Thermal Analysis

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hello,

 

I would like to perform a steadystate heat conduction analysis on a Brake Caliper Assembly. I meshed the whole assembly with tetra elements using Auto meshing. I know the temperatures on the surface of pads and I would like to know the temperature distribution in the whole caliper. I apllied heat flux on the pads surface and run the analysis. When I observe the result, I found that the heat conduction happened only in pads. I think there is aproblem with meshing, there is no connection between meshing of different parts of the assembly and I have to connect the mesh on the contact surfaces with some connectors. Am  right ?? How to connect the mesh of different parts in the assembly, so that the thermal analysis will give better results??

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  • Rahul Rajan_21763
    Rahul Rajan_21763 New Altair Community Member
    edited August 2016

    Use 1d elements(bar,Rod) & Rigids for connection. Check there properties in userguide.

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