A transient thermal analysis is used to determine the temperature, heat storage and other thermal quantities in a model due to a time varying load.. All other considerations such as the
Trang 1ME-430 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN TRANSIENT and STEADY STATE THERMAL ANALYSIS OF
a part A steady state analysis is commonly used as a precursor to a transient
thermal analysis to determine the initial conditions
A transient thermal analysis is used to determine the temperature, heat storage and other thermal quantities in a model due to a time varying load Because the applied load may be time dependent, the solution is time dependent All other considerations such as the type of the thermal load and the modes of heat transfer are the same as
in a steady state analysis Transient analysis is probably the most common form of thermal analysis
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An engineer must attach copper heat sink to a CPU The heat sink will be subjected
to a time varying 50 Watt load and a constant convection of 100W/mC
The time required to reach steady state will be determined A fringe plot of the temperature distribution after 1000 seconds will be made
Create the Heat Sink Part
Create a new part called heat_sink.prt
Edit -> Setup -> Units
Select Meter Kilogram Second (MKS)
in the Units Manager dialog box
Click on Set button
Trang 3Create a block 0.062 m width X 0.08 m depth x 0.04 m height Extrude both sides
Make a cut with the dimensions shown below
Trang 4Pattern the cut with increment of 0.004 m and total of 15 cuts
Create a cut to accommodate the fan at the top of the heat sink
Trang 5Create another cut to facilitate the installation clamp The dimensions of the cut are shown below
The final part is shown in the following figure
Trang 6Transfer the Model to Pro/MECHANICA
From Applications pull-down menu select
Trang 7From Insert pull-down menu, select
Surface Region
Or click on the Create a Simulation Surface
Region button on the right toolbar
Sketch -> Done Pick the bottom surface of the heat sink as
sketching plane
Select Right under SKET VIEW, and pick RIGHT datum plane as a horizontal or vertical reference for sketching
Make sure to include FRONT datum plane as additional reference
Trang 8Create two centerlines to ensure the symmetry, then create a square with 0.012 as the sides
Click
When prompted with Select surface or surfaces to be split,
Select surface to add, pick
anywhere on the surface (bottom surface of the heat sink)
OK -> Done -> OK to complete the
surface region creation
Trang 9Assign Material to the Part
From Properties pull-down menu, select Materials
Or click the Define Material button from the right toolbar
Trang 10Assign CU as the material of the heat sink
Assign -> Part
Pick the heat sink Click the OK button
Click the Close button
Generate the Elements Using AutoGEM
The model can be autogemmed during the run, or before the run, if materials have been assigned
Select AutoGEM -> Create
Or click the Create p-mesh for
Geometric Element Modeling button
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File -> Save Mesh
Close
Assign Boundary Conditions – Convection Condition
Create a convection condition on all surfaces except the bottom
The temperature inside the computer is assumed to be a constant 30 degrees C
Although MKS units are defined, degrees C can be interchanged with degrees K if
this is done consistently for all inputs and outputs Prescribed temperature boundary conditions are generally not used in transient thermal analyses They may conflict
with the initial model temperature
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Enter 100 for Convection Coefficient
h, and 30 for Bulk Temperature
OK
Trang 13Tip: For easy surface selection choose Box Select then drag a bounding box Hold CTRL and select the surface region (square area) located in the middle bottom surface to deselect it
Trang 14Place Heat Loads
Place a time varying heat load of 50 watts on the base surface
From the Insert pull-down menu, choose
Heat Load
Select Surface
Or click on New Heat Load on Surface icon in the toolbar
Pick the square surface region on the bottom surface of the heat sink
Enter 50 for Q, and click the Time Dependent radio button as the heat load in the problem varies with time
Trang 15Select the Function button on the Heat Load definition form The Function Definition dialog box appears
Under Description, enter the following text:
CPU heats up and reaches maximum output of 50 W at 150 seconds
Under Type change to Table
