Exercise 13 - Thermal-Mechanical Analysis

In this exercise, you will subject the cantilever beam to thermal loading as you did in the previous example except the ends of the beam will be fixed and the coupled thermal-structural interaction will be analyzed simultaneously. The beam will have a temperature range between 50 and 100 degrees at opposing ends. The initial temperature of all nodes is zero.

Step 1: Do Exercise 1 - Build a Cantilever Beam

Step 2: Open a New Database

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Step 3: Import the Old Database

Step 4: Post Only the Beam.

Step 5: Fix the Right End of the Beam.

Step 6: Create the Thermal Properties.

Step 7: Apply Temperature Loads

Step 8: Apply Initial Conditions

Step 9: Set Up Model for Analysis

Step 10: Monitor the Analysis.

Step 11: Read the Results.

Step 12: Plot the Stress Distribution.

Step 13: Closing/Quitting Patran.