Sequential Temperature Analysis

A sequentially coupled temperature analysis can be carried out during optimization when using Abaqus or ANSYS® as finite element solver. A temperature calculation is carried out first, then its results are used as boundary conditions for the following finite element calculation.

The input file used for the temperature calculation is specified using FEM_INPUT command as shown below (the command-line parameter -temp is obsolete). All model changes because of the optimization are also reflected in the temperature model. 

FEM_INPUT
 TEMPERATURE_FILE = temperature_analysis.ext
 FILE = static_analysis.ext
END_

ext is the solver-specific file extension.