Simulating a chain of manufacturing processes using a geometry-based finite element code with adaptive meshing

摘要

Adaptive meshing is not only beneficial but also essential when simulating manufacturing processes. It can be used to reduce element distortions and to obtain accurate solutions in an efficient way. The versatility of combining different meshing capabilities when simulating a chain of manufacturing processes is demonstrated. The techniques have been implemented in a finite element code that is geometry oriented. This is convenient for the user and the additional complexity in the processing of the input file is compensated by the possibility to reuse this logic for transfer model definition data from old to new mesh.