Unexpected Mirroring Glitch - Thermal Steady-State Analysis

Cheeraxe1999

I have experienced an odd glitch while using MecWay's Thermal Steady-State Function, particularly in regards to FEA on
heated pipe segments. The problem involves a segment of pipeline insulated with fiberglass, heated by a thermal resistance cable. When I performed the analysis, the software not only mapped the temperatures around the cable, but also mirrored those temperatures on the other side of the pipe. Is this a glitch, or just my inexperience causing me to make an error?

Victor

It's because one of the bonded contacts is connecting the Trace part to the opposite side of the pipe. If you click the bonded contact in the outline tree, it shows lines crossing the diameter. You should remove the opposite part of the pipe from the slave surface.

EDIT: Since the Trace part has smaller elements, that should be the slave. That will cause it to connect continuously along its entire surface as well as only to the nearest part of the pipe. So by swapping the surfaces, there's no need to remove the opposite side from the selection.

Cheeraxe1999

Thank you!