Tips on FEA of welds using ANSYS

[Thane]

Does anyone have any tips regarding how to constrain and model welds using ANSYS? I am working on a project in which I need to determine the induced thermal stresses in a weld between two dissimilar metals with different coefficients of thermal expansion.

 

The place to get this information is at

http://www.lincolnelectric.com/services/<br>

Go to the "Ask The Experts". They have the answers you need.

 

[Irwin]

What do you want to calculate? Fatigue life? In this case go to <A HREF="

http://www.femfat.com"

TARGET="_new">

http://www.femfat.com</A>

or ask <A HREF="mailto:christian.gaier@ecs.steyr.com">christian.gaier@ecs.steyr.com</A><br>
Other possibility is <A HREF="mailto:joe@nabi.hu">joe@nabi.hu</A> or <A HREF="mailto:kerekes@nabi.hu">kerekes@nabi.hu</A><br>