ThermalAnalysis CreatingPrescribedTemperatureBoundaryConditionsLecture CreatingPrescribedTemperatureBoundaryConditions.

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Creating Prescribed Temperature Boundary Conditions

The prescribed temperature boundary condition simulates a constant temperature, that is maintained on references.

Constant temperature maintained on selected references Spatial variation options: o Uniform o Function of Coordinates: Symbolic o Function of Coordinates: Tabular No time variation

Assembly with Prescribed Temperature Constraints LectureNotes Prescribed Temperature The prescribed temperature boundary condition simulates a constant temperature maintained on the references you select. It will appear in a fringe plot as a constant color corresponding to the specified temperature. This boundary condition can only be

applied to geometric references. Prescribed temperature constraints can be applied using one of three spatial variations: uniform variations, symbolically driven functions, or by tabular data driven variations. Prescribed temperature cannot be varied with respect to time. CreatingPrescribedTemperatureBoundaryConditionsDemonstration CreatingPrescribedTemperatureBoundaryConditions_demo.mp4 CreatingPrescribedTemperatureBoundaryConditionsProcedure

Procedure: Creating Prescribed Temperature Boundary Conditions

Scenario
Create thermal Prescribed Temperature boundary conditions in a Pro/ENGINEER assembly model. CreatePresTempBC presc_temp.asm

Task 1. Open the Mechanica application and create boundary conditions to simulate a Prescribed Temperature of 38 C on some localized external surfaces in the PRESC_TEMP_3.PRT component.
1. Click Applications > Mechanica. Note that PRESC_TEMP_3.PRT contains several surface regions. You will be assigning Prescribed Temperatures to these surfaces.

2. Click Prescribed Temperature

from the Mechanica toolbar.

3. Click New to create a new boundary condition set. In the Name field, type Presc_Temp_BC and click OK. This is a recommended procedure that enables the constraint sets (if more than one) to be easily identified in the analysis definition window.

4. Verify that the References type is set to Surfaces, press CTRL and select the surface regions as shown in the figure.

5. Type 38 in the Value field and verify that the unit field is set to C. The dialog box should now appear as shown in the figure. 6. Click OK to create the boundary condition and close the Prescribed Temperature dialog box.

7. The mode should now appear as shown in the figure (load selected for clarity).

Task 2. Save the model and erase it from memory.

1. Return to the Standard Pro/ENGINEER mode by clicking Applications > Standard. 2. Click Save from the main toolbar and click OK to save the model. > OK to erase the models from

3. Click File > Erase > Current > Select All memory. This completes the procedure.