Conduction and thermal stress
Use steady-state thermal conduction independently or couple temperature to linear thermoelastic response.
Trace heat from boundary conditions to structural response.
Solve steady-state heat conduction with explicit material properties and thermal boundary conditions, then use the resulting temperature field in a coupled thermal-stress analysis without leaving the model workflow.
Parallel finite-element execution
DOLFINx and MFEM support the common thermal paths, while Kratos provides an additional thermal-only backend.
Temperature, flux, and stress
Inspect temperature and heat-flux fields, then review displacement and stress for coupled thermoelastic models.
Model Contract
Thermal data remains explicit and local to the model.
Material properties and thermal conditions stay attached to persistent CAD volumes and surfaces, while solver choices remain separate from the physical setup.
Thermal materials
Assign conductivity, density, and heat capacity per volume. Thermoelastic models additionally use expansion coefficient and reference temperature.
CAD-bound conditions
Apply fixed temperature, heat flux, convection, or adiabatic conditions to CAD surfaces once. TorsoCAE maps them onto each generated mesh, so refinement and mesh comparisons reuse the same thermal setup.
Coupled response
Thermal stress uses the computed temperature field as the structural strain driver. True CHT additionally exchanges temperature and heat flux between separate flowing-fluid and conducting-solid domains.
Reproducible execution
Backend, solver, material values, conditions, and report requests remain visible in the generated Python journal.
From thermal loads to engineering fields.
Build and replay the same workflow through the UI, a Python journal, or Sesame.
01 GeometryImport or create the solids that conduct heat.
02 MeshResolve geometric and thermal gradients.
03 MaterialsAssign conductivity and coupled properties.
04 ConditionsApply temperature, flux, convection, or insulation.
05 InspectReview thermal fields and coupled structural response.
4 published thermal benchmarks
Review thermal verification and validation evidence.
Review slab and cylindrical conduction, restrained thermal expansion, and bimetal-strip bending against exact or classical references, including measured errors, result data, and downloadable journals.
Review benchmark portfolio