{"id":356423,"date":"2024-03-11T15:38:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T15:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/weld-simulation-element-birth-and-death\/"},"modified":"2024-03-11T15:38:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T15:38:40","slug":"weld-simulation-element-birth-and-death","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/weld-simulation-element-birth-and-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Weld simulation, Element birth and death."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m trying to model weld distortion i have figured out the heat source but i cant figure out how to simulate adding filler material. from what i can read online some people use element birth death and then chop their weld up into smaller steps that get activated based on an time step seeing i want to model quite a few parts this would be a lot of work. So is there a way elements or nodes could be activated based on tempreature?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-356423","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-birth-death-element-control-1","topic-tag-metal","topic-tag-welding"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["73302","32680"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.52.43.81"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["1547"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["356423"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["32680","73302"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["356584"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["356584"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-03-12 10:04:11"]},"test":"stef-berkenbosgmail-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/356423","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\/356423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}