Thermal Loading Setup Tutorial

The next step in the Thermal Loading Setup is the Model Preparation.

Model Preparation

  1. Once the Dynamic workflow model is imported to session, click Next to navigate to Geometric Lines Management.
  2. You need not do any operations in Geometric Lines Management task panel. Click Next.
    A confirmation message appears to check the geometric lines definitions. Click Yes to continue.


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  3. You need not do any operations in Create ELines task panel, click Next to navigate to Review ELines.
    Imported evaluation lines will be listed in Review ELines panel.


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  4. Click Next to navigate to Material Mapping panel.
    You need not do any operation in the Material Mapping panel. Imported evaluation lines will be listed in panel and the material mapping status will be displayed.


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  5. Click Next to navigate to Static Loadcase Setup task panels.

Static Loadcase Setup

  1. Select Temperature from Load Type drop down list.
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  2. Enter 90 for Amplitude value.
  3. Isolate IN - dashboard and IN - upper dashboard panel


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  4. Click Nodes button and select the nodes on the top surface of the isolated components and click proceed.
    From the graphics area, select nodes on the top surface of the isolated components, as shown below.


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  5. Click Add.
    This will create and add the thermal load collectors to the loads table.


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  6. Click Next to navigate to next step.
    SnRD will display an user message for confirmation. Click OK.


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    This will create the thermal (temperature) load collectors and will be listed in the model browser area.


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  7. For the next steps, you can refer the steps mentioned in following sections -
    1. Define Boundary Conditions Tutorial
    2. Subcase Creation Tutorial
    3. Assign Constraints Tutorial
    4. Load Add Creation Tutorial
    5. Output Request Creation Tutorial
    6. Export Solver Deck
Once the Static loadcase is defined and the solver deck is exported, you can run the FEM model on Optistruct to solve and generate the required results for post processing.