The ADINA Thermal program is used for the solution of heat transfer problems in solids and structures. It has powerful features such as radiation between surfaces of arbitrary geometries, element birth-death options and capabilities for highly nonlinear material behavior.

One-way and fully-coupled thermomechanical analyses are also possible for cases where temperatures cause structural deformations and stresses or where the structural deformations affect the temperatures. Examples of applications are thermal expansion, heat generation due to plastic deformations or viscous dissipation, heat generation due to friction or early age thermal effects in concrete, to mention a few.

ADINA Thermal analysis capabilities include:

• 2D & 3D conduction, convection and radiation
• Solids and shell structures
• Steady-state and transient conditions
• Radiation between arbitrary surfaces
• Element birth and death options
• Time and temperature-dependent material properties
• Electrostatic, seepage and piezo-electric analysis
• Latent heat effects, e.g., freezing and melting conditions

Technical Briefs and Case Studies:

• 3D Simulation of a Full-Contact Disc Brake System
• Thermo-Mechanical Coupled Analysis of Composite Shells
• Multiphysics Example coupling Structures, Fluid Flow, Thermal Effects and Mass Transfer
• Solar-driven Desalination with Phase-Change Energy Storage
• Mesh Gluing in Thermo-Mechanical Solutions
• Thermo-Mechanical Coupling (TMC) Analysis of a Rubber Pad
• Nonlinear Heat Transfer Analysis of The Laser Deposition Process
• Thermo-mechanical Modeling of Friction Welding
• Thermal Fluid-Structure Interaction including Shell Elements
• Thermal CFD and Stress Analysis of an Exhaust Manifold
• Fully Coupled Thermal Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis in Turbulent Flow
• Fully Coupled Thermal Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis
• Benchmarking Thermal Fluid-Structure Interaction Capabilities