PAT312, Section 57, December 2006 S57-1 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation SECTION 57 MSC.THERMAL TRANSLATORS

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PAT312, Section 57, December 2006 S57-3 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation TRANSLATION TO OTHER CODES Output translators SINDA SINDA/G (BCD block format) SINDA 85 (HEADER block format) Patran creates finite element conductors between nodes Including diagonals, negative conductors are normal TRASYS Element surfaces converted to polygons NEVADA Element surfaces converted to polygons Input translators SINDA temperature results Output format subroutine written by MSC.Patran TRASYS and NEVADA (via patq utilities) RADKs Heat Load arrays

PAT312, Section 57, December 2006 S57-4 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation SINDA INPUT FILE Analysis: Submit Options… Create SINDA Input File (model.sin) model.sin created in job subdirectory Analysis, Output Requests…/SINDA Input Deck Format… Network Analysis SINDA/G with BCD Blocks SINDA 85 with HEADER Blocks

PAT312, Section 57, December 2006 S57-5 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation PATRANS SINDA INPUT FILE Excerpt of model.sin: BCD 3THERMAL LPCS C BCD 9 PThermal Translation BCD 9 MSC.Patran Thermal job created on 31-Oct-06 at 15:12:13 BCD 9 31-Oct-06 15:14: C C File created with interface program C P A T Q -- Version: C Execution Node: NA-RICH0(000423a293ca) (Windows 5.0 (Build C Execution Date: 31-OCT-2006 > Time: 15:14:04 C END C BCD 3NODE DATA C SIV 1, , A105, E+00 SIV 2, , A105, E+00 SIV 3, , A105, E+00 SIV 5, , A105, E+00 SIV 6, , A105, E+00 SIV 7, , A105, E+00 SIV 8, , A105, E+00 SIV 9, , A105, E , , 0. END

PAT312, Section 57, December 2006 S57-6 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation SINDA RESULTS model.sin contains an output subroutine written by Patran sinda results (e.g. nr0.sin) file is written by this subroutine Read results into Patran using results template: sinda.res_tmpl Excerpt of sinda result file: P/THERMAL TRANSLATION E PDA ENGINEERING - SINDA MODEL GENERATED USING PATRAN TIME = E E E E E E+01

PAT312, Section 57, December 2006 S57-7 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation TRASYS AND NEVADA INPUT FILES Select in Analysis, Submit Options TRASYS and NEVADA input files written to job subdirectory TRASYS Input File: trasys.inp NEVADA Input File: nevada.inp

PAT312, Section 57, December 2006 S57-8 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation EXAMPLE TRASYS.INP MSC.PATRAN THERMAL JOB CREATED ON 31-OCT-06 AT 16:57:57 * 31-OCT-06 17:08: HEADER SURFACE DATA BCS ENCLO1 S SURFN = 10, TYPE = POLY $ ELEM ID = 1 P1 = E+00, E+00, E+00, $ NODE ID = 1 P2 = E+00, E+00, E+00, $ NODE ID = 2 P3 = E+00, E+00, E+00, $ NODE ID = 4 P4 = E+00, E+00, E+00, $ NODE ID = 3 ACTIVE = TOP, SHADE = NO ALPHA = E+00, EMISS = E+00 TRANS = E+00, TRANI = E+00 SPRS = E+00, SPRI = E+00 C C SPACE = 5 C Example TRASYS input file One element model Node 5 is radiation ambient

PAT312, Section 57, December 2006 S57-9 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation TRASYS AND NEVADA RESULTS Input translators Read TRASYS and NEVADA results via patq utilities Constant RADKs read as resistors Heat Load arrays converted to microfunctions

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