2. Interpreting the results

The aim is to verify that the result obtained at each moment of the thermo-mechanical transition of the first simulation is identical to the result obtained with the second simulation.

The validation is carried out by the comparison between the fields calculated at each step of the transient on the one hand and the result of a mechanical calculation on the other hand, the reference value being the component of the field extracted at a given moment \(i\) from the first thermo-mechanical simulation carried out over NCAL moments. The calculated value is the one obtained at the end of the mechanical calculation \(i+1\) of the loop on the NCAL.