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2D Steady Conduction - Geometry

2D Steady Conduction - Geometry

Added by John Matthew Singleton Jr - last edited by Chiyu Jiang on Aug 21, 2014 16:33

Authors: John Singleton and Michel Louge, Cornell University

Problem Specification
1. Pre-Analysis & Start-Up
2. Geometry
3. Mesh
4. Physics Setup
5. Numerical Solution
6. Numerical Results
7. Verification & Validation
Exercises
Comments

Geometry
For users of ANSYS 15.0, please check this link for procedures for turning on the Auto Constraint
feature before creating sketches in DesignModeler.

2D Analysis Type
The default Analysis

Type

is 3D, which must be changed, considering the problem at hand is 2D.

This tells ANSYS to use the 2D version of the heat equation as the governing equation in our
boundary value problem. In order to make this change first (Right

Click) Geometry > Properties

, as shown below.

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Then set Analysis

Type

to 2D as shown in the following image.

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Launch Design Modeler

In the geometry step, we specify the domain for our boundary value problem which is a rectangle.
We'll do this in DesignModeler, the geometry engine in ANSYS Workbench. DesignModeler lets
you create a geometry from scratch or import it from a CAD package. We'll do the former for our
simple geometry. In order to start DesignModeler (Double

Click) Geometry

. Twiddle

your thumbs for a bit. After DesignModeler opens, select meter as the desired length unit.

Proper Orientation
The sketching will be done in the XY plane, so (Click)
face plane button,

XY Plane

, then click on the

Sketching

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In this section a rectangle will be sketched on the XY plane with one corner at the origin. First click
on the Sketching tab,

, then click on the Rectangle button,

. Next,move the

mouse over the origin until a "P" appears and click once, then move the cursor somewhere else in
the first quadrant and click again. The "P" indicates that the cursor is coincident with a point (in our
case, the origin).

Dimensioning
The dimensions of the rectangle will now be specified. First, click on the Dimensions tab,
. Next, click on the left vertical line of your rectangle, move the mouse to the left, then click again.
This will create a label for this edge's dimension. We'll specify the actual value of the dimension a
little later. Similarly, click on the top horizontal line of your rectangle, move the mouse up and click
again. Your screen should now look similar to the image below.

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Next, set V1 to 2 and set H2 to 1 as shown below.

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Surface Body Creation

In ANSYS, you apply boundary conditions to a "body", not to a sketch. So we need to turn our
sketch into a "body". In this case, the "body" is a 2D surface which ANSYS, somewhat awkwardly,
calls a "surface body". To create a surface from our sketch, click on the Modeling tab,
Next, (Click)Concept

Then, Expand

Then (click)

> Surface From Sketches

XY Plane

Apply

and click on Sketch

, as shown below.

, as shown below.

under "Details of SurfaceSk1" as shown below.

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Now ANSYS knows which sketch to use to create the surface. Lastly, (click)

Generate

, in order to create the surface body. At this point the rectangle should have become filled in as
shown in the following image.

Close DesignModeler and Save

At this point you can close DesignModeler. Then, save the project in the Project

Schematic

window.

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