NEiNastran for Windows

Module NE-L1 (Linear Static, Steady-State Heat Transfer)

Overview
The NE-L1 package brings the extremely
powerful linear capabilities of NASTRAN to
your desktop. It contains the full array of
NASTRAN element types and material
models and serves as the foundation for the
other available NASTRAN modules.

Solution Types:
• Linear Static Analysis
• Linear Steady State Heat Transfer
Analysis
• Thermal Stress and Deflection Analysis
• Composite Laminate Analysis
• Mass Properties Analysis
• Cable
• Inertial Relief
• Spot weld (CWELD)
• Quadrilateral and triangular plates (6
Capabilities: DOF/Node), membranes, shells, shear
Element Features: panels
• Material properties include: temperature • Solids (four, five, and six-sided up to 20
and stress dependent isotropic, nodes)
orthotropic, anisotropic, and laminated • Plane stress, plane strain
composite material models • Spring, mass, and damper
• Robust shell and solid elements give • Coupled spring and damper
accurate results even with high skew
• Contact elements (gap, slide line,
angles, large aspect ratios, and when
surface-to-surface)
used in a coarse mesh
• Weld option for contact surfaces
• Both element and grid point stresses
• Rigid general form, rigid rod, rigid bar,
can be output in any coordinate system
and rigid plate
with one simple command
• Interpolation
• Automatic mid-side edge node option for
solid elements • Conduction
• Automatic vertex drill degree of freedom • Capacitance
for shell elements • Boundary surface
• Automatic correction for improperly
defined rigid and interpolation elements Solution Features:
• Automatic correction of improperly • Model size limited by available disk
defined parabolic solid elements space only
• Extensive checkout procedures • Extremely fast sparse direct and
iterative (PCGLSS) equation solvers
Element Library: reduces solution times from hours to
seconds
• Rod
• Automatic stiffness singularity detection
• Tube
and correction
• Bar
• Decomposition mechanism detection
• Pipe
and correction
• Tapered beam
• Solution error measure

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Loads and Boundary Conditions: Output Features:
• Nodal forces and moments • Direct support for FEMAP results import
• Pressure loads using either Binary or ASCII FEMAP
• Gravity and centrifugal neutral file interface
• Rotational acceleration and velocity • Results import support for other FEA
• Single and multipoint constraints and CAD applications using the
• Symmetric, antisymmetric, axisymmetric NASTRAN Output 2 or PATRAN 2.5
boundary conditions neutral file interface
• Multiple loading and boundary condition • Detailed tabular results output file
subcases • Results measures include: energy,
• Thermal loading and stress recovery stresses, strains, forces, reactions,
• Isotropic and anisotropic thermal displacements, velocities, accelerations,
conductivity heat fluxes, thermal gradients,
• Temperature dependant internal heat temperatures, enthalpies, grid point
generation force balance, global stiffness, mass,
• Temperature dependent heat transfer and damping matrixes, solution and
coefficient mesh error estimates, element and grid
point results
• Radiation and convection loads
• Automatic and user definable measure
• Surface normal heat flux
sorting for handling multiple load case
• Grid point nodal power
results
• 2D or 3D interpolation of input,
• Powerful grid and element set generator
temperature, displacements, forces,
for generating sets that can be used to
moments, and pressure loads
control output, define measure
coordinate systems, generate grid point
Material Properties:
temperatures, and define measure sort
• Isotropic commands
• Orthotropic • Shell and solid element corner stress
• Anisotropic and strain output
• Temperature-dependent • Grid point weight generator with
complete mass properties
Performance and Control Features: • Stress discontinuity / convergence error
• Uses the most current advances in finite calculation
element technology • Element and grid point stress, strain,
• Extensive error checking at all stages of heat flux, and thermal gradients can be
execution output in any coordinate system
including: material, grid point, basic, and
Direct Matrix Input Grid (DMIG) Support: global
• Stiffness matrix import and export • Intermediate bar and beam element
• Conductivity matrix import and export output
• Mass matrix import and export • Composite failure index and strength
• Load vector import and export ratio output
• Composite sandwich material stability
Model Reduction: index
• Static condensation • Automatic generation of structural
• Export reduced stiffness matrix using temperatures for direct modeler import
DMIG format or structural analysis
• Heat flow into heat boundary elements
Global Matrix Output:
• Stiffness matrix Editor:
• Conductivity matrix • Fully integrated and customizable
• Mass matrix Nastran Editor controls program
operation and provides results summary
data through an easy to use GUI

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NASTRAN is a registered trademark of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Windows is a registered
trademark of the Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
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taught by experienced professional
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• Optional consulting services available

2003 NE, Noran Engineering, Inc. NE, NE/, and NEi logo are Registered Trademarks of Noran Engineering, Inc.
NASTRAN is a registered trademark of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Windows is a registered
trademark of the Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.