{"id":395593,"date":"2024-11-27T23:15:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T23:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/welding-simulation-problem-initial-conditions-and-mesh-contraction\/"},"modified":"2024-11-27T23:15:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T23:15:52","slug":"welding-simulation-problem-initial-conditions-and-mesh-contraction","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/welding-simulation-problem-initial-conditions-and-mesh-contraction\/","title":{"rendered":"Welding Simulation Problem Initial Conditions and mesh contraction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hello!&lt;br&gt;I am performing a welding simulation between two plates, but when the heat flux passes through, the mesh does not contract back again. I am using the Moving Heat Flux extension in order to establish the path and the conditions of the heat flux. I have tried using a final Temperature, adding convection to the welding fillet, adding extra time to the simulation after the moving heat flux is done; but nothing works. So far, I have been able to find optimal temperature distribution but the problem is once I try to calculate the residual stresses.&lt;br&gt;Also, the simulation actually has three welding fillets (one after the other), but I havent been able to establish the initial conditions of residual stresses for the last paths after the first ones.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I really need help.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Best regards.&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-395593","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_topic_id":["395593"],"_bbp_author_ip":["157.253.218.86"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["478888","20905"],"_btv_view_count":["103"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_subscription":["20905"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["395854"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["395854"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-11-30 17:04:27"]},"test":"je-diazauniandes-edu-co"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/395593","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\/395593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}