Additions to the NASTRAN User's Manual and Theoretical Manual for a Thermostructural Capability for NASTRAN Using Isoparametric Finite Elements

Abstract

The report describes, through additions and modifications to the Level 15.1 NASTRAN user's and theoretical manuals, a thermostructural capability for NASTRAN. In addition to this new rigid format, a set of two-dimensional and three-dimensional isoparametric finite elements was added to NASTRAN's finite element library. The thermostructural capability consists of computing a temperature history of the structure, taking account of such thermal conditions as radiation, convection, flux, and heat generation, and then performing a series of structural static analyses, using as part of the static loading the equivalent loads due to the temperature distribution at times selected by the user. This version of NASTRAN is available for the UNIVAC 1108 and CDC 6000 computers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0769464

Entities

People

  • David W Taylor
  • Myles M. Hurwitz

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Coefficients
  • Computer Programming
  • Conductivity
  • Convection
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • Grids
  • Heat Flux
  • Heat Transmission
  • Radiation
  • Structural Analysis
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

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  • Computer Science.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.