Welding Analysis

[superculero]

Hi,


Does anyone know something about making a static analysis of a welded joint more specifically a butt joint assembled by a SMAW process.


The structures application only has spot resistance meshing!


I`ve tried meshing the whole assembly but no luck. The maximum accomplishment i

 

[xenos]

hey superculero,

could you plz tell me how you modeled the welding in UG ?

coz I need to model it in UGNX4 and import it to Ansys for analysis.

you anyfeedback will be appreciable..

Thanks