exunit#

SpecialPurpose.exunit(ldtype='', load='', untype='', name='', **kwargs)#

Specifies the interface data unit labels to be written to the profile file from Mechanical APDL to Ansys CFX transfer.

Mechanical APDL Command: EXUNIT

Parameters:
ldtypestr

Load type:

  • SURF - Surface load.

  • VOLU - Volumetric load.

loadstr

Surface loads:

  • DISP - Displacement in a static analysis. Mode shape in a modal analysis.

  • TIME - Time. The unit for frequency is the inverse of the unit for time.

  • MASS - Mass.

  • TEMP - Temperature.

  • HFLU - Heat flux.

Volumetric loads:

  • DISP - Displacement.

  • FORC - Force

  • HGEN - Heat generation

untypestr

Unit type:

  • COMM - Predefined unit

  • USER - User-specified unit

namestr

Commonly used predefined unit name or user-specified unit name.

  • SI - International System of units (meter-kilogram-second) (default)

  • FT - English System of units (feet-pound-second)

In the SI system, surface loads are in units of m for DISP, degrees K for TEMP, and W/m 2 for HFLU; volumetric loads are in units of m for DISP, N/m 3 for FORC, and W/m 3 for HGEN.

In the English system, surface loads are in units of ft for DISP, degrees F for TEMP, and BTU/sec-ft 2 for HFLU; volumetric loads are in units of ft for DISP, pdl/ft 3 for FORC, and BTU/sec-ft 3 for HGEN. A pdl is a poundal, and 32.174 pdl = 1 lbf.

Notes

This command only specifies which unit labels are to be written to the file when the exprofile is issued. It does not perform unit conversions.