This model is applicable to 2D element type such as Shell, Plane Stress and 2D Geogrid. Users can define different values of stiffness along each direction, so can define geometrically orthotropic with significant different stiffness in horizontal and vertical direction.

[Parameters]

Thermal

Conductivity: the ability to conduct thermal energy.

Specific Heat: the amount of heat required to raise single unit mass of a substance by single temperature unit. (required for transient heat transfer problems)

Heat Generation Factor: the value of the heat load multiplied by the exothermic coefficient used as the load vector for heat transfer analysis is the total exothermic load applied to the object.

[Engineering example for geometrical orthotropic]