OS-T: 1080 Coupled Linear Heat Transfer/Structure Analysis
A coupled heat transfer/structure analysis on a steel pipe is performed in this tutorial.
Before you begin, copy the file(s) used in this tutorial to your
working directory.
As shown in Figure 1, the pipe is fixed on the ground at one end and the heat flux is applied on the other end.
A linear steady-state heat conduction solution is defined first. Then it is referred
by a structure solution by TEMP to perform the coupled
thermal/structural analysis. The problem is defined in HyperMesh and solved with OptiStruct implicit solver. The heat transfer and structure
results are post processed in HyperView.
Launch HyperMesh and Set the OptiStruct User Profile
Import the Model
Set Up the Model
Create Coupled Thermal/Structural Material and Property
Link Material and Property to Existing Structure
Apply Thermal Loads and Boundary Conditions to the Model
A structural constraint spc_struct is applied on the RBE2 element to fix the pipe on the ground. Two empty load collectors, spc_heat and heat_flux have been pre-created. In this section, the thermal boundary conditions and heat flux are applied on the model and saved in spc_heat and heat_flux, respectively.