SOLIDWORKS has two thermal analysis tools available. The first comes from SOLIDWORKS Simulation Pro (an FEA tool) and the second comes from SOLIDWORKS Flow (a CFD tool). This webinar from GoEngineer and Andrew Smith covers the differences and provides some tools for deciding which tools would work for your needs and which may be best for you. Two examples are given demonstrating cases where the tools are particularly useful.
Presenter: Andrew Smith, Simulation Specialist at GoEngineer
1:00 What is Thermal Analysis
2:28 FEA vs CFD
3:07 Overview of Examples
4:43 SOLIDWORKS Simulation and Flow as Integrated tools
5:45 FEA Setup
6:43 CFD Setup
8:43 FEA Thermal and Stress Results
10:10 FEA vs CFD Thermal Results Comparison
10:57 CFD Results Example
12:29 CFD in Non-Ideal Cases
13:48 Should I choose CFD or FEA Question List
13:55 FEA or CFD Flow Chart
Products Mentioned:
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation: www.goengineer.com/solidworks...
SOLIDWORKS Simulation: www.goengineer.com/solidworks...
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