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Thermal Analysis 325

Part C: Thermal Stress Analysis
Step 1: Add a Static Structural Analysis System
Drag the Static Structural icon from the Analysis Systems Toolbox window and
drop it onto the Solution cell of the highlighted Steady-State system in the
Project Schematic.

This creates a Static Structural system that shares data with Steady-State
Thermal system as shown below. The temperature distribution from the
Steady-State Thermal analysis is now the load input for the Static Structural
analysis. If a uniform temperature is specified as a load for the Static Structural
analysis, then data sharing of the steady-state thermal solution is not needed.