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Time dependant stresses due to thermal expansion

Thread starter sarasvensson
Start date Apr 30, 2007

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Apr 30, 2007

sarasvensson

Mechanical

I am trying to calculate the stresses due to thermal expansion. I am adding a temperature on the outer lines of my area and want to know the temperature distribution and stresses as a function of time. I have managed to do the temperature distribution as a function of time with help of tutorials from University of Alberta (

http://www.mece.ualberta.ca/tutorials/ansys/IT/TransCond/TransCond.html)

but I can't understand how to transfer this to a structural analysis and get the stresses as function of time. Please help me!