{"id":342904,"date":"2024-01-03T11:34:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T11:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/shell-to-solid-connection-with-thermal-load\/"},"modified":"2024-01-03T11:34:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T11:34:08","slug":"shell-to-solid-connection-with-thermal-load","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/shell-to-solid-connection-with-thermal-load\/","title":{"rendered":"shell to solid connection with thermal load"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I am familiar with using edge to face contact to connect shell to solid elements in Mechanical.&nbsp; This method has worked successfully for transferring mechanical loads.&nbsp; I am having issues when I apply a temperature to the model.&nbsp; Instead of free thermal expansion, I get a stress discontinuity at the interface.<\/p>\n<p>Can anyone offer any advise on this please?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/03-01-2024-1704281528-shell_to_solid01.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-342904","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-Analysisstatic-thermal-static-1","topic-tag-edge-contact","topic-tag-shell-and-tube-1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["180022","13386","240","170811"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.206.193.41"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["2337"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["342904"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","13386","170811","180022"],"_bbp_voice_count":["4"],"_bbp_reply_count":["6"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["350897"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["350897"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-02-12 19:40:38"]},"test":"dave"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/342904","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\/342904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}