Setting up an Electronics Cooling Simulation

The following steps outline the recommended workflow to analyse electronic devices using the Electronics Cooling Toolset in Simcenter STAR-CCM+.

To set up a thermal management simulation of your electronics device, work through the nodes of the Electronics Cooling Toolset from top to bottom. The workflow to follow is:

1. Defining the Setup
2. Defining Parameters
3. Creating and Positioning the Components
4. Adding an Enclosure and Fans
5. Extracting Fluid Volumes
6. Setting Boundary and Interface Conditions
7. Setting Up the Mesh
8. Preparing the Post-Processing
9. Running the Simulation
10. Analyzing the Results

For practical examples of electronics cooling analysis using the Electronics Cooling Toolset, refer to the following tutorials:

• Electronics Cooling Toolset: Natural Convection JEDEC
• Electronics Cooling Toolset: Graphics Card Cooling