Exporting Temperature Data on Shells
When exporting temperature data on shell surfaces you can choose to export the data as a temperature field, or as a boundary condition.
When the data is exported as a temperature field, it can be used to specify a constant temperature across the thickness of the shell in the external CAE package. This is used for very thin shells, where any temperature gradient across the shell thickness would be negligible.
Temperature data exported as a boundary condition specifies the temperature on one side of the shell. The data can then be used in an external CAE package to compute the temperature gradients across the shell thickness.
To export the temperature data:
- Map the temperature data to the relevant shell surface (for field data export, you can export the data to either shell surface).
- Follow the instructions given in the previous section to export the data that has been mapped to the shell surface.
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From the
Export data as menu of the
FieldFunctions tab, select one of the following options:
- Temperature Field -- to export temperature data as a field
- Temperature BC -- to export temperature data as a boundary condition
- From the Data to export menu, select the Mapped Vertex Temperature field function.