thermal simulation piston ansys

[filo87]

hello to all and compliments for the site!
I am a university student and I was asked to perform a thermal analysis of a piston as thesis using ansys. Unfortunately the prof who assigned me the assignment cannot use ansys and so I have to learn alone. so I press that "use" ansys only for a few days. I would therefore need some information:
1) to perform the analysis should I use the workbench? and what's the difference between workbench and the other? (excuse me but nn know what it is called)
2) I set the various temperatures in the corresponding phases of the piston going into transitional thermal/initial conditions, analysis setting and temperature but I do not know if it is a correct simulation of what happens in the cylinder
3) how do I impose the cylinder sliding constraints in the cylinder shirt and in the connecting pin?

Thank you all!

 

[filo87]

I could use ansys these days and now I begin to understand. I still have some doubts. workbench is suitable for making thermal simulation of a piston? In fact in simulation I set the various phases and the relative temperatures but I do not know if it can be corrected because I did not set the sliding constraints in the cylinder and the spindle. should not the image appear at the end with the various temperatures reached in the phases by the piston? Should I use cfx? Thank you very much and I hope you answer me. .