Thermal Expansion of a Laminated Composite Shell with Thermal Contact, Interface

Application ID: 90771


This example uses the thermal expansion of a laminated composite shell model to demonstrate the use of the feature Thermal Contact, Interface, applied on interfaces between layers in a laminated composite shell. The first study is computed neglecting this additional thermal resistance in the heat transfer model. Then, in a second study, a thermal contact resistance due to an air gap with a thickness about 1/10 of the layer thickness is taken into account. Results show moderate differences between the two approaches, the maximum values for temperature and stress fields increase in the second study.

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