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In MPM calculations, the Temperature
command sets temperature temperature boundary conditions to selected nodes. In FEA calculations, the Temperature
command sets temperature of all nodes.
The Temperature
command sets temperature conditions to all nodes selected by the GridBC command that encloses it:
Temperature (style),(value),<(time)>
where (style) specifies the style of the applied temperature. Each temperature depends on two parameters specified by arguments (value)
and (time)
. If either argument is not supplied, they are set to zero. The standard units are degrees K for (value)
and alt time units for (time)
(but the units may change depending on the (style)
setting).
The Temperature
command sets temperature conditions to all nodes:
Temperature (temp)
where (temp)
is a user-defined function that gives the temperature on each node as a function of the coordinates of the node. The calculation will have residual stresses if it is a composite having materials with different thermal expansion coefficients or if the temperature field is non-uniform.