Several Mechanical APDL publications, particularly the Mechanical APDL Verification Manual and the Technology Showcase: Example Problems, describe additional examples of steady-state and other types of thermal analyses.
The Mechanical APDL Verification Manual consists of test cases demonstrating the analysis capabilities of Mechanical APDL. While these test cases demonstrate solutions to realistic thermal analysis problems, the Mechanical APDL Verification Manual does not present them as step-by-step examples with lengthy data input instructions and printouts. However, you should be able to understand each problem by reviewing the finite element model and input data with accompanying comments.
Here is a list of sample thermal test cases (steady-state, transient, and so on) that the Mechanical APDL Verification Manual includes:
| VM3 -- Thermal Loaded Support Structure |
| VM23 -- Thermal-structural Contact of Two Bodies |
| VM27 -- Thermal Expansion to Close a Gap |
| VM32 -- Thermal Stresses in a Long Cylinder |
| VM58 -- Centerline Temperature of a Heat Generating Wire |
| VM64 -- Thermal Expansion to Close a Gap at a Rigid Surface |
| VM92 -- Insulated Wall Temperature |
| VM93 -- Temperature-dependent Conductivity |
| VM94 -- Heat-generating Plate |
| VM95 -- Heat Transfer From a Cooling Spine |
| VM96 -- Temperature Distribution in a Short Solid Cylinder |
| VM97 -- Temperature Distribution Along a Straight Fin |
| VM98 -- Temperature Distribution Along a Tapered Fin |
| VM99 -- Temperature Distribution in a Trapezoidal Fin |
| VM100 -- Heat Conductivity Across a Chimney Section |
| VM101 -- Temperature Distribution in a Short Solid Cylinder |
| VM102 -- Cylinder with Temperature Dependent Conductivity |
| VM103 -- Thin Plate with a Central Heat Source |
| VM104 -- Liquid-solid Phase Change |
| VM105 -- Heat-generation Coil with Temperature Dependent Conductivity |
| VM106 -- Radiant Energy Emission |
| VM107 -- Thermocouple Radiation |
| VM108 -- Temperature Gradient Across a Solid Cylinder |
| VM109 -- Temperature Response of a Suddenly-cooled Wire |
| VM110 -- Transient Temperature Distribution in a Slab |
| VM111 -- Cooling of a Spherical Body |
| VM112 -- Cooling of a Spherical Body |
| VM113 -- Transient Temperature Distribution in an Orthotropic Metal Bar |
| VM114 -- Temperature Response to a Linearly Rising Surface Temperature |
| VM115 -- Thermal Response of a Heat-generating Slab |
| VM116 -- Heat-conducting Plate with Sudden Cooling |
| VM118 -- Centerline Temperature of a Heat Generating Wire |
| VM119 -- Centerline Temperature of an Electrical Wire |
| VM121 -- Laminar Flow through a Pipe with Uniform Heat Flux |
| VM122 -- Pressure Drop in a Turbulent Flowing Fluid |
| VM123 -- Laminar Flow in a Piping System |
| VM124 -- Discharge of Water from a Reservoir |
| VM125 -- Radiation Heat Transfer Between Concentric Cylinders |
| VM126 -- Heat Transferred to a Flowing Fluid |
| VM147 -- Gray-body Radiation Within a Frustrum of a Cone |
| VM159 -- Temperature Controlled Heater |
| VM160 -- Solid Cylinder with Harmonic Temperature Load |
| VM161 -- Heat Flow from an Insulated Pipe |
| VM162 -- Cooling of a Circular Fin of Rectangular Profile |
| VM164 -- Drying of a Thick Wooden Slab |
| VM192 -- Cooling of a Billet by Radiation |
| VM215 -- Thermal-Electric Hemispherical Shell with Hole |
| VM228 -- Radiation Between Infinite Coaxial Cylinders |
| VM230 -- Radiation Between Two Concentric Spheres |
| VM240 -- Thermal Expansion of Rigid Beams in a Composite Bar |
| VM262 -- 2D Fracture Problem under Thermal Loading |
| VM271 -- Convection Treatment Problem for a Hollow Cylinder with Fluid Flow |
| VM273 -- Shape Memory Alloy with Thermal Effect Under Uniaxial Loading |
| VM296 -- Radial Expansion of a Thermoplastic Cylinder |
Also see the following examples in the Mechanical APDL Technology Showcase: Example Problems: