Naamean
Materials
- Apr 5, 2012
- 1
Hi,
I would like to apply a heat load on a surface. This heat load has a Gaussian profile (beam profile). Sometimes ago I learnt one way to do that by defining the following equation in ANSYS classic:
Hf0*exp(-(({X}-x_0)^2+({Z}-z_0)^2)/2/sigma^2)+Hf1 , where variables are X and Z (plane’s coordinates)
It implies that the loaded surface is in the X,Z plane. It was fine for me to use this method in a former model where the loaded surface was in the X,Z plane.
Now I am working with another model I did not create (i.e. I did not define the global coordinate system) and the surface I want to load is not in the X,Z plane.
My question is: can I use the method above and find a way to apply it by changing something in ANSYS (but I do not know what) or should I use another approach?
Regards,
Naamean
I would like to apply a heat load on a surface. This heat load has a Gaussian profile (beam profile). Sometimes ago I learnt one way to do that by defining the following equation in ANSYS classic:
Hf0*exp(-(({X}-x_0)^2+({Z}-z_0)^2)/2/sigma^2)+Hf1 , where variables are X and Z (plane’s coordinates)
It implies that the loaded surface is in the X,Z plane. It was fine for me to use this method in a former model where the loaded surface was in the X,Z plane.
Now I am working with another model I did not create (i.e. I did not define the global coordinate system) and the surface I want to load is not in the X,Z plane.
My question is: can I use the method above and find a way to apply it by changing something in ANSYS (but I do not know what) or should I use another approach?
Regards,
Naamean