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Ansys Learning Forum Forums Discuss Simulation General Mechanical Modelling Electrical Contact Resistance Reply To: Modelling Electrical Contact Resistance

dlooman
Ansys Employee
The joule heat you specified should not prevent you from specifying a thermal contact conductance for contact elements between the two surfaces. The thermal conductance specified for the contact elements will produce the heat produced by the ohmic resistance of the contact.
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