{"id":383006,"date":"2024-09-18T12:45:55","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T12:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/fluent-shells-and-back-temperature\/"},"modified":"2024-09-18T12:45:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T12:45:55","slug":"fluent-shells-and-back-temperature","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/fluent-shells-and-back-temperature\/","title":{"rendered":"Fluent &#8211; shells and back temperature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hi all,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am using Fluent 2024R1&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I use shells to model thin structures, and I would like to plot a contour graph of the temperature gradient across thickness (meaning wall temperature minus shadow wall temperature&#8221;.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When using thin plates, the &#8220;wall temperature (thin)&#8221; is available to get the shadow wall temperature, and a user field function can easily be created to calculate the difference.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, &#8220;wall temperature (thin)&#8221; is the same as &#8220;wall temperature&#8221; for shells, and front and back wall temperatures cannot be accessed on the same surface : they are only accessible via the &#8220;wall temperature&#8221; of the surface and its shadow.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do you have any idea of how I could transfer the wall temperature of the shadow to the main surface ? Or any other way to calculate the temperature gradient ?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Paul&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-383006","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-ansys-fluent","topic-tag-thin-wall","topic-tag-wall-temperature"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi all,I am using Fluent 2024R1I use shells to model thin structures, and I would like to plot a contour graph of the temperature gradient across thickness (meaning wall temperature minus shadow wall temperature&quot;.When using thin plates, the &quot;wall temperature (thin)&quot; is available to get the shadow wall temperature, and a user field function can\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/fluent-shells-and-back-temperature\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ansys Learning Forum | Ansys Innovation Space\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fluent \u2013 shells and back temperature | Ansys Learning Forum\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi all,I am using Fluent 2024R1I use shells to model thin structures, and I would like to plot a contour graph of the temperature gradient across thickness (meaning wall temperature minus shadow wall temperature&quot;.When using thin plates, the &quot;wall temperature (thin)&quot; 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