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Why does a thermal analysis sometime write the results to a file with a .RST extension (e.g., in the thermal pass of a thermal stress analysis)?

Tagged: 7, apdl, Direct Coupling, Mechanical APDL (f. ANSYS), Multiphysics and EMAG (APDL), post-processing, structural-mechanics
    • March 17, 2023 at 8:59 am
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      If the model contains more than one DOF type, the results are written to a .RST file, regardless of the solution type. So, for example, if a thermal model also contains structural DOFs, the results are written to a .RST file rather than a .RTH file.

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