{"id":396406,"date":"2024-12-05T11:25:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T11:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/issue-calculating-view-factors-in-mechanical\/"},"modified":"2024-12-06T14:44:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T14:44:36","slug":"issue-calculating-view-factors-in-mechanical","status":"answered","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/issue-calculating-view-factors-in-mechanical\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue calculating view factors in Mechanical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221;&gt;Hello,&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221;&gt;I am trying to use ANSYS to calculate the view factors in a situation like this : two disks face to face (see image1) :&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;figure class=&#8221;rte-media&#8221;&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221;&gt;<a title=\"Image from r\/ANSYS - Example of two disks with calculation\" href=\"https:\/\/preview.redd.it\/view-factors-calculation-issue-v0-zoi0shsfg05e1.png?width=428&amp;format=png&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=6efbcc1d59cfde8dc79d46c6e1fd9a3f5be96feb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer ugc\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/preview.redd.it\/view-factors-calculation-issue-v0-zoi0shsfg05e1.png?width=428&amp;format=png&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=6efbcc1d59cfde8dc79d46c6e1fd9a3f5be96feb\" alt=\"r\/ANSYS - Example of two disks with calculation\" width=\"428\" \/><\/a>&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&#8221;rte-media-caption&#8221;&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221;&gt;Example of two disks with calculation&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\/figure&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221;&gt;I know that applying different temperatures to top and bottom faces of a shell is a beta functionality in my version (2022 R1), but how can I compute a radiative transfert on the bottom disk (I am using a cylinder), the top disk and the face linking both of these disks ?&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221;&gt;Then, I&#8217;d like to print the view factors of each faces of my cylinder. I want something like that (source Abaqus)&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;figure class=&#8221;rte-media&#8221;&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221;&gt;<a title=\"Image from r\/ANSYS - View factors computed in abaqus\" href=\"https:\/\/preview.redd.it\/view-factors-calculation-issue-v0-al2d4gfjh05e1.png?width=203&amp;format=png&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=d29eda6f7cbfd30f83353fe5fcc34af0604ec8d4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer ugc\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/preview.redd.it\/view-factors-calculation-issue-v0-al2d4gfjh05e1.png?width=203&amp;format=png&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=d29eda6f7cbfd30f83353fe5fcc34af0604ec8d4\" alt=\"r\/ANSYS - View factors computed in abaqus\" width=\"203\" \/><\/a>&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&#8221;rte-media-caption&#8221;&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221;&gt;View factors computed in abaqus&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\/figure&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221;&gt;Do I have to use APDL and if so, which commands should I use ?&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221;&gt;Thanks.&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-396406","topic","type-topic","status-answered","hentry","topic-tag-thermal-radiation-1","topic-tag-radiation","topic-tag-shell","topic-tag-thermodyamics","topic-tag-view-factor-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_topic_id":["396406"],"_bbp_author_ip":["213.44.176.18"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["396615"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["396615"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-12-06 15:47:10"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["1"],"_bbp_engagement":["489650"],"_btv_view_count":["209"],"_bbp_topic_status":["answered"],"_bbp_notification_enabled":["480261"],"_edit_lock":["1733496249:489650"],"_bbp_subscription":["20905"]},"test":"disteiner-wcctgmail-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/396406","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/396406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":396605,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/396406\/revisions\/396605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}