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Heat Conduction Analysis¶
This analysis uses the data of tutorial/16_heat_block.
Analysis target¶
The analysis target is a perforated block, the geometry is shown in Figure 4.16.1 and the mesh data is shown in Figure 4.16.2.
| Item | Description | Notes | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type of analysis | Heat conduction analysis | !SOLUTION,TYPE=HEAT | |
| Number of nodes | 37,386 | ||
| Number of elements | 32,160 | ||
| Element type | 8-node linear hexahedral element | !ELEMENT,TYPE=361 | |
| Material name | AL | !MATERIAL,NAME=AL | |
| Boundary conditions | Prescribed temperature | !FIXTEMP | |
| Matrix solver | CG/SSOR | !SOLVER,METHOD=CG,PRECOND=1 |

Fig. 4.16.1: Shape of the perforated block

Fig. 4.16.2: Mesh data of the perforated block
Analysis content¶
Steady-state heat conduction analysis is performed to provide a heat source to the cylindrical inner surface of the object. The analysis control data are shown below.
Analysis control data block.cnt¶
# Control File for FISTR
## Analysis Control
!VERSION
3
!SOLUTION, TYPE=HEAT
!HEAT
0.0
!WRITE,RESULT
!WRITE,VISUAL
## Solver Control
### Boundary Condition
!FIXTEMP
FTMPC, 100.0
FTMPS1, 20.0
FTMPS2, 20.0
FTMPS3, 20.0
FTMPS4, 20.0
### Material
# define in mesh file
### Solver Setting
!SOLVER,METHOD=CG,PRECOND=1,ITERLOG=YES,TIMELOG=YES
100, 1
1.0e-8, 1.0, 0.0
## Post Control
!VISUAL,method=PSR
!surface_num=1
!surface 1
!output_type=VTK
!END
Analysis procedure¶
Execute the FrontISTR command fistr1.
(Runs in 4 threads.)
Analysis results¶
A temperature contour plot was created by REVOCAP_PrePost and is shown in Figure 4.16.3. A part of the analysis results log file is shown below as numerical data for the analysis results.

Fig. 4.16.3: Analysis results of temperature