Nonlinear Thermal Analysis

Perform nonlinear steady state heat conduction analysis on an FE Model subject to prescribed temperature and heat flux boundary conditions. All transient effects of heat transfer are neglected and the temperatures are reported assuming that the system has reached equilibrium.

Inputs

Name	Type	Description
Model	FE Model	The finite element model.
Load case	Boundary Condition List	The restraints and applied thermal loads.
Maximum iterations	Integer	Maximum number of iterations to use for the analysis
Solution convergence	Scalar	The iterative solution will stop, when the Euclidean norm of the solution update vector is less than this tolerance
Reaction convergence	Scalar	The iterative solution will stop, when the Euclidean norm of the force imbalance vector is less than this tolerance
Output step	Integer	Outputs the results at every Nth time iteration.

Outputs

Type
Static Thermal Result

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