Temperature Dependent Properties in ANSYS Workbench

- June 26, 2020 at 11:13 pm
  
  annag
  Subscriber
  
  Hi,
  
  I'm very new to ANSYS, and I'm modeling a simple copper wire using a thermal electric study. I want to make the Resistivity of the wire a function of temperature with an equation that I have: p(T) = 1.72(1+0.039(T-300)) and I'm not sure how to go about doing that in this study.
  
  Can I just do this in material properties in the workbench? Do I have to use APDL? Any help will be appreciated. Thank you
- July 7, 2020 at 12:34 pm
  
  Karthik Remella
  Administrator
  
  You should be able to create a new material, add a property 'Isotropic Resistivity' from the left Toolbox.
  
  Once you add the property, you will see a table on the right. In the table, please add the temperature, use your equation to estimate the resistivity corresponding to a temperature (please pick the temperature range based on your simulation). Please see the following screenshot.
  
  Thanks.
  
  Karthik
- July 7, 2020 at 5:14 pm
  
  annag
  Subscriber
  
  This helped me out a lot. Thank you so much for your help!