Form: Area Material Temperature
Each area object can be assigned an object material temperature. This is the temperature at which temperature dependent properties are evaluated for the object. Temperature dependent properties are internal to the program.
Select the area objects for which a material temperature is to be specified.
Click the Advanced > Assign > Areas > Material Temperatures command to access the Area Material Temperature form. The material temperature can be a uniform temperature for the object or an average of the temperature for the joints as applied using a joint pattern.
Temperature. Enter a temperature value in the Temperature edit box to specify a uniform temperature for the object . Be sure that the Joint Pattern drop-down list is blank.
Joint Pattern drop-down list. Enter a temperature value in the Temperature edit box and then select the joint pattern. With this option CSiBridge uses a uniform temperature that is the average of the joint values.
The properties at this fixed temperature are used for all analyses regardless of any temperature changes experienced by the object during loading.
See Also
Display- Show Miscellaneous Assigns - Area