{"id":276344,"date":"2023-03-24T13:40:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T13:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/variable-thermal-contact-conductance-within-the-same-contact-region\/"},"modified":"2023-03-24T13:40:04","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T13:40:04","slug":"variable-thermal-contact-conductance-within-the-same-contact-region","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/variable-thermal-contact-conductance-within-the-same-contact-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Variable thermal contact conductance within the same contact region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone,<\/p>\n<p>This is an extrapolation of <a href=\"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/contact-pressure-result-scoped-to-a-path\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an old post<\/a>, in which we discussed how to extract contact pressure information.<\/p>\n<p>So now I have a model in which I clamp 2 parts together by applying a pressure in specific areas. From that model, I can get the contact pressure values for the contacting region, just like the picture below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/24-03-2023-1679664670-mceclip0.png\" width=\"343\" height=\"286\"><\/p>\n<p>I have also experimental data that allows me to correlate the contact pressure with the thermal conductance, and I would like to use it as an input to my thermal analysis, but I am not quite sure how to do it.<\/p>\n<p>So my question is: is there a way to input different thermal contact conductance values for different nodes\/elements within the same contact region?<br \/>The only workaround I thought so far was delimiting several smaller contact areas along the whole region, and giving them an average value for thermal conductance, but this seems quite tedious and not flexible at all.<br \/>I am guessing that maybe via scripting\/APDL programming this should be possible, but unfortunately I have no experience at all with that. I am willing to dive into that, but first I would like to hear from you if this is indeed possible or if there is another way of doing it.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<br \/>Henrique<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-276344","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-ansyscontact-1","topic-tag-thermalconductance-1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["254589","99"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.56.168.214"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["912"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["276344"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["99","254589"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["4"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["282366"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["282366"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-05-04 14:28:05"]},"test":"henrique-geraissatedesy-de"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/276344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/276344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}