ThermoAnalytics Software Tutorials

Face-to-face—Pipe Hanger Tutorial

Face to Face conduction allows us to quickly mesh the individual parts in a CAD program and then easily connect them thermally without further mesh editing. The purpose of this tutorial is to understand how Face to Face conduction is setup and executed. Face to Face conduction allows parts with disconnected meshes to be thermally connected and supports contact resistance. In this example, we are simulating a pipe hanger clamped around a duct carrying hot gas inside. Face to Face conduction will be setup to enable conduction from the pipe to the pipe clamp, and once again from the clamp to the hanger strap.

Solids—Heatsink Tutorial

Some objects for thermal analysis can be represented using planar mesh geometry, such as a single plane representing a flat wall or one side of a hollow box. The "thickness" of the planar geometry can be parametrically input. However, other objects with large interior solid volumes and low relative surface areas are better represented by an exterior boundary mesh "filled" with solid materials. The latter approach is supported using the Boundary Element Method and is the focus of this tutorial.

Temperature Image Mapping

Users can now use grayscale images as texture maps to define the temperature profile of parts. The images can be generated by a thermal imager or generated synthetically by photo editors like Adobe Photoshop®.

Temperature Image Mapping with ASCII

Users can also use ASCII input as an alternate way to assign temperature values to different elements and parts.