Including Thermal Effects in the Active Study

Temperature results from a previous thermal study can be included in the active static, buckling, frequency, or nonlinear study.

1. In the Simulation study tree, right-click the icon of a static, buckling, or nonlinear study and select Properties.
2. Click the Flow/Thermal Effects tab.
3. In the Thermal options box, select one of the following options:
   • Input temperature.
   • Temperature from thermal study. Select a thermal study from the list. If you select a transient thermal study, specify a time step of the temperature profile you want to use.
     
     • For each nonlinear time step, use temperature from corresponding time of transient thermal analysis. Available for nonlinear studies only.
       The meshes of the thermal and nonlinear studies must be identical.The time range for the solution should be similar for the thermal and nonlinear studies. Using a different time range for the nonlinear study may lead to incorrect results.
   • Temperature from SolidWorks Flow Simulation. Select the Flow Simulation result file (*.fld).
     SolidWorks Flow Simulations must be performed on solid bodies. If the active study contains surface geometries created from solid faces, temperature values from the original solid faces are mapped onto the surface shell mesh. The shell thickness and offset must correspond with the original solid geometry in the Flow Simulation mesh.
4. In the Reference temperature at zero strain, select a unit for the temperature then type a value for the temperature.
5. Click OK.
6. If you imported the temperature from a Flow Simulation, you can view a plot of the imported temperature on the model by right-clicking Fluid Pressure in the Simulation study tree and selecting Show Plot. The model must be meshed before the plot option is available.