Numerical Solution

In the solve step, ANSYS will solve our boundary value problem numerically and obtain the temperature at each node. It is important to keep in mind that all other results are derived from the nodal temperatures through interpolation.

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 some result requests before hitting Solve.

Temperature

To obtain the temperature distribution in the domain, (Right Click) Solution > Insert > Thermal > Temperature, as shown below.

SimCafe > 2D Steady Conduction - Numerical Solution > InsTempRes_350.png

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Total Heat Flux

To obtain the distribution of the total heat flux magnitude in the domain, (Right Click) Solution > Insert > Thermal > Total Heat Flux, as shown below.

SimCafe > 2D Steady Conduction - Numerical Solution > InsTotHEatFlux_350.png

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Obtain the Numerical Solution

(Click) Solve, SimCafe > 2D Steady Conduction - Numerical Solution > Solve_Button.png . ANSYS will:

calculate the element stiffness matrices
assemble them into the global stiffness matrix
invert the global stiffness matrix to obtain the temperature at the nodes
populate the results requested from the nodal temperatures

Save

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