WORKSHOP 1 Thermal Conduction Bar

15.0 Release

ANSYS Mechanical Heat Transfer

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 Problem Description
Consider a bar with a cross section of 0.5m by 1.0m which is 10 meters long

We will put a heat flux on one end and specify

a temperature on the other end
The bar is made of steel (K = 60.5 W/m2)
Heat flux is 100 W/m2
Temperature at the end of the bar is 100 C

10 m
1.0 m
0.5 m

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 Units Setup

Open Workbench and specify the unit

system:
Metric (kg, m, s, C, A, N, V)

Choose to Display Values in Project

Units

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 Model Setup
1. Open the Workbench
Project Schematic and
choose a Steady State
Thermal analysis
system from the toolbox

2. Highlight the Geometry

branch, RMB, select
Import and Browse . . . ,
to file Bar_WS1.stp

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 Model Setup
3. Double click the Model branch
to open the geometry in
Mechanical
4. Highlight the Steady State
Thermal branch
5. Scope a heat flux load to one end
of the bar (100 W/m2)
6. Scope a temperature load to the
opposite end of the bar (100 C)
7. Solve

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 Model Postprocessing
8. When the solution completes highlight
the Solution branch, RMB and Insert >
Thermal > Temperature
9. Drag and drop the Temperature load
branch onto the Solution branch
- This is a shortcut to requesting reactions at a
constraint

10. RMB and Evaluate All Results

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 Model Postprocessing
11. As a model check, review the reaction probe
result for the temperature load
Recall the area where the temperature is applied
is 0.5 m2 (0.5x1.0)
Since applied heat flux was 100 W/m2, we
should find a reaction of 50 W

12. Check the temperature distribution by

highlighting the temperature result

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 Model Verification
13. In this simple case we are able calculate the temperature at the
hot end by hand

q dT
The basic heat flow equation: k
A dz
qz
The thermal gradient should be constant constant: Ak T1 T2

The solution for T2 matches the value for the hot temperature on
the Simulation temperature plot shown earlier
50(10)
100 116.53
0.5(60.5)

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