{"id":387807,"date":"2024-10-02T11:32:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T11:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/387807\/"},"modified":"2024-10-02T11:32:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T11:32:50","slug":"387807","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/387807\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: Thermal analysis using shell elements and midsurfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Case 1: Using midsurfaces&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Boundary condition&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/02-10-2024-1727868519-thermal midsurface boundary conditions.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mesh : Automatic settings&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/02-10-2024-1727868566-thermal mesh.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Result: It can be seen that there is hardly any difference in temperature even though all three materials are different&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/02-10-2024-1727868596-Thermal result midsurface.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Case 2: Using solid bodies&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Boundary conditions&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/02-10-2024-1727868666-case 2 boundary condition.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mesh: Automatic settings&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/02-10-2024-1727868693-case 2 mesh.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Result: Here it can be seen that there is significant difference in temperature as per material properties.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/02-10-2024-1727868739-case 2 result.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shouldn&#8217;t midsurface case and solid case give same results? Please guide.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-387807","reply","type-reply","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies\/387807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reply"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies\/387807\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}