



1) Scroll down in the Model Browser, right click on Load Steps and select Create Coupled Loadstep.
2) For Name (Title) enter Coupled.
3) For Analysis Type select Steady State Heat Transfer for Thermal Substeps and Nonlinear Static for the Structures Substeps.
4) Click OK.
5) Right click on LBC Container of the Thermal Substeps.
6) Select Lbc Set.
7) Select Thermal in the model browser LBC set list.
8) Click OK.
9) Right click on LBC Container of the Structures Substeps.
10) Select Lbc Set.
11) Select Structural in the model browser LBC set list.
12) Click OK.
13) Right click on Output Request in the Coupled Loadstep.
14) Select Nodal Output Request.
15) Select Create Temperature output Request.
16) Check suppress Print box on.
17) Click OK.
18) Right click on Output Request in the Coupled Loadstep.
19) Select Nodal Output Request.
20) Select Create Displacement output Request.
21) Check suppress Print box on.
22) Click OK.







1) Right click on Output Request in the Coupled Load Step.
2) Select elemental Output Request.
3) Select Create Sol 400 Nonlinear Stress output Request.
4) Select Components of Cauchy Stress and Thermal Strain in the Stress and Strain NLOUT.
5) Select Total Temperature in the Temperature NLOUT.
6) Select Equivalent von Mises Stress in the Equivalents NLOUT.
7) Click OK.



1) In the coupled Load Steps, double click on LoadStep Control.
2) Select convergence Criteria for mechanical Analysis.
3) Check Displacement Criteria box on.
4) Set Displacement Tolerance enter 0.01.
5) Check Load Criteria box on.
6) Set 0.01.
7) Check Vector Component Checking Box on.
8) Click Apply.
9) Select convergence Criteria for heat transfer.
10) Check Temperature Criteria box on.
11) Set Temperature Tolerance enter 0.01.
12) Check Heat Flux Criteria box on.
13) Set 1e-5.
14) Click Apply.
15) Click Close.


1) Under the Results tab, click Fringe in the Results group.
2) Select Time = 1 under Result Cases.
3) Scroll down to select Nonlinear Stresses,Stress tensor under Result type.
4) Select Von Mises under derivation.
5) Select Deformation.
6) Select Time = 1 under Result Cases.
7) Select Displacements, Translational.
8) Under Deformation TAB Activate Relative Deformation.
9) Click UPDATE.



