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172 Chapter 9 Heat Transfer Analysis

will employ ANSYS through its Workbench to determine the
temperature distribution in the plate. This example is an academic
example for which the exact temperature solution is in the simple
form of,



(, ) 
Tx y sin( x 2) sinh( y 2)
sinh( 2)

Y T  sin( x 2)

1 T  0 k  1 T  0

X
T  0
2

(a) Starting ANSYS Workbench

 Open the ANSYS Workbench, set the Units menu on the

upper tab to Metric (kg,m,s, C,A,N,V).
 On the Analysis Systems window, click twice on the
Steady-State Thermal item. A new small box will appear
on the Project Schematic window.
 Retype the name in the lower blue tab as the desired project
name, e.g., Plate with Specified Edge Temperatures, and
hit Enter.
 Right click on the Engineering Data tab and select the
Edit… option, the A2: Engineering Data window will
pop-up. Double click on Click here to add a new mate-
rial and type in a new material name, e.g., “My Ideal
Material”, and hit Enter.