Hi All,
I have tried a static study in simulation to learn thermal expansion
model dimension: 200mmx50mmx50mm with a T leg
material: alloy steel
fixtures: fixed geometry on the T leg bottom face
external loads: temperature 50 Celsius (ref temp at zero strain=20 Celsius)
mesh: standard mesh
The max displacement is 5.676e-002mm.
I expect that the four edges should have the same max. displacement but the probe shows that they have different value. So is there any tolerance in solidworks simulation?
The difference is very very small. (0,5%?).
I don't do much thermal work, but I think this is what you should consider to be equal.
The result is affected by the mesh (is it absolutely symmetric?) and numerical round-up/-down during calculation and extrapolation of the shown result.