Click on Add Row button
Fill in the dialog box as shown below
Click OK
Enter the time, and value as shown on the figure on the left
The value in the right hand column is set to after 150 seconds This
Trang 16A graph of the function can be seen by selecting Review
Click the Graph button
Create a Transient Thermal Analysis
Create a transient thermal analysis with Single-Pass Adaptive convergence method For some runs, the Quick Check convergence method may be used to get a quick reading of the model Specify 22 C for uniform initial temperature Typically the estimated variation is left set to Auto In this case the user estimates the heat sink will start at 22 C and reach a maximum of about 52 C so a value is input This preliminary knowledge is most useful when Automatic output intervals are used Tip:
Trang 17Analysis -> Mechanica Analyses/Studies…
Or click on Run a Design Study in the top toolbar
From File pull down menu, select
New Transient Thermal
Trang 18Under Name, type in
Transient_Analysis
Under Description, type in the following:
Determine the temperature of the CPU heat sink during the first
1000 seconds after the computer is booted
Click on BndyCondSet1 to highlight it Both
BndyCondSet1 and ThermLoadSet1 are
highlighted
Enter 22 for the initial
Temperature
Keep the rests default
Click on Convergence tab, and make sure Single-Pass
Adaptive method is selected
Click on Output tab
Under Output Intervals, select
User-defined Output Intervals
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Plotting Grid to 4
Change the Number of Master
Intervals to 40
Click on User Defined Steps
button
Click on to unchecked all
Drag the scroll toolbar
to the last interval number 40
Enter 1000 seconds for number 40
Check on Full results
at row number 40 Click on
OK
Trang 20Run the Transient Thermal Analysis
Run the analysis by clicking
Close the window Close the Analyses and Design Studies
dialog box
Trang 21Review the Results
Click on icon
Enter Window Name
as “temp” for temperature distribution
Enter Title “
Temperature Distribution of Heat Sink”
Under Design Study and Analysis, make sure that
Click Display Click this icon
Trang 22Make sure you fill in the following form (window) as shown below:
Check on Continuous Tone
Click the OK and Show button
Trang 24Click on
Enter the Name of
max_dyn_temp
Type in the Title of Graph of
Max Dynamic Temp
Under Display type, select
Graph
Select Measure in the
Quantity box
Click on
Trang 26File -> Exit Results
Click on Yes button
Type in File Name: transient for the results to be saved
Trang 27Click the Close button
Save the model
Steady State Thermal Analysis
Expand the Loads/Constraints in the
Model Tree until you see HeatLoad1
Left-click HeatLoad1, then right-click it
Select Edit Definition
Uncheck Time Dependent option, and click OK -> Done
Trang 28Create a Steady State Thermal Analysis
From Analysis pull-down menu, select Mechanica Analyses/Studies
From File pull down menu, select
New Steady State Thermal
Trang 29Name the analysis as
Steady_State
Convergence Method: Multi-Pass Adaptive
Set the Maximum
Polynomial Order to
9
Convergence: Local
Temperatures and Local Energy Norms 5
%
OK
With the Name Steady_State highlighted, run the analysis by clicking
Click Yes
Trang 30When the run is completed without error
Close the window
Close the Analyses and Design Studies dialog box
Review the results
Click
Trang 31Enter Window Name as
“temp_steady” for temperature distribution Enter Title “ Steady State
Temperature Fringe Plot
of Heat Sink”
Make sure you fill in the following form (window) as shown below:
Click Display Options
Check on Continuous Tone Check on Show Element
Trang 33Create a Capping Surface Display
Turn off Show Element Edges, and display the heat sink in default
orientation
Insert -> Cutting/Capping Surfs…
Under Type, select Capping Surface
OK
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To delete Capping Surface display, select
Edit -> Delete Capping Surface
Create a Maximum Temperature Convergence Graph
Click on to copy the definition Fill in the Result Window Definition dialog box
as shown below
Trang 35Click on OK button Display the maximum temperature convergence graph by
selecting View -> Display, and select conv
Trang 36Click on to copy the definition Fill in the Result Window Definition dialog box as shown below
Click on OK button Display the maximum temperature convergence graph by
selecting View -> Display, and select flux
Trang 37Save the all result windows -> and also Save the model before exiting
Pro/ENGINEER