get the thermal conductivity of the material with pyaedt scripts

[aknsj]

Hi all, I am facing a problem while post-processing using pyaedt script. The issue is that I need the thermal conductivity of the material in my report, so I want to get the thermal conductivity of the material with pyaedt scripts.
I tried the code but it reports an error.

material_name = "plastic"
material_thermal_conductivity = ipk.materials[material_name].thermal_conductivity

I would like to know which pyaedt script I need to use to get the thermal conductivity of a material!
Looking forward to your reply. Thanks.

[Samuelopez-ansys]

@aknsj

I assume, the material "plastic" is used in your design, because if it is not, then you can not get it in the way you are trying:

If the material is defined like in the previous picture.

If the material is not defined in the design, you need to first load it,

app.materials.add_material("polyamide")

If the material name you pass exists in the AEDT library, then the material definition will be the same, if you pass a new name, you will create a dummy material, that you can customize later. This is how AEDT works:

Please let me know if this solves your questions.

[aknsj]

Thank you for your detailed reply. From your reply I not only learned the difference between whether the name I passed in exists in the material library or not while adding a material with pyaedt, but I also learned how to get the thermal conductivity of a material that has been created.
I successfully got the thermal conductivity value of the material using the following code for me to use in my report.

material_name_1 = "plastic"
material_name_2 = "new_material"
ipk.materials.add_material(material_name_1)
ipk.materials.add_material(material_name_2).thermal_conductivity = 0.1

material_thermal_conductivity = ipk.materials[material_name_1].thermal_conductivity.evaluated_value

Thank you very much for your reply which solved my problem!