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A value or expression for Temperature T, specifying the temperature distribution of the rigid connector. Any spatial variation must be an explicit function of the material frame coordinates. It is not possible to use a computed temperature distribution.
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The Coefficient of thermal expansion α. As a default, values From material are used. This requires that a material has been assigned to the boundaries of the rigid connector selection.
For User defined select Isotropic, Diagonal or Symmetric to enter one or more components for a general coefficient of thermal expansion tensor α. When a nonisotropic coefficient of thermal expansion is used, the axis orientations are given by the coordinate system selected in the Coordinate System Selection section. |
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A value or expression for the Volume reference Temperature Tref which is the temperature at which there are no thermal displacements in the rigid connector.
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