Could you email me those images at dave.looman@ansys.com ? They're hard to read in the forum. I can't explain why solving in 2 or 3 steps would slow the heating. The time integration might not be as accurate and if the loading is ramped it might be ramped over a longer time, but those two effects wouldn't make a huge difference. A factor of 2 in the heating rate at most.
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