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November 30, 2024 at 5:04 pm
dlooman
Ansys Employee

It's a pretty difficult process to model.  Usually the birth and death capability is used when welds are actually being added to the model as opposed to just heating the base metal to a high temperature.  It's important that the weld bodies are given an elevated "Reference Temperature" so that they contract when they cool down.