Displays the corresponding thermal strain values when you type operating temperatures in the temperature fields. This is a read-only property.
Typical units (depending on your unit system):
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in/in
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mm/mm
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cm/cm
When the thermal expansion coefficients are not available in the material database, you can type thermal strain in the Temperature field if the absolute values are less than the Alpha Tolerance in the configuration. You can type up to nine thermal strain values in units of length/length in the temperature field on the Edit Operating Conditions dialog. The software displays these values in the Thermal Expansion fields.