Thermal Material Properties

Verify that all bodies to receive heat loss data from Maxwell are made of materials that allow for temperature-dependent properties. The energy model must be on. For this tutorial, you are interested only in the material properties of the core.


Important:  When using the same material(s) in multiple participants, take care to ensure that common properties (for example, conductivity) are consistently defined. This consideration is often relevant in analyses involving thermal data transfers.


  1. In Mechanical's Outline under Materials, double-click Structural Steel.

    The Engineering Data: Material View pane opens to Structural Steel.

  2. Under Thermal, verify the following settings:

    • Isotropic Thermal Conductivity is set to 60.5 W/m·°C.

    • Specific Heat Constant Pressure is set to 434 J/kg·°C.

  3. Close the Engineering Data: Material View pane.