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LaserWelding: avoiding Temperatures > 3500°C / Temperature break

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Hello everybody

with my modell i am simulating a process comparable to laser welding.

Depending on the track energy, that i use, keyhole effects can occur. (in the real process)
Me, i am not interested in simulating keyhole effects and i just want to simulate some kind of conduction mode welding with marangoni effects.

When i simulate high track energies, it is possible that the temperatures in the centre of the melt pool reach unrealistic values. (> 10,000 K)

How can i implement some kind of temperature break, if the choosen track energy is too high to avoid temperatures above 3500 K?

I tried to implement some kind of negative source that takes the energy out of the system when the temperature reached the defined temperature threshold. if(T[1/K]>3500, 10e15[W/m³],0[W/m³]) (something like this ...)

Does anybody know a more elegant solution?

Thank you very much

Michael



0 Replies Last Post Sep 4, 2014, 12:34 p.m. EDT
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