The development of fast, thermal-analyses tools for CAD and further practical applications

Author

O´Callaghan, Paul W. ; Constant, Billy A. ; Haq, Ramiz F Babus ; George, Hakim E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Energy, Cranfield Inst. of Technol., Bedford, UK

fYear

1993

fDate

34004

Firstpage

42370

Lastpage

42373

Abstract

A suite of computer programs has been developed and integrated to comprise a user-friendly thermal template. This design tool has been successfully employed to model the thermal behaviour, including stress and strain distributions, of printed circuit boards, pressed contacts, electrical rotating machines and thermally-insulated district-heating pipelines. The output is such that either graphical interpretations are readily presented, in 2D or 3D, or further statistical manipulation is easily initiated

Keywords

CAD; district heating; electric machines; electrical contacts; electrical engineering computing; printed circuit design; stress-strain relations; thermal analysis; thermal stresses; CAD; electrical rotating machines; electronic equipment design; graphical interpretations; pressed contacts; printed circuit boards; statistical manipulation; strain distributions; stress distribution; thermal analysis tools; thermally-insulated district-heating pipelines; user-friendly thermal template;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

CAD (Computer Aided Design) Tools for Thermal Management, IEE Colloquium on (Digest No.027)

Conference_Location

London

Type

conf

Filename

230765