Material Type THERMAL

This material is used to define thermal properties. Up to nine values may be input in the order shown in the table below. The last three arguments can be attributed different types of values depending on the type of material properties required for the element. Zero can be used for non defined arguments, the interface program will only generate the material data required for the element.

Argument(s) Meaning

1 Thermal Conductivity, KXX

2 Thermal Conductivity, KYY

3 Thermal Conductivity, KZZ

4 Density, DENS

5 Specific Heat, C

6 Enthalpy, ENTH

7 Viscosity, VISC, or Electrical Resistivity, RSVX

8 Coefficient of Friction, MU, or Electrical Resistivity, RSVY, or Thermal Expansion Coefficient, ALPX

9 Electrical Resistivity, RSVZ, or Convection Coefficient, HF

Example FEMGEN Command:

PROPERTY MATERIAL THERMAL MAT1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Corresponding ANSYS Input Deck, for elements:

PLANE55 		 PLANE67
C*** NAME=MAT1 		 C*** NAME=MAT1 
MP, KXX,   1,  1.000000 		 MP, KXX,   1,  1.000000 
MP, KYY,   1,  2.000000 		 MP, KYY,   1,  2.000000 
MP,DENS,   1,  4.000000 		 MP,DENS,   1,  4.000000 
MP,   C,   1,  5.000000 		 MP,   C,   1,  5.000000 
MP,ENTH,   1,  6.000000 		 MP,ENTH,   1,  6.000000 
MP,VISC,   1,  7.000000 		 MP,RSVX,   1,  7.000000 
MP,  MU,   1,  8.000000 		 MP,RSVY,   1,  8.000000 

PLANE75

 
C*** NAME=MAT1    
MP, KXX,   1,  1.000000    
MP, KYY,   1,  2.000000    
MP, KZZ,   1,  3.000000    
MP,DENS,   1,  4.000000    
MP,   C,   1,  5.000000    
MP,ENTH,   1,  6.000000