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[Saikishan]

How can you apply both thermal and structural load at the same time for the same model . The model could be a cylinder

[peteroznewman]

If you just want to raise the temperature of the whole cylinder so that it can have thermal expansion against mechanical supports, like a shrink fit, you can do that right in Static Structural by adding a Thermal Condition, and enter the new temperature.  The starting temperature is set in the Environment Temperature.

If you want a complicated thermal analysis that results in a temperature distribution over the part, you use two systems, and link the solution from the Steady State Thermal model as a load on the Static Structural model. In this example, they share the same mesh.

[Sandeep Medikonda]

 Saikisan,

  Check out some of these resources:

Resource 1

Resource 2

Regards,

Sandeep

 

[nehna S]

I developed a model with thermal and static structural analysis. Its a beam having axial and rotation restraints. The restraints were provided using spring elements. How can i get the axial force v/s temperature curve of the beam.