How to perform TIG welding , with a moving heat source Analysis in Ansys Workbench ?

11 November 2016 1 2K Report

I know to use Ansys Fluent only. Is that possible to perform the above analysis in Fluent or should I go for CFX/Multi-physics/Transient-thermal

Jagannadha Rao V N J Dhanyamraju

ANSYS APDL will help you. You can program any moving heat source Gaussian type or double ellipsoidal type

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