{"id":39472,"date":"2019-12-08T16:36:08","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T16:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/what-is-thermal-error-and-how-is-it-calculated\/"},"modified":"2019-12-08T16:36:08","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T16:36:08","slug":"what-is-thermal-error-and-how-is-it-calculated","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/what-is-thermal-error-and-how-is-it-calculated\/","title":{"rendered":"What is thermal error and how is it calculated?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Hello, this is my first post here.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As part of my module that concerns finite element analysis at University, I have been tasked with finding the temperature distribution and heat flux throughout an I-beam cross section through a steady state analysis in Ansys.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have applied a convection boundary condition to the top flange surface, a dirichlet boundary condition\/ constant temperature to the bottom flange surface and defined the surface area of the web and underside of the flange as perfectly insulated.<\/p>\n<p>I have successfully created a mesh and solved the problem so that I can see the distribution of temperature and variation of heat flux across the cross-section.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I noticed that I also have the option to see thermal error. My question is, what is thermal error and how is it calculated? I don&#8217;t believe this has been discussed on my module so far so unfortunately I don&#8217;t have any knowledge of it, I&#8217;m currently undertaking research into what it is but would appreciate any help.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/0bab4650-cb83-48f4-aea0-ab1d010ef000\/fe5a830f-9a2b-46e1-836e-ab1d011154d2_thermal-error.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"Thermal Error\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-39472","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["11651"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":[null],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["2"],"_btv_view_count":["1216"],"_bbp_subscription":["245648"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["39472"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["171310","197541"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["232742"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["232742"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2021-05-21 08:03:05"]},"test":"joshrees97"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/39472","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\/39472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}