Workshop 1 Thermal Bar

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Problem Description

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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

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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

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

2. Highlight the Geometry branch, RMB and Browse . . . , to file Bar_WS1.x_t

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Model Setup
3. Double click the Model branch to open the geometry in Mechanical

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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

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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

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12. Check the temperature distribution by highlighting the temperature result

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Model Verification
13. In this simple case we are able to figure out the temperature at the hottest end by hand
The basic heat flow equation:

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q dT = k A dz

The thermal gradient is constant so:

q qz + T1 = T2 Ak

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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Alternate Solution
It follows that we could replace the heat flux load of 100 Watts/m2 with a heat flow of 50 watts and get the same result 14. Remove Heat flux (delete or suppress):
Highlight the Heat Flux load, right click and choose delete/suppress Highlight the end of the bar RMB > Insert > Heat Flow Specify 50 W for magnitude

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15. Add Heat flow (highlight S-S Thermal branch):

16. Re-Solve
Verify that the answer has not changed

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