33.4.20 Cylindrical Orthotropic Conductivity Dialog Box

The Cylindrical Orthotropic Conductivity dialog box allows you to define an orthotropic thermal conductivity in cylindrical coordinates. This dialog box will open when you select cyl-orthotropic in the drop-down list next to Thermal Conductivity in the Create/Edit Materials dialog box. See Section  8.5.5 for details about the items below.

Controls

Axis Origin   allows you to specify the origin of the cylindrical coordinate system.

X, Y   specify the X, Y and Z (for three dimensional system) coordinates.

Axis Direction   (3D only) allows you to specify the direction of the axis.

X, Y   specify 1 against the direction of the axis.

Radial Conductivity   specifies the conductivity in the radial direction.

Tangential Conductivity   specifies the conductivity in the tangential direction.

Axial Conductivity   (3D only) specifies the conductivity in the axial direction.