The Solid material type is a parameter used with the BEGIN MATERIAL data block. This material must be used when solving conjugate heat transfer problems. For Solid, HyperXtrude allows you to specify the conductivity in the form of diagonal tensor.
Solid |
Steel |
{ |
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Density = |
ρ |
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SpecificHeat = |
Cp(T) |
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XConductivity = |
K(T) |
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YConductivity = |
K(T) |
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ZConductivity = |
K(T) |
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VolumetricHeatSource = |
Qvol |
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CoeffOfThermalExpansion = |
β |
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YoungModulus = |
E |
|
PoissonRation = |
ν} |
Specific heat and thermal conductivities can be input as functions of temperature. The following table contains descriptions of the data types for solid material properties:
Density |
Real (Constant) |
Density of tool material |
SpecificHeat |
Real (Constant/ Function of Temp.) |
Function can be a TABLE1 or EXPRESSION |
XConductivity |
Real (Constant/ Function of Temp.) |
Function can be a TABLE1 or EXPRESSION |
YConductivity |
Real (Constant/ Function of Temp.) |
Function can be a TABLE1 or EXPRESSION |
ZConductivity |
Real (Constant/ Function of Temp.) |
Function can be a TABLE1 or EXPRESSION |
VolumetircHeatSource |
Real (Constant) |
Value per unit volume. |
CoeffOfThermalExpansion |
Real (Constant) |
Coeff of Thermal Expansion |
YoungModulus |
Real (Constant/ Function of Temp.) |
Young's modulus of tool material |
PoissonRatio |
Real(Constant) |
Poisson ratio of tool material |