mar120_lecture_15.pptVIP

OVERVIEW Free Thermal Expansion versus Restrained Thermal Growth Basic Equations Governing the Problem Required Data in MSC.Marc Differential Thermal Expansion The Physics of the Problem How to Setup the MSC.Marc Steady –State Thermal Analysis How to Setup the Initial Temperature and the Temperature Load for a Structural Static MSC.Marc Analysis in the MSC.Patran Marc Preference Using Previous MSC.Marc Thermal Results A Walk-Thru on MSC.Patran forms that would reduce the Required Temperature Loads and Initial Conditions FREE THERMAL EXPANSION RESTRAINED THERMAL GROWTH THERMAL STRAINS AND STRESSES DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL EXPANSION Differential Thermal Expansion occurs when: The temperature distribution is nonuniform The constituent materials have different a values Since aaluminum asteel differential thermal expansion will occur under uniform temperature increase. Similar behavior occurs when temperature distribution is non-uniform. This differential expansion leads to mechanical stresses TEMPERATURE LOADS AND CONDITIONS The initial and final temperature values may also be defined under MSC.Patran Load and Boundary Condition LBC menu Uniform values may be entered as a constant on the LBC Input Data form The initial temperature represents the “stress-free” temperature of the structure. Default 0 Note: Initial Temperature LBC’s for either thermal or structural analysis must be created with Load/BCs’ Analysis Type set to Thermal PROCEDURE MSC.Marc will calculate the stress due to differential thermal expansion provided the user: Supplies the coefficient of thermal expansion cte values Supplies the initial and final temperature values Runs the analysis as a “general” step Non-Linear steps are always general steps. MATERIAL PROPERTIES SPECIFYING THE TEMPERATURES Temperatures may come from a steady-state or transient temperature profile Temperature distributions may be specified in one of two ways: From a previous MSC.Marc thermal analysis Post file thermj