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[HollyFart]

Hello,

I’m trying to implement a circle shaped heat flux with uniform (constant value) on a simple steel plate.

The circle shaped load moves along Y direction.

The circle is the result of nodes gathered from a surf element created in the first step.

 

Model:

Step 1:

Step 2:

 Code:

Step 1:

/prep7                                 ! Enter into /prep7 as ET and ESURF are valid only in /PREP7

et,101,152                          ! Create a new element type for SURF152                

cmsel,s,surface1                ! Select nodes on a face via Face named selection

type,101                             ! Set the element type as 101

esurf                                   ! Create surface effect elements on the selected nodes

allsel,all                              ! Select everything back  

/solu                                   ! Re-enter /SOLU

 

wpcs,-1,0                     ! WP @ GLOBAL ORIGIN

wpof,,0.005                  ! OFFSET WP ALONG ITS Y AXIS (i.e. provide current position of center of circle along Y axis)

cswp,11,1                     ! DEFINE Cylindrical COORDINATE SYSTEM @ WP ORIGIN

esel,s,ename,,152       ! Select SURF152 elements 

sfed,all,,hflux               ! Delete old flux if any

nsle                              ! Select nodes attached to selected SURF elements

nsel,r,loc,x,0,0.005      ! Select nodes within radius of circle, 0.005m

csys,0                          ! Set CSYS back to global

esln,r                           ! Select SURF elements attached to the nodes within the circle

sfe,all,,hflux,,1000    ! Apply hflux based on your calculation at the said time

allsel,all

outres,all,all

 

Step 2:

 

wpcs,-1,0                    ! WP @ GLOBAL ORIGIN

wpof,,0.01                   ! OFFSET WP ALONG ITS Y AXIS (i.e. provide current position of center of circle along Y axis)

cswp,11,1                    ! DEFINE Cylindrical COORDINATE SYSTEM @ WP ORIGIN

esel,s,ename,,152       ! Select SURF152 elements 

sfed,all,,hflux               ! Delete old flux if any

nsle                              ! Select nodes attached to selected SURF elements

nsel,r,loc,x,0,0.005      ! Select nodes within radius of circle, 0.005m

csys,0                          ! Set CSYS back to global

esln,r                           ! Select SURF elements attached to the nodes within the circle

sfe,all,,hflux,,1000       ! Apply hflux based on your calculation at the said time

allsel,all

outres,all,all

 

 

Something is missing, there is no flux applied on the SURF152 thermal elements.

Do I use an improper surf element?

Best regards,

HF