Method and system for modeling spot welds in a finite element analysis
US7640146B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 30, 2006 |
| Grant date | Dec 29, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 23, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F30/23
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A system, method and software product for modeling spot welds in a finite element analysis is described. The spots welds are represented by beam elements or solid elements in accordance with an indicator flag. The flag may also be specified as the number (e.g., an integer such as 1, 4, 8 or 16) of solid elements in a cluster representing spot weld. The solid elements may include, but not limited to, hexahedron, tetrahedron, and the likes. The number of solid elements and required nodes are generated for each spot weld based on the indicator flag. A table is formed to group the generated solid elements in a cluster together, so that the force and moment resultants of the spot weld can be computed and assembled in a file.
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