Thermal analysis

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Thermal analysis

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oliveroxtoby wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2018 9:15 am As an introduction to the CfdOF workbench, we collect together a list of useful training material:
Hi Oliver,
thank you for your work and useful links :D

I was wondering if you have some tutorial on thermal analysis for pcbs...
something like this
https://www.simscale.com/projects/ahmed ... nalysis_1/

Some time ago I started a thread here
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 40#p133612
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and published something here
https://forum.kicad.info/t/kicad-stepup ... lysis/3828

but the video that @makkemal kindly published is not available anymore
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 10#p135611
(it was using old methods that have been supersede by the new FEM updates).

I think it would be a large interest for PCB thermal analysis with FreeCAD and FEM ...

Thanks a lot in advance
Maurice
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Hi Maurice,
Your above linked simulation is done with calculix. So, this is maybe the way to go. One would have to create a boundary condition for convective heart flux and a body load for body heat flux inside freecad.
The elmer solver should do it as well after implementing convection and this type of heartflux but you would have the benefit that you could solve the temperature separately from deformation, which is not possible in Fc -calculix now.
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See also.... https://www.simscale.com/docs/content/s ... ption.html
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@Bernd: what do you think?
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Sounds good to me. Would one of you give it a try?
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bernd wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 6:49 pm Sounds good to me. Would one of you give it a try?
I have the model and could simulate it if the body heart flux and the convection would be available.

@bernd: Should we split this thread and create a new one?
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EDIT: Here is some additional info for the 'benchmark' model : https://www.simscale.com/projects/ahmed ... nalysis_1/
And the geometry is attached in a first simple model.
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Re: CfdOF Workbench Training Material

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HoWil wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 7:04 pm
bernd wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 6:49 pm Sounds good to me. Would one of you give it a try?
I have the model and could simulate it if the body heart flux and the convection would be available.

@bernd: Should we split this thread and create a new one?
BR
Howil
Hi @Howil and @bernd
thank you a lot for your help...
If you want we could create a new post like:
'FEM Thermal Analysis of a PCB'

If you need a different model, please let me know.
Maurice
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