Apply the Loads

  1. Right-click on Loads under Subcase 1 and choose New.
  2. Enter NLssht Loads under Name.
  3. Select Heat Flux from the Type drop-down menu and select the inside surfaces for Flange 2 and all four tubes that make up the hole. The surfaces are highlighted in blue in the image below.

  4. Under Load Definition enter 0.035 for Heat Flux and make sure that Subcase 1 is highlighted so that the load is automatically added to Subcase 1.

  5. Click New button to define another load.
  6. Enter Convection under Name.
  7. Select Convection from the Type drop-down menu.
  8. Select one of the sides that make up the thickness of Flange 2 and select all the tangent surfaces to the surfaces already selected. Continue to select the surfaces of Flange 1 and 2 facing the tubes, as well as the exterior surfaces of the tubes. The surfaces that should be selected are shown below.

  9. Enter a Convection Coefficient value of 3.858E-5 BTU / (sec·in2·°F) and an Ambient Temperature of 70 °F.
  10. Make sure that Subcase 1 is highlighted so that the load is automatically added to Subcase 1.

  11. Click OK to complete the loads definition.

  12. Click New button to define another load.
  13. When the Load dialog appears again, enter Initial Temperature in the Name field and select Initial Condition from the Type drop-down menu. Temperature should appear in the Sub Type drop-down. Then enter 70 under Temperature in the Load Definition section. This defines the initial temperature of the body and you are assuming that it is the temperature of the ambient air surrounding it.
  14. Select Subcase 1 so that this load is automatically added to Subcase 1.

  15. Click OK.