Lesson 4: Thermal-Structural Analysis Next a composite slab thermal-structural model is illustrated.

This time we will also solve for the stressed in the materials resulting from differential expans ion of two materials. ANSYS Commands for the Composite Slab Thermal Stress Problem Get a solution for the temperature field as explained in the previous handout. C hose ``PLANE55'' as your element for the temperature calculations. Make sure you enter all properties namely KXX, EXX, NUXY, and ALPX when you define material p roperties. Remember in the previous handout you defined only KXX. For this probl em you require not only the thermal, but also the structural properties for the two materials. EXX is the Youngs Modulus, NUXY is the poisson's ratio, and ALPX is the coefficient of thermal expansion. Postprocessing This is where you get all the nice colored plots !!! General Postproc \click (top of screen) Plot results \click Nodal plot \click (in the contour plot area) OK \click This should give you the temperature field with 500C on the top of the strip and 20C on the bottom of the strip. Finish \click DO NOT EXIT HERE. NOW WE NEED TO DO THE STRESS SOLUTION. To get the stress solution you must return to PREP7 because we now need to selec t an element which can handle stresses. Remember ``PLANE55'' is a thermal elemen t. Preproc \click ElemType \click Switch Elem Type \click This changes the element type from ``PLANE55'' to ``PLANE42''. You see ANSYS is pretty slick. It knows the correct type of 4 noded stress element which is requi red. Of course if you did not want to use what the program suggests you should g o and chose an element as demonstrated in the earlier handout. Finish \click Solution \click \click Now we need to constrain the left edge of our model since that is embedded in a wall and cannot move. This is done by applying zero displacements to the nodes o n the left edge. Select \click (blue menu top) Entities \click Nodes \click

OK \click Box \click (green box at left) Pick the left edge of rectangular box to mark the nodes on the left edge. Apply \click (green box on left in the Loads section) Displacement \click On Nodes \click All Dof \click OK \click Select \click Everything \click Now we need to input the temperatures calculated earlier because the differentia l thermal expansion is going to create the stress. Temperature \click (green box on left) From Therm Analy \click compslab.rth \click (files box) OK \click We also need to set the reference temperature for the thermal expansion calculat ions Loads \click (green box on left) Settings \click Reference Temp \click Enter reference temperature (say 20C) OK \click Now solve the problem as in the previous cases. Finish \click (green box on left) This finishes the solution phase of the problem Postprocessing This is where you get all the nice colored plots !!! General Postproc \click (top of screen) Plot results \click Deformed Shape \click (in the contour plot area) Def + undeformed \click OK \click This will show the deformed composite strip and compare it to the undeformed sha pe. Using the nodal plot method for temperature contours discussed earlier you can a lso get plots of various stress components. Finish \click File \click (blue menu top) Exit \click Save Everything \click OK \click THIS CONCLUDES THE COMPOSITE SLAB PROBLEM Lesson 3, Transient Conduction

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