PATRAN and P/THERMAL applications for thermal modeling. [SP-100 Ground Engineering Station]

Conference · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5419834

Valdiviez, R; Crea, B A

The standard that has been established over the last decade or so in performing numerical modeling for analysis purposes is to make creation of the computational grid and results presentation less time and effort consuming than the analysis function itself. Software packages known as pre- and post-processors have been developed and made available in various forms and sizes for the engineering analyst's use. These packages reduce the effort and time required of the analyst to perform pre- and post-operations on a given model. PATRAN is one such pre- and post-processing software package. PATRAN provides a large array of capabilities to enable geometric representation and creation of the analysis model. This software package also incorporates interfacing routines which enable a model created in PATRAN to be translated into the input format of many other analysis codes. This paper discusses the use of PATRAN as a pre- and post-processor and the software package P/THERMAL as the analysis code for the steady state and transient thermal analysis of a vacuum vessel. The design objective of the vessel is to duplicate the conditions of outer space and provide containment for a test nuclear reactor designed for space application. This objective creates a challenging thermal analysis effort. The use of P/THERMAL in meeting this challenge is also discussed. P/THERMAL's ability to facilitate and perform thermal analysis is recognized in this analysis task. 2 figs.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 5419834
• Report Number(s): WHC-SA-1076; CONF-9110196-1; ON: DE91017767
• Resource Relation: Conference: PATRAN users conference, Newport Beach, CA (United States), 1-3 Oct 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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