The temperature results are of primary interest after the steady-state thermal analysis. Following are the results on a portion of the smeared reinforcings:

Figure 59.9: Temperature Results on the Embedded Metallic Reinforcings

The temperature gradients lead to the deformation and stresses in the downstream structural analysis. Following are the deformation results on the same portion of the smeared reinforcings:

Figure 59.10: Total Deformation Results on the Embedded Metallic Reinforcings

The equivalent thermal strain plot of the whole PCB (viewed from the positive X-axis side) shows that the strains occur at the intended locations and correspond to the loading conditions from the thermal analysis:

Figure 59.11: Equivalent Thermal Strain Results