Finite Element Analysis of Weld Thermal Cycles Using ANSYSaims at transient analysis of welding thermal cycles and helps to determine the most optimum procedure that minimizes the extent of rework using ANSYS. Apart from explaining the basic size of the element, welding speed, the distance moved by the arc, it deals with the methods of simplification of complex three-dimensional analysis into cross sectional analysis and in-plane analysis. Five different cases involving different welding processes, heat input, arc shape, size of the element, speed of welding is presented. The detailed step by step calculation is followed by APDL program listing in ANSYS. Features: Provides useful background information on welding processes, thermal cycles and FEM using ANSYSIncludes step by step procedure for running the transient thermal analysis in welding - typical input and output using ANSYSExplores visualization of the position of the arc for various time steps and the corresponding arc heat values in FEM modelDiscusses analysis of advanced cases like dissimilar welding including running of two-dimensional analysis and three-dimensional analysisIncludes sample input and output from ANSYS software for different cases | Finite Element Analysis Of Weld Thermal Cycles Using Ansys by G. Ravichandran, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters