Dear Colleagues,
Is is possible to create a "thermal resistance network" in an ANSYS Mechanical/APDL model?
The system I am trying to model requires general thermo-structural FEA analysis of the main hardware components. However, the system also contains one small but very complicated component which can only be tractably modelled using a thermal resistance network.
Is there an element type that can be used to model thermal resistance independent of the physical length of the element?
It seems that a thermal resistance network can be created in ANSYS Icepack, but unfortunately this software is not available to me.
Any thoughts you could offer would be greatly appreciated.
Is is possible to create a "thermal resistance network" in an ANSYS Mechanical/APDL model?
The system I am trying to model requires general thermo-structural FEA analysis of the main hardware components. However, the system also contains one small but very complicated component which can only be tractably modelled using a thermal resistance network.
Is there an element type that can be used to model thermal resistance independent of the physical length of the element?
It seems that a thermal resistance network can be created in ANSYS Icepack, but unfortunately this software is not available to me.
Any thoughts you could offer would be greatly appreciated.