I'm trying to simulate what I believe is a simple transient coupled
thermo-mechanical problem using FEAPpv. The outline of the problem is
as follows:
A 2d rectangular block of material has a temperature change applied to
one side at time zero. At a later time a temperature gradient exists
across the block. There should be X and Y displacements across the
material that relate to the thermal coefficients of expansion and the
elasticity of the material. (I am not trying to model inertial effects.)
I've tried this a number of ways but am not successful in coupling the
transient temperature with a displacement. My latest input deck is
below. It seems to model the temperature transient (dof 3) but like all
my other efforts does not couple the temperature to an x-y displacement.
If anyone can help me out on this I would appreciate it. Either post to
the news group or, if using email, remove the numbers from my address.
TIA
Cecil Aswell
************ the deck **************
feap * * Coupled thermo-mechanical?
0 0 0 2 3 4
block
cart 10 5, ,1,,0
1 0 0
2 10 0
3 10 5
4 0 5
block
cart 10 5, ,2,,0
1 0 0 0
2 10 0 0
3 10 5 0
4 0 5 0
ebou
1 0.0 0 0 1
2 0.0 1 0 0
edisp
1 0.0 0 0 2
global
temperature,dof,3
mate,1, mechanic
solid,,1,1,2
elastic isotropic 100 .4
thermal isotropic 25 0
density mass .1
mate,2, thermal
thermal,,1,3,0
fourier isotropic .5 1
density mass .1
tie mate 1 2
end
batch
dt,,0.5
tran
loop,,20
time
loop,,10
tang,,1
next
next
end
inter ! look at the results...
stop
- posted 17 years ago