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Before we hit Solve, we can tell ANSYS what results we would like to look at. ANSYS will extract these results from the nodal temperatures and report them. We could alternatively add in these results after we obtain the numerical solution. Below, we do the former and add in the some result requests before hitting Solve.

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x-Directional Heat Flux

To obtain the distribution of the x-directional heat flux in the domain, (Right Click) Solution > Insert > Thermal > Directional Heat Flux, as shown below.
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The default direction is set to x which suits us.This can be changed if necessary under the "Details of Directional Heat Flux" table.


Obtain the Numerical Solution

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