Import Heat flux into Ansys Workbench

Riffraff · April 19, 2013, 06:10

Hello everyone,

I am trying to simulate the thermal behavior of an experimental setup using the steady state thermal solver in workbench 14. As a thermal source I can define a heat flow through a surface - the problem is that in my case I do not want a uniform distribution, but to import an nonlinear distribution from a different source.

Is this possible to achieve? I'm very new to using ANSYS, thank you for any help.

Best regards,
Raphael

dklastiwka · April 20, 2013, 11:13

If you are solving a thermal problem in a solid body you can do this in ansys cfx directly. Look up conjugate heat transfer in CFX. You can specify a cfx domain to be a solid and associate thermal properties with it. Then solve both the solid and fluid domains at the same time.

Riffraff · May 8, 2013, 08:55

Thank you for your response dklastiwka and please excuse the long delay in answer.

I've taken a look at cfx, but I I didn't get anywhere, as it seemed to be designed for problems involving fluids.

Maybe I should make my initial problem clearer. I am trying to solve a thermal problem, where heat flows into an object through a flat, circular face. The heat flux distribution I want to consider is however rather complicated. I have the values of the heat flux at discrete points on a grid for (x,y) coordiante pairs. What I need now is a way to take this discrete distribution, interpolate it if necessary and then use it as a heat source in my model.

Thank you and best regards,
Raphael

April 19, 2013, 06:10	Import Heat flux into Ansys Workbench	#1
Riffraff New Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Hello everyone, I am trying to simulate the thermal behavior of an experimental setup using the steady state thermal solver in workbench 14. As a thermal source I can define a heat flow through a surface - the problem is that in my case I do not want a uniform distribution, but to import an nonlinear distribution from a different source. Is this possible to achieve? I'm very new to using ANSYS, thank you for any help. Best regards, Raphael

April 20, 2013, 11:13		#2
dklastiwka New Member Derek Lastiwka Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 26 Rep Power: 16	If you are solving a thermal problem in a solid body you can do this in ansys cfx directly. Look up conjugate heat transfer in CFX. You can specify a cfx domain to be a solid and associate thermal properties with it. Then solve both the solid and fluid domains at the same time. __________________ Derek Lastiwka Mechanical & Fluids Engineer dlastiwka@graymattereng.com Gray Matter Engineering Inc.

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May 8, 2013, 08:55		#3
Riffraff New Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Thank you for your response dklastiwka and please excuse the long delay in answer. I've taken a look at cfx, but I I didn't get anywhere, as it seemed to be designed for problems involving fluids. Maybe I should make my initial problem clearer. I am trying to solve a thermal problem, where heat flows into an object through a flat, circular face. The heat flux distribution I want to consider is however rather complicated. I have the values of the heat flux at discrete points on a grid for (x,y) coordiante pairs. What I need now is a way to take this discrete distribution, interpolate it if necessary and then use it as a heat source in my model. Thank you and best regards, Raphael