Thermoelasticity

Thermo linear elasticity scenarios perform a static thermal and linear elasticity simulation, taking into account the strain induced by thermal effects. A thermo linear elasticity scenario is configured with two scenario JSON files. One scenario configuration describes the static thermal scenario, and is configured in exactly the same way as a static thermal scenario. The second scenario configuration has "type": "ThermoLinearElasticity", and has the additional required configuration "thermal_scenario" that specifies the static thermal scenario configuration file.

For best results, the thermal scenario resolution should be the same or less than the stress scenario resolution. Using the same resolution ensures that the thermal fields are defined every where the stress simulation will be performed.

A thermo linear elasticity scenario will create a sampled solution containing both the temperature field and the displacement, strain, and stress fields expected from a structural analysis.