Course thermal stress study

Thermal stress study

In many engineering applications, a mechanical assembly may undergo significant temperature changes. Such changes in temperature produce thermal strains and, under certain conditions, may also generate stresses. The thermal-stress analysis is necessary to evaluate the amount of warpage caused by thermal strains and to prevent failure due to excessive stresses caused by thermal conditions. To evaluate thermal strains and stresses, we may first need to perform a thermal analysis to obtain information on the temperature distribution over the mechanical assembly. In this lesson, we will learn how to import temperature results from a thermal analysis into a structural analysis in Ansys Workbench to calculate the strains, stresses, and other results from thermal loads.