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Thermal Expansion
Transfers the transient temperature field into structural thermal strain and stress using the selected material orientation.
Reference
| Field | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| allowedPhysics | [] | — |
| certification | Consistent tetrahedral thermal-load operator with exact temperature and expansion-coefficient transpose actions. | — |
| displayName | Thermal Expansion | — |
| entityDimensions | ["domain"] | — |
| kind | Thermal Expansion | — |
| physicsArity | null | — |
| publishedFields | [{"components":6,"displayName":"Thermal strain","expression":"alpha*(ht.T-Tref)","name":"thermexp.strain","plottable":true,"rank":"tensor","studies":["transient"],"unit":"1"},{"components":6,"displayName":"Thermal stress contribution","expression":"C:(strain-alpha*(ht.T-Tref)*I)","name":"thermexp.stress","plottable":true,"rank":"tensor","studies":["transient"],"unit":"Pa"}] | — |
| requiredPhysics | ["Heat Transfer","Structural Mechanics"] | — |
| runtime | thermal-expansion-monolithic | — |
| supportedStudies | ["transient"] | — |
Transfers the transient temperature field into structural thermal strain and stress using the selected material orientation.
Contract
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| allowedPhysics | [] |
| certification | Consistent tetrahedral thermal-load operator with exact temperature and expansion-coefficient transpose actions. |
| displayName | Thermal Expansion |
| entityDimensions | ["domain"] |
| kind | Thermal Expansion |
| physicsArity | null |
| publishedFields | [{"components":6,"displayName":"Thermal strain","expression":"alpha*(ht.T-Tref)","name":"thermexp.strain","plottable":true,"rank":"tensor","studies":["transient"],"unit":"1"},{"components":6,"displayName":"Thermal stress contribution","expression":"C:(strain-alpha*(ht.T-Tref)*I)","name":"thermexp.stress","plottable":true,"rank":"tensor","studies":["transient"],"unit":"Pa"}] |
| requiredPhysics | ["Heat Transfer","Structural Mechanics"] |
| runtime | thermal-expansion-monolithic |
| supportedStudies | ["transient"] |