thermal-analysis

# Thermal Analysis Skill ## Purpose The Thermal Analysis skill provides comprehensive capabilities for thermal management design and heat transfer analysis in mechanical engineering applications, enabling systematic evaluation of temperature distributions, thermal gradients, and heat dissipation across conduction, convection, and radiation heat transfer modes. ## Capabilities - Steady-state and transient thermal analysis setup - Conduction path modeling and optimization - Natural and forced convection coefficient estimation - Radiation view factor and enclosure analysis - Heat sink sizing and optimization - Thermal interface material selection - Electronic cooling analysis (Icepak, FloTHERM) - Thermal resistance network modeling ## Usage Guidelines ### Heat Transfer Mode Analysis #### Conduction Analysis 1. **Thermal Conductivity** - Material property assignment - Anisotropic conductivity for composites - Temperature-dependent properties 2. **Conduction Path Modeling** - Identify primary heat flow paths - Calculate thermal resistances in series/parallel - Optimize cross-sectional areas 3. **Contact Resistance** - Include interface thermal resistance - Specify TIM (thermal interface material) properties - Consider surface roughness effects #### Convection Analysis 1. **Natural Convection** - Correlations: Vertical plate, horizontal plate, enclosure - Calculate Grashof and Rayleigh numbers - Orientation-dependent coefficients 2. ...