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HyperWorks Solvers
Launch HyperMesh.
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Select OptiStruct in the User Profiles dialog and click OK. This loads the user profile. It
includes the appropriate template, macro menu, and import reader, paring down the
functionality of HyperMesh to what is relevant for generating models for OptiStruct.
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Select the thermal.fem file, located in the HyperWorks installation directory under
<install_directory>/tutorials/hwsolvers/optistruct/.
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Click Open. The location of thermal.fem now displays in the File: field.
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Click Import > Close. The thermal.fem database is loaded into the current HyperMesh
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In the Model browser, right-click and select Create > Material. A default MAT1 material
displays in the Entity Editor.
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Enter the following values for the material, steel, in the Entity Editor.
[E] Youngs modulus = 2.1 x 1011 Pa
[NU] Poissons ratio = 0.3
[RHO] Material density = 7.9 x 103 Kg/m3
[A] Thermal expansion coefficient = 1.0 x 10-5 / C
[K] Thermal conductivity = 73W / m C
[H] Heat transfer coefficient = 40W / m2 C
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A new material, steel, is created with both structural and thermal properties.
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In the Model browser, right-click and select Create > Property. A default PSHELL property
displays in the Entity Editor.
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In the Model browser, click the component pipe. The Entity Editor opens.
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Uncheck the box in front of dof1, dof2, dof3, dof4, dof5, and dof6 and verify that the entry
fields are set to 0.0.
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Click create.
This applies the temperature 0.0 on the inside nodes. In the next step, the temperature value
will be updated to 60.
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Input the ID of the predefined node 4679. Node 4679 should be highlighted.
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Uncheck the box in front of dof1, dof2, dof3, dof4, dof5, and dof6 and verify that the entry
fields are set to 0.0.
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Click create.
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An element group convection and a free convection property PCONV are created.
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For Slave Entity IDs, select Elements. A panel appears under the graphics area.
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Click on the switch button beside elems and select faces from the list.
10. Click the highlighted solid elems and select by sets from the selection menu.
11. Select element set elem_convec and click select.
12. Click nodes in face nodes field.
13. Select 4 nodes on the surface face of a solid element, as shown in the following figure.
Figure 4: Selected surface nodes on the solid element outside the pipe.
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Click TA1 and input the ambient node ID 4679, as shown below.
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In the Model browser, right-click and select Create > Load Step. A default loadstep displays
in the Entity Editor.
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Click on the Analysis type field and select Heat transfer (steady state) from the dropdown menu.
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Activate the FORMAT fields for both outputs and select H3D format.
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Activate the OPTION fields for both outputs and select ALL.
The FORMAT and OUTPUT fields for THERMAL output may open up a new window. Click on the
first field in the window to select the corresponding values.
FLUX and THERMAL output can also be requested in the Control cards panel on the Analysis
page.
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Select the directory where you would like to write the OptiStruct model file and enter the
name for the model, thermal_complete.fem, in the File name: field. The .fem filename
extension is the recommended extension for Bulk Data Format input decks.
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Click Save.
Note the name and location of the thermal_complete.fem file displays in the input file: field.
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When the message Process completed successfully is received in the HyperWorks Solver View
dialog, click HyperView. HyperView is launched and the results are loaded. A message
window appears to inform of the successful model and result files loading into HyperView.
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Select the first pull-down menu below Result type: and select Grid Temperatures(s).
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You may have to use Edit Legend in the Contour panel to get the contour, as shown in Figure
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Select the first pull-down menu below Result type: and select Element Fluxes (V).
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Click Apply.
You may have to use Edit Legend in the Contour panel to get the contour. Both temperature
and flux contour plots are shown in Figure 7.
See Also:
OptiStruct Tutorials
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