SS-T: 4055 Structural Thermal Imported Analysis

Create a structural thermal imported analysis, and then create and link to a thermal-stress analysis SimSolid.

Purpose
SimSolid performs meshless structural analysis that works on full featured parts and assemblies, is tolerant of geometric imperfections, and runs in seconds to minutes. In this tutorial, you will do the following:
  • Learn to create and link thermal imported analysis.
Model Description
The following model file is needed for this tutorial:
  • ThermalImported.ssp
Figure 1.


This file has the following specifications:
  • Material is set to Steel for all parts.

Open Project

  1. Start a new SimSolid session.
  2. On the main window toolbar, click Open Project .
  3. In the Open project file dialog, choose ThermalImported.ssp
  4. Click OK.

Create Thermal Analysis

  1. In the main window toolbar, click Thermal Analysis > Thermal imported.
    The new analysis appears in the Project Tree as a Thermal branch.
  2. On the Project Tree, open the Analysis Workbench.
  3. In the Analysis Workbench, click and import Temperature.csv.

Edit Solution Settings

  1. In the Analysis branch of the Project Tree, double-click on Solution settings.
  2. In the Solution settings dialog, for Adaptation select Global+Local in the drop-down menu.
  3. Click OK.

Run Analysis

  1. On the Project Tree, open the Analysis Workbench.
  2. Click Solve.

Review Results

  1. In the Project Tree, select Thermal Imported 1 subcase.
  2. On the Analysis Workbench, select > Temperature.
    The Legend and Load History windows appear and the modeling window displays the contour plot.
    Figure 2.


  3. In the Load history window, select the subcase to view the corresponding temperature plot.
  4. Click Show history graph to view a plot of the displayed response history.
  5. Click Animate history to animate the time history step by step.
  6. Close all results dialogs.

Create Structural Thermal Analysis and Define Thermal Load

  1. On the main window toolbar, click Structural Analysis ➔ Structural thermal.
    Tip: You can also right-click on an existing Thermal imported analysis and select Create linked analysis > Structural thermal.
  2. In the Thermal load window, select Link to a Thermal analysis result.
    Thermal imported analysis is automatically selected in the window.
    Note: If more than one analysis is present, manually choose the thermal imported analysis from the list.
    Figure 3.


  3. Click OK.

Create Immovable Support

  1. On the Analysis Workbench, click Immovable support.
  2. In the dialog, verify the Faces radio button is selected.
  3. In the modeling window, select the faces highlighted in orange from the figure below.
    Figure 4.


  4. Click OK.

Edit Solution Settings for Structural 1

  1. In the Analysis branch of the Project Tree, double-click on Solution settings: for Structural 1.
  2. In the Solution settings dialog, for Adaptation select Global+Local in the drop-down menu.
  3. Click OK.

Run Analysis

  1. On the Project Tree, open the Analysis Workbench.
  2. Click Solve.

Review Combined Results

  1. On the Analysis Workbench toolbar, click Results plot.
  2. Select Displacement Magnitude.
    The Legend and Load history windows open.
  3. Click Show history graph to view a plot of the displayed response history.
  4. Click Animate history to animate the time history step by step.
  5. Close all results dialogs.

View Reactions

  1. On the Analysis Workbench toolbar, click Reaction/contact force.
  2. In the Supports tab, select Immovable 1.
  3. For Reactions, select Force Magnitude from the drop-down menu.
  4. Click Evaluate.
    A plot appears showing the reaction force magnitude at Immovable 1 at each timestep.
  5. Optional: Click Save to save the plot as an image or the data as a text file.