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Ansys Help with Thermal Shell 132-Modelling

Ansys Help with Thermal Shell 132-Modelling

Ansys Help with Thermal Shell 132-Modelling

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Hello All,

I am a novice with Ansys Mechanical. I have to do a thermal analysis of thin walled composite layer (3 layers in total). Each layer has different material property.The only shell element available is Shell 131/132. Actually I am getting confused with two different scenarios with regards to modelling and defining sections.I am using Ansys 13.0

Scenario 1:

Sections: Defining 3 different sections with different material properties.

Modelling: Modelling 3 layers with Create>Volumes and specifying specific material property and section to specific layer.

Scenario 2:

Sections: Defining 1 section with 3 different material properties and layers.

Modelling: Modelling 1 single rectangular volume and assigning the section to that volume.(But this creates a problem while assigning material to the volume).

Also what contact properties should i use between the layers?

This question may sound silly to all but as i said i am novice to ansys.

Please Help!

Thanks in Advance.

Devesh

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