2 Replies Latest reply on Aug 6, 2012 8:45 PM by Anthony Botting

Finding Ambient Temperature with a Thermal Study

Francisco Martinez Aug 1, 2012 11:44 AM

Hello, I was wondering if there was a way to find the ambient temperature of a system by performing a Thermal study in Simulation. I have gone through the different thermal loads within a study of the part and the ambient temperature is an input rather than a result of the study. I have a feeling that this type of study is to model the thermal reaction of solid parts rather than flow around. Any insight/direction is appreciated.

Re: Finding Ambient Temperature with a Thermal Study

Jerry Steiger Aug 3, 2012 8:20 PM (in response to Francisco Martinez)

Francisco,

I'm not very knowledgeable about Simulation or Flow, but I think you are correct. Thermal Simulation is normally used to figure out what happens to the solids, assuming any fluids around them are at a certain temperature. I think you need to use Flow if you want to find out what happens to the temperature of a fluid when a solid at a certain temperature is immersed in it.

Jerry Steiger
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Re: Finding Ambient Temperature with a Thermal Study

Anthony Botting Aug 6, 2012 8:45 PM (in response to Francisco Martinez)

Hi Francisco: Jerry is correct. You can calculate ambient temperatures (in surrounding fluid of gas or liquid) using "SolidWorks Flow Simulation". I believe it now retails for about $15k. You can set this discussion to "answered". Thank you.
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