Thermal Analysis Software Harvard Thermal Solaria Thermal Modeling FEA

Description

Thermal Analysis Software from Harvard Thermal, now known as Solaria
includes Software on CD, User Manual, and Key (DB-25)
Excerpt from user manual:
"TAS is a general-purpose tool used to computer-simulate thermal problems. The program provides an integrated, graphical and interactive environment to the user. A single environment provides model generation, execution and post processing of the results. T AS is easy to use, utilizing a standard Windows interface, dialog boxes for easy entry of data and prompts to lead the user through each step. Colors provide quick feedback of element types and properties and temperature results. Models are generated using a set of elements. Full three-dimensional geometry can be created using two dimensional plate and three-dimensional brick and tetrahedron elements. Convection, radiation and fluid flow elements are provided. Resistance can be added using resistor elements. Properties can be temperature, temperature difference, time and time cyclic dependent. Heat loads can be added on a nodal, surface or volumetric basis.
Models generated can be subjected to various environments and thermal loads. The models can be used to determine the feasibility of a design or to determine problem areas. Geometry, thermal properties and parameters of the model can be easily changed to determine their effect. The design can be thermally optimized and characterized before incurring the expense of building and testing a prototype. TAS uses a finite difference solution to solve the model. This offers the versatility to easily create complex models involving many of the nonlinear cases often encountered. These include fluid flow, radiation, temperature dependent thermal conductivity and heat transfer coefficients which can be a function of temperature difference. Models represented by literally tens of thousands of thermal resistors can be quickly solved on the PC.
The accuracy of the software has been proven over the past years. The results of numerous models have been compared to classical solutions and the results of other programs such as MSC/NASTRAN, ANSYS and SINDA. The program is written entirely in the C++ language. This ensures speed in the graphics and the solution. The program dynamically and efficiently allocates PC memory and allocates only the memory necessary for the particular model being generated."