Which unit settings are used for which properties
The following tables give an overview about which units settings are used where in Creo Elements/Direct Finite Element Analysis.
Material properties
PROPERTY
Units settings used in Creo Elements/Direct Finite Element Analysis
Density
DENSITY
Young's modulus
STRESS
Shear modulus
STRESS
Poisson's ratio
-
Thermal Analysis expansion coefficient
1 / TEMPERATURE-DIFFERENCE
Thermal Analysis conductivity
CONDUCTIVITY
Yield strength
STRESS
Ultimate strength
STRESS
Failure strength
STRESS
Specific heat
SPECIFIC_HEAT
Reference temperature
TEMPERATURE
Loads and boundary conditions
LBC
Units settings used in Creo Elements/Direct Finite Element Analysis
Mechanical LBC
Vertex force
FORCE
Edge force
FORCE / LENGTH
Face force
FORCE / LENGTH^2
Pressure
PRESSURE
Gravity
ACCELERATION
Acceleration
ACCELERATION
Spin
1 / TIME
Thermal LBC
Reference temperature
TEMPERATURE
Model temperature
TEMPERATURE
Ambient temperature
TEMPERATURE
Film coefficient
FILM_COEFFICIENT
Vertex heatflow
HEATFLOW
Edge heatflow
HEATFLOW / LENGTH
Face heatflow
HEATFLOW / LENGTH^2
Heat generation
HEATFLOW / LENGTH^3
Vertex fixed temperature
TEMPERATURE
Edge fixed temperature
TEMPERATURE
Face fixed temperature
TEMPERATURE
Results datasets
DATASET
Units settings used in Creo Elements/Direct Finite Element Analysis
Stress
STRESS
Displacements
LENGTH
Strain
-
Strain energy
ENERGY
Strain energy density
ENERGY / LENGTH^3
Temperatures
TEMPERATURE
Heat flux
HEATFLUX
Thermal Analysis gradient
TEMPERATURE-DIFFERENCE / LENGTH
Boundary convection
HEATFLOW
Applied flow
HEATFLOW
Error
%
Px(y,z) order
-
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