and the block is assumed to be infinitely long.
Preprocessor > Element Type > Add/Edit/Delete... > click 'Add' > Select Thermal Mass Solid, Quad 4Node 55 ET,1,PLANE55
For this example, we will use PLANE55 (Thermal Solid, Quad 4node 55). This element has 4 nodes and a single DOF (temperature) at each node. PLANE55 can only be used for 2 dimensional steady-state or transient thermal analysis.
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5. Element Material Properties
Preprocessor > Material Props > Material Models > Thermal > Conductivity > Isotropic > KXX = 10 (Thermal conductivity) MP,KXX,1,10
6. Mesh Size Preprocessor > Meshing > Size Cntrls > ManualSize > Areas > All Areas > 0.05 AESIZE,ALL,0.05
7. Mesh Preprocessor > Meshing > Mesh > Areas > Free > Pick All AMESH,ALL
1. Define Analysis Type
Solution > Analysis Type > New Analysis > Steady-State ANTYPE,0
2. Apply Constraints
For thermal problems, constraints can be in the form of Temperature, Heat Flow, Convection, Heat Flux, Heat Generation, or Radiation. In this example, all 4 sides of the block have fixed temperatures.
Solution > Define Loads > Apply
Note that all of the -Structural- options cannot be selected. This is due to the type of element (PLANE55) selected.
Thermal > Temperature > On Nodes
Click the Box option (shown below) and draw a box around the nodes on the top line.
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The following window will appear:
Fill the window in as shown to constrain the side to a constant temperature of 500
Using the same method, constrain the remaining 3 sides to a constant value of 100
Orange triangles in the graphics window indicate the temperature contraints.
3. Solve the System
Solution > Solve > Current LS SOLVE
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1. Results Using ANSYS
Plot Temperature General Postproc > Plot Results > Contour Plot > Nodal Solu ... > DOF solution, Temperature TEMP
Note that due to the manner in which the boundary contitions were applied, the top corners are held at a temperature of 100. Recall that the nodes on the top of the plate were constrained first, followed by the side and bottom constraints. The top corner nodes were therefore first constrained at 500C, then 'overwritten' when the side constraints were applied. Decreasing the mesh size can minimize this effect, however, one must be aware of the limitations in the results at the corners.
The above example was solved using a mixture of the Graphical User Interface (or GUI) and the command language interface of ANSYS. This problem has also been solved using the ANSYS command language interface that you may want to browse. Open the .HTML version, copy and paste the code into Notepad or a similar text editor and save it to your computer. Now go to 'File > Read input from...' and select the file. A .PDF version is also available for printing.
