THE POSSIBILITIES OF EFFECTIVE USE OF WELDING PROCESSES COMPUTATION TIME IN NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS BY SIMPLIFYING SPATIAL TASKS INTO PLANAR TASKS

摘要

This paper deals with reducing computation time during numerical simulation of welding processes. Simplification of spatial to planer task causes reduces the number of equations. Welding is defined as a technological process of joining materials by a permanent joint. Specialised software for welding and heat treatment of metals, Visual Weld, was used in the simulations. Visual Weld uses SYSWELD solver, which is based on a finite element method.