Multiphysics

Software In Action
Click to View	Steady Coupled Fluid Flow and Thermal Analysis and Transient Heat Transfer Analysis of a Minicaster Engineers at Solar Power Industries, Inc. used ALGOR software to optimize the design of their silicon ingot minicaster. A steady coupled fluid flow and thermal analysis provided the convective fluid flow and temperature results for the melting phase. In order to maximize ingot quality, multiple transient heat transfer analyses of the solidification process were conducted to determine the best placement and output power for the minicaster’s heaters.
Click to View	Transient Coupled Fluid Flow and Thermal Analysis of a Filter Assembly This filter assembly was modeled in SpaceClaim and then opened in ALGOR for a transient coupled fluid flow and thermal analysis, in order to determine the coupling effects of fluid flow and heat transfer. Velocity streamlines are shown to illustrate the flow pattern throughout the fluid domain.
	Steady Coupled Fluid Flow and Thermal Analysis of a Heat Exchanger A steady coupled fluid flow and thermal analysis of this closed-loop, liquid-filled heat exchanger was conducted. The model demonstrates the production of convective flow due to fluid buoyancy at varying temperatures as well as the effect of the resulting flow on the temperatre distribution.	56K   100K 250K
	Multiphysics Analysis of a Circuit Breaker This multiphysics simulation of a common single-pole residential circuit breaker combines electrostatic, transient heat transfer and Mechanical Event Simulation analyses to determine the trip time and behavior. When subjected to an overload condition, the bimetallic strip in the breaker deforms due to Joule heating and trips the mechanism to break the circuit.	56K   100K 250K
	Multiphysics Analysis of Exhaust Header A temperature distribution from a heat transfer analysis was coupled to a static stress analysis to determine the heat transfer stresses induced by heat from exhaust gases.	56K   100K 250K
	Multiphysics Simulation of Finned Heat Exchanger In this Multiphysics simulation of an aluminum heat exchanger, a steady-state heat transfer analysis was performed to determine the effect of forced convection on the temperature profile due to velocities from a fluid flow analysis.	56K   100K 250K
	Multiphysics Simulation of Spot Welding Process This Multiphysics simulation of a spot welding process used the current distribution obtained from an Electrostatic analysis to determine the temperature profile from Joule heating through a steady-state heat transfer analysis.	56K   100K 250K
	Multiphysics Analysis of Temperature Control Electrode Using multiphysics analysis software from ALGOR, engineers at Gyrus Medical, Ltd. determined the temperature and thermal stress distribution for this temperature control electrode, which was modeled in Solid Edge. The electrode typically heats soft tissue during arthroscopic surgical procedures.	56K   100K 250K
	Multiphysics Analysis of a Tank Cylinder Head Adiabatics, Inc. used multiphysics analysis to locate a critically-stressed region between the two exhaust valves in this US Army tank engine cylinder head. As a result, design changes were proposed to increase the reliability of the engine in combat operation.	56K   100K 250K
	Multiphysics Analysis of HVAC Inlet Unsteady fluid flow and static stress analyses were coupled to predict the stress on the louvers at the front of an HVAC air inlet duct.	56K   100K 250K
	Multiphysics Analysis of Holding Tank This multiphysics analysis of a holding tank clearly shows the relationship of fluid flow and static stress analyses with linear material models.	56K   100K 250K