This tutorial introduces you to the Thermal Analysis workbench in Abaqus for CATIA V5. You will consider the thermal history of a pipe that is initially uniformly at room temperature. The pipe is then subjected to the sudden introduction of a hot fluid, while continuing to sit in an environment exposed to air at room temperature. The hot internal fluid will drive the pipe toward higher temperatures, while the convection of heat to the outside air will result in a thermal gradient through the pipe. You will then continue the analysis and consider the transient stress distribution resulting from this thermal history and other mechanical loading, such as the pressure of the introduced fluid. The following tasks are discussed:

• Assigning Temperature-Dependent Material Properties to a Part

• Defining Film Conditions and Initial Conditions in a Heat Transfer Step

• Computing and Viewing Nodal Temperatures

• Adding an Analysis Case

• Postprocessing and Cut Plane Analysis

These tasks should take about 60 minutes to complete. You must have an Abaqus for CATIA V5 session running before you start.