{"id":160144,"date":"2021-07-06T09:34:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T09:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/what-is-ansys-doing-with-element-birth-and-death-elements\/"},"modified":"2021-07-08T07:21:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T07:21:05","slug":"what-is-ansys-doing-with-element-birth-and-death-elements","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/what-is-ansys-doing-with-element-birth-and-death-elements\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Ansys doing with Element Birth and Death Elements?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Item-Body\">\n<div class=\"Message userContent\">\n<p>Hello everybody, <\/p>\n<p>I wanted to do a transient thermal simulation about an geometry element that is removed and later on re-introduced (with a different temperature) in the simulation. I use Ansys Mechanical. <\/p>\n<p>To get the simulation done I use the element birth and death technique: &#039;<\/p>\n<p>Step 1: Thermal analysis with active element, <\/p>\n<p>Step 2 &quot;without&quot; this element, more or less the same simulation <\/p>\n<p>When I checked the solution for the removed element I found something weird: <\/p>\n<div class=\"embedExternal embedImage\">\n<div class=\"embedExternal-content\">\n<a class=\"embedImage-link\" href=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/forum-uploads\/337\/L4RH3Q3FT2OC.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"embedImage-img\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/forum-uploads\/337\/L4RH3Q3FT2OC.png\" alt=\"weird-temp-brickdeath.png\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-160144","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-element-birth-and-death","topic-tag-temperature","topic-tag-transient-thermal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_author_ip":[""],"_bbp_old_reply_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_reply_anonymous_id":["false"],"_btv_view_count":["4453"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_bbp_subscription":["248098"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["160144"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["166004","206495"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["184631"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["184631"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2021-07-08 07:21:05"]},"test":"anikohlhas-info"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/160144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/160144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}