Virtual Thermal Reliability Lab

Course Duration: 2 Days

Prerequisites

None

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for any engineer involved or interested in thermal reliability prediction. Prior experience with STAR-CCM+ is strongly recommended but not required.

Course Description

The purpose of this course is to teach the techniques needed to conduct thermal reliability analyses using STAR-CCM+. The course is structured as a combination of lectures and workshops (tutorials). We begin with a review of steady-state and transient conjugate heat transfer analyses, including conduction, convection and radiation. Thermal stress analysis using STAR-CCM+ is then discussed and several analyses are performed. Next, an overview of optimization and process automation is provided and a simple optimization analysis is performed using JAVATM macros. The course concludes with several worked examples of analyses involving reliability prediction and optimization.

Course Content

Day 1

• Lecture: Combined Fluid and Thermal Analysis CHT
• Workshop: Steady Conjugate Heat Transfer Analysis of an EGR Cooler
• IWorkshop: Transient Electronics Cooling Analysis with Thermal Radiation
• Lecture: Thermal Stress Analysis Options with STAR-CCM+
• Workshop: Steady Thermal Stress Analysis of an EGR Cooler
• Workshop: Transient Thermal Stress Analysis of an Electronics Package

• Lecture: Introduction to Process Automation and Optimization
• Workshop: Simple Optimization Analysis using JAVA™ Macros
• Lecture: Putting It All Together: Thermal Reliability Analysis with STAR-CCM+
• Workshops: Steady Thermal Reliability Analysis: Turbine Blade Cooling, EGR Cooler or Engine Cylinder Head
• Workshops: Transient Thermal Reliability Analysis: Turbocharger, Exhaust Manifold or Electronics Cooling