Reply To: Static Structural Initial Temperature

[cheyenne.hua]

Thanks for the tip! I tried it out and I'm still not understanding how to make it start with a temperature distribution and zero stress and strain.  This is what I am inputting.

I want temperature to start at 120 F but only for some faces.  

Then after they have been cooled to room temperature, I put a pressure load on the assembly.

I have set the initial temperature of the rest of the bodies to room temperature.

Problem is my stress starts high.  But if it were truly an initial temperature, the stress would start at 0 and increase from t=0 to t=1 as the assembly cools.