The temperature profile needs to be defined in SOFILOAD. There is no harm in creating an excel sheet to generate the necessary CADINP input if you have to do it more frequently. The visualisation of the assigned temperature is only possible in SOFISTK Visualisation.
Yes, you can assign a non-linear temperature to beams/cross-sections. However, the workflow us a bit different. Basically, the temperature gets assigned to points within the cross section.
@@SOFiSTiKFORYOU Hi Guido, thank you for your explanation. Does it mean that we cannot directly assign different temperature in beam elements using the "z" value? But rather we must use predefined points in the cross section?
Yes, this is correct. To assign the temperature, points (geometry points or stress points) are required. The temperature values can then get applied in SOFILOAD and the BEAM command. Will publish a video on the workflow soon 😉
Is it possible to do a (transient) thermo-mechanical analysis and instead compute the temperature distribution based on some ambient temerature?
Hi Guido, one more question, is it possible to generate a temperature profile in Graphic or Results?
The temperature profile needs to be defined in SOFILOAD. There is no harm in creating an excel sheet to generate the necessary CADINP input if you have to do it more frequently.
The visualisation of the assigned temperature is only possible in SOFISTK Visualisation.
Very interesting! Is it possible to do the same thing in beam elements?
Yes, you can assign a non-linear temperature to beams/cross-sections. However, the workflow us a bit different. Basically, the temperature gets assigned to points within the cross section.
@@SOFiSTiKFORYOU Hi Guido, thank you for your explanation. Does it mean that we cannot directly assign different temperature in beam elements using the "z" value? But rather we must use predefined points in the cross section?
Yes, this is correct. To assign the temperature, points (geometry points or stress points) are required. The temperature values can then get applied in SOFILOAD and the BEAM command.
Will publish a video on the workflow soon 😉
Explaining that with a video would be a great idea!
@@SOFiSTiKFORYOU Thank you! I look forward for the new video.