Results (Thermal)
Thermal analysis results presentations fall into two basic categories: Fields Reports and Field Overlays.
- Fields Report:
- Polyline: Plot the desired thermal result versus the distance along a specified polyline (spatial domain) in the same manner as previously described for steady-state solutions.
- Point: Plot the desired thermal result versus time at the specified point location. In this case, the sweep is in the time domain rather than the spatial domain.
- Temperature: For steady-state or transient solutions, plot temperature versus the distance along a specified polyline
- Mag_HeatFlux: Heat flux magnitude versus the distance along a specified polyline.
- Surface_Loss_Density: The surface-based electromagnetic (EM) loss density (in units of power per unit area) imported from another design as a source of heat in the thermal solution. It can be plotted versus the distance along a specified polyline.
- Volume_Loss_Density:The volumetric electromagnetic (EM) loss density (in units of power per unit volume) imported from another design as a source of heat in the thermal solution. It can be plotted versus the distance along a specified polyline.
- Design Volume: The volume of the objects comprising the model.
- Linked_Heat_Transfer_Coefficient: For steady-state or transient solutions in which you have chosen the Non-Uniform option for a Convection boundary's Film Coefficient. Heat transfer coefficients imported from an Icepak solution are plotted versus distance along a specified polyline.
- Thermal_Conductivity_X, Thermal_Conductivity_Y, and Thermal_Conductivity_Z: These results are applicable only to models with layout components. The three variants report the mapped thermal conductivity in the X, Y, and Z directions, respectively.
- Named Expression: A custom result previously defined using the Fields Calculator (see the Fields Calculator Note on the Creating a Report page).
- Thermal Monitor: Plot the global maximum temperature vs. time and the temperature vs. time at user-defined monitor points assigned before running the analysis.
- Monitor Report: Similar to a fields report, but specifically for plotting or tabulating temperature versus time (for Transient Thermal analyses only)
- Field Overlay:
- Temperature: Color contour overlay of resultant temperatures.
- Mag_HeatFlux: Color contour overlay of heat flux magnitudes.
- HeatFlux: Color vector plot indicating the magnitude and direction of heat flux.
- Thermal Conductivity X, Thermal Conductivity Y, and Thermal Conductivity Z: These results are applicable only to models with layout components. The three variants overlay the mapped thermal conductivity in the X, Y, and Z directions, respectively.
- Surface Loss Density: Color contour overlay of surface-based electromagnetic (EM) losses imported from a coupled source design.
- Volume Loss Density: Color contour overlay of volumetric electromagnetic (EM) losses imported from a coupled source design.
- Linked Heat Transfer Coefficient: Color contour overlay of the heat transfer coefficients imported from an Icepak solution when you have chosen the Non-Uniform option for a Convection boundary's Film Coefficient.
- Named Expression: A custom result previously defined using the Fields Calculator (see the Fields Calculator Note on the Creating a Report page).
- Fields Summary:
There are several different display types available for fields reports, including 2D (Rectangular) Plots, 3D Plots, Data Tables, and more. One convenient way to generate a report of thermal field results is to draw a Polyline running along the faces and/or through the interior volume of your model. This polyline, which can consist of multiple straight and curved segments, defines a path along which you wish to plot a particular thermal result.
For Steady-State Thermal solutions: A polyline is required for reporting all predefined thermal field results with the exception of Design Volume. The sweep is the Distance along the specified polyline and is therefore in the spatial domain.
You can also plot user-defined Named Expressions along a polyline or create named expressions that do not need a polyline for plotting.
For Transient Thermal solutions: You can plot thermal results using two different types of geometry:
Regardless of the display type, the following predefined thermal results are available for reporting:
You can overlay fields on selected solid or sheet objects, faces, or polylines. The following six results are available:
Provide a Summary based on resultant fields data at boundaries, objects (volumes or surfaces), faces (from face lists), or along global or relative coordinate system planes. Summary information includes details such as the minimum, maximum, and mean field values, the standard deviation of the results, and the normal direction vector (for surfaces).
These reports, overlays, and fields summary are described more fully, along with the instructions for creating them, in the subsections that follow.