Abaqus has always been a software of choice for modeling welding in various industries. This eSeminar will highlight the capabilities of the Abaqus Welding Interface (AWI), including some recent enhancements that make realistic simulation of the welding process possible in Abaqus.
The Abaqus Welding Interface (AWI) places an emphasis on the ease of weld model preparation and setup while supporting options and features that allow realistic predictions of quantities of interest such as distortion and residual stresses. A flux-based energy input option using the Goldak double ellipsoid model is now available for use with the AWI.
Another significant enhancement takes advantage of the new, strain-free element activation technique developed by SIMULIA R&D that has applicability in many important areas, including welding. This new technique improves pre-processing and analysis performance significantly for models of processes involving material deposition such as welding and additive manufacturing. As a result, strain-free element activation is no longer a step-dependent feature.
Presenter
Murali Pandheeradi, SIMULIA Director, Technical Sales, SIMULIA Great Lakes
Murali Pandheeradi is a Technical Sales Director and Technical Expert located in the Cleveland office of SIMULIA Great Lakes. He has been with the organization for over 13 years. Murali received his Masters in Engineering Mechanics from Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai (India) and PhD in Computational Mechanics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. He has over twenty years of experience in theoretical and applied FEA, and has co-authored publications and presentations in the field. His areas of technical expertise include advanced material models, composites, fracture and fatigue (including XFEM) and Abaqus User Subroutines.
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