ANSYS Workbench Thermal Advanced Course

1. Program overview

Title: ANSYS Workbench Thermal Advanced – hybrid course.

Director: Professor Juan José Benito Muñoz.

Department: Construction & Manufacturing Engineering (UNED University).

Software: ANSYS Mechanical Workbench and MAPDL (student license).

Language: English/Spanish

2. Eligibility and requirements

There are no specific academic requirements. It is recommended to have mechanical, civil (or similar) engineering background. The prerequisite Ansys Mechanical Introduction training courses (or equivalent experience) is assumed. 

This course is intended to expand on the thermal analysis capabilities outlined in the introduction to Mechanical training course material.

3. Goals

Is thermal management critical to your design? Are you concerned with the effects of heat on structures? This is the place to start. This course will help you develop the skills necessary to predict the thermal response of structures to various heat loads. You’ll learn complete solution procedures for conduction, natural convection, and radiation heat transfer under both steady-state and time-varying conditions. Lastly, you’ll explore several methods of performing thermal stress analysis.

Heat transfer, or the study of the temperature distribution in structures, plays an important role in almost any engineering system. Therefore, it’s extremely important for an engineer to understand the mechanism of heat transfer to appropriately utilize heat and control its effects on structural systems.

After completing this module, the student will be able to:

• Understand the three modes of heat transfer.
• Recognize the potential problems of a thermal solution.
• Recognize a well posed thermal problem.
• Understand the thermal boundary conditions in Mechanical

Ingeciber and UNED, the partners to this course, are determined to invest in the internationalization of students and collaborators and want to offer participants the maximum number of options, such as this course, with the goal of sharing experiences in the world of CAE at a global level.

4. Contents                                                                   

The hybrid course has elements of in-person and self-paced online instruction.

There are three basic modes of heat transfer:

• Conduction - internal energy exchange between one body in perfect contact with another or from one part of a body to another part due to a temperature gradient.
• Convection - energy exchange between a body and a surrounding fluid.
• Radiation - energy transfer from a body or between two bodies by electromagnetic waves.

 The contents of the self-paced online course are detailed below:

• Introduction to ANSYS Workbench                                                   

1. Intro To Heat Transfer Analysis.
2. Conduction Convection and Radiation.
3. Simulating Heat Transfer.
4. Thermal Capacitance in Heat Transfer.
5. Thermal Conductivity in Heat Transfer.
6. Thermal Convection in Heat Transfer.
7. Module 01: Heat Transfer Fundamentals.
8. Module 02: Preprocessing and Results.
9. Module 03: Boundary Conditions.
10. Module 04: Steady State Heat Transfer.
11. Module 05: Nonlinear Thermal Analysis.
12. Module 06: Transient Thermal Analysis.
13. Module 07: APDL and Command Objects.
14. Module 08: Coupled Analysis.              
                                                                                                            

• Exercises:

1. Conduction (Fourrier’s Law).
2. Convection (Newton’s Law).
3. Thermal Conduction Bar.
4. Heating Coil.
5. Thermal Contact.
6. Solenoid.
7. Radiating System.
8. Finned Tube.
9. Soldering Iron.
10. Phase Change.
11. Cup of Coffee.
12. Surface to Surface Radiation.
13. Heat Absorption By Solar Panels.
14. Thermal Conduction In Gasket Head Assembly.
15. Thermal Contact In Pump Assembly.
16. Thermal Contact In Clamped Pipe.
17. Heat Conduction Through Composite Wall.
18. Thermal Analysis Of Teapot.
19. House Insulation Thermal Analysis.
20. Laptop Steady State Thermal Analysis.
            

The online course includes full documentation of software training, video lectures, online discussions and deliverable assignments.

The course includes 2 days of in-person training (3h/day).  The contents of the in-person course will be the detailed analysis of specific examples which will be discussed with the students.
 

5. Schedule

The course schedule is variable due to its flexibility on the duration of the online training. The in-person training days will be agreed between both parties.

6. Teaching Materials

Attendees will receive the documentation and the corresponding materials for each subject and exercises.

The course uses a virtual classroom as a training facility where study tools can be found and also as the main communication channel with the attendees.

Other tools will also be used, including audiovisual resources as well as other supplementary documentation.

The teaching materials for this subject consist of:

• ANSYS training materials including pdf documentation, video lectures, forum discussions, email and full access to ICAEEC moodle platform for each student.
• Additional training material for the course developed by ICAEEC.
• Software: ANSYS Student (128,000 nodes limit). 

7. Tutorships

The teaching staff will be available using the online platform of the course. The available tools are the phone, online meetings, forum and email. Videos and webinars are available as well to clarify the questions of the students.

8. Evaluation and grading criteria

Attendee evaluation will be performed through the practical application exercises (assignments).

9. Certification

Certification will consist of a diploma from ICAEEC & Ingeciber indicating successful completion of the subject by the attendee as well as the grade obtained in the practical application exercises and final quiz.

10.  Fees

Tuition fees are 610€ which includes all training material, tuition, tutorships and certificates. VAT is not included in the price.