{"id":40556,"date":"2020-01-31T06:38:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T06:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/thermal-topology-optimization-for-complex-heat-sinks\/"},"modified":"2020-01-31T06:38:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T06:38:42","slug":"thermal-topology-optimization-for-complex-heat-sinks","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/thermal-topology-optimization-for-complex-heat-sinks\/","title":{"rendered":"Thermal Topology Optimization for Complex Heat Sinks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been unable to find details on topology optimization for thermal applications. I&nbsp;think it&#8217;s existed since the 19.1 beta, but I can&#8217;t find any resources in the help section or even the option in the program itself. Does anyone know if this exist?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m hoping to generate a very complex (i.e. to be made via additive) heat sink that can handle flux from three specific locations on its base with minimal mass, similar to the products made at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diabatix.com\/en\/media\/\">Diabatix<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Thanks.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>P.S. I&#8217;m running 2019 R2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-40556","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["12736"],"_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":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["3132"],"_bbp_subscription":["247031"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["40556"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["199","240","167427","172752","173264","176724"],"_bbp_voice_count":["6"],"_bbp_reply_count":["8"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["113734"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["113734"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2020-05-06 16:16:58"],"_bbp_notification_enabled":["626070"]},"test":"answysscheesewheel"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/40556","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\/40556\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}