You can assign tables to specify pressure, thermal condition, and temperature loads. Tables define loads that vary over multiple coordinate dimensions, time, and/or temperature. The numeric values in the table determine how the load varies across these dimensions.
Note: Tables are only supported for the Mechanical APDL solver.
Pressure and temperature values are specified as dependent variables in tables. These physical quantities depend on a table's independent (or primary) variables: measurable quantities such as time and spatial coordinates (X, Y or Theta, Z). Both dependent and independent variables are represented by columns of data, with their values entered as rows in the table.
You can import tables from external data files, enter and edit tables directly in Mechanical, and visualize table data via the Tables feature. Using Tables describes how to create and work with tables.
Table assignments can also be parameterized to perform design point studies. Each design point can be assigned a different table to model different load profiles for a boundary condition.
See the following sections for instructions on how to specify boundary condition loads with tables.