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Structural Thermal
Structural analysis linked to steady state, transient thermal, thermal imported, or temperature load can be created using the Structural Thermal Workbench.

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  - Structural Thermal
    Structural analysis linked to steady state, transient thermal, thermal imported, or temperature load can be created using the Structural Thermal Workbench.
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Structural Thermal

Structural analysis linked to steady state, transient thermal, thermal imported, or temperature load can be created using the Structural Thermal Workbench.

Thermal loads can be applied via linking to existing thermal analysis or by applying uniform temperature change to all or specific parts. For more information, refer to Thermal Load in the Boundary Conditions section.

Note: In SimSolid, when a structural analysis is linked to a thermal analysis, the reported strain results represent the mechanical strains only. The thermal strain component is not calculated or outputted. This convention should be kept in mind when validating SimSolid results; comparable results are achieved when comparing the directional mechanical strains from SimSolid against the purely mechanical strain data from other solvers.