Use Multiphysics to Manage Thermal Issues

Dear Desktop Engineering Reader:

So, three engineers walk into a bar. The first says “I gotta figure out how to get it out of there.” The second says “I gotta figure out how to get it in there.” And the third says “I gotta figure out what it’s doing to my containment vessel.” The sot at the end of the bar overhears these laments and says, “thermal management is a multiphysics problem.” The bartender hasn’t a clue what they’re talking about, but you do. And if you take in one of the webinars on the other side of today’s Check it Out links, you should come away with a better idea of how you can handle thermal problems no matter if you’re a design, electronics or structural engineer. 

I had the pleasure of a long chat with Chris Wolfe, lead product manager of Multiphysics at ANSYS the other day. She’s going to be your presenter for a live webinar called “Thermal Management with ANSYS Multiphysics” to air a couple of weeks from now. Thermal management is her thing, and she gets excited about it easily. I’m certain that she is going to put on a high-energy, highly informative show. Here’s some of what you can expect.

In broad strokes, Chris will be discussing how thermal management is a huge design consideration in industries as diverse as automotive, aerospace, anything electricity, oil and gas processing and so forth. You know that with ANSYS multiphysics capabilities, you can co-simulate multiple physics phenomena simultaneously. Chris will not only be showing you how to leverage ANSYS multiphysics simulations but she’ll also help you achieve a deeper understanding of how thermal issues impact design performance, what you can do about it and why multiphysics simulations are both time- and cost-effective.

General topics she’ll touch upon include maintaining temperature reliability, removing heat, conjugate heat transfer, material deformation and the effect of thermal cycling on material durability. The methodology will be a series of application examples that’ll show you how to deploy ANSYS multiphysics capabilities to address many thermal management issues.

It sounds like Chris has planned some terrific examples of how complex thermal management design problems cross industry borders and engineering disciplines. For instance, Chris will incorporate ANSYS multiphysics simulations of a diesel cylinder head, a gas turbine blade, a printed circuit board, an electric motor and, perhaps, others if time permits.

A new webinar explores how ANSYS Multiphysics simulations can help you better understand how thermal phenomena impacts design performance in applications as varied as containment vessels, printed circuit boards and motor design. Image courtesy of ANSYS Inc.

“Thermal Management with ANSYS Multiphysics” will be broadcast live twice and, as soon as practical, it’ll be available on-demand from the ANSYS online knowledge base. The first broadcast is scheduled for Tuesday, September 22, at 4 PM EST (8 PM GMT). The second broadcast is on Thursday, September 24, at 9 AM EST (1 PM GMT). Both will run one hour. Registration is required. Both broadcasts will cover the same territory.

Click to register for the September 22nd or September 24th session of “Thermal Management with ANSYS Multiphysics.” Good stuff.

Thanks, Pal. – Lockwood

Anthony J. Lockwood

Editor at Large, Desktop Engineering

Register for the September 22 session.

Register for the September 24 session.