33.4.21 Orthotropic Conductivity Dialog Box

The Orthotropic Conductivity dialog box allows you to define an orthotropic thermal conductivity for a solid material. This dialog box will open when you select 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

Direction 0 Components, Direction 1 Components   specify the directions $\hat{\bf e}_\xi$ and $\hat{\bf e}_\eta$ in Equation  8.5-11 as X,Y,Z vectors. For 2D cases, only Direction 0 Components will appear.

Conductivity 0, Conductivity 1, Conductivity 2   specify $(k_\xi)$, $(k_\eta)$, and $(k_\zeta)$ in Equation  8.5-11 as constant, polynomial, piecewise-linear, or piecewise-polynomial functions of temperature. For 2D cases, only Conductivity 0 and Conductivity 1 will appear.

Edit...   opens the appropriate dialog box for input of a temperature-dependent conductivity. (This button will be unavailable if you specify a constant conductivity.)