Reply To: Modeling Weld for 3D simulation.

[Kaushal Vadnere]

Hi Vinay,
To include weld in your simulation, You can use "Weld" in Controls panel of the Mesh tab in Ansys Mechanical. Follow these steps:
1. Set 'Mesh Based Connections' to YES inside Batch connections in the details of Mesh.
2. Right click on Mesh > Insert > Weld.
3. In the details of Weld, scope Top Faces, Bottom Faces and Edges on which you need the welds. In the defintitions, you can set parameters like weld length, pitch, no. of welds, etc.
4. These welds will be created as mesh based connections, you can add these welds to a Named selection, and use this named selection as scope in your general post processing objects such as Equivalent Von-Mises Stress, Total deformation, etc. 
Let me know if this helps.
Thanks.

For more details on weld controls refer to this article in Ansys Help Document: Weld
If you are unable to access the hlep document using above link, refer to this thread: How to access the ANSYS Online Help
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