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112 ©2023 ANSYS, Inc. Coupled-Field Link Element (LINK228) • Currently supported physics: structural, thermal, electric • Extended to support 3-node higher order element • Better accuracy with fewer elements. Desired for large scale coupled-field simulations where computational resource can be critical. 112 2-Node Linear 3-Node Quadratic -80 -75 -70 -65 -60 -55 -50 -45 -40 -35 -30 0 5 10 15 20 25 Temerature (C) Time (s) Low-order High-order Thermo-electric analysis (Peltier cooler) Structural-thermal analysis 2-Node Linear 3-Node Quadratic