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4. Conclusion and outlook
The simulation of welding processes is of interest to a wide range of companies in different sectors, with diverse expectations that may be oriented towards problems of strength, distortion, or both.
Over and above the choice of software, welding simulation requires the development of a methodology tailored to expectations. For several years now, PSA has been concentrating on implementing this methodology, and more generally on developing, evolving and validating its welding simulation methodology.
Thanks to this methodological approach, we are now in a position to carry out calculations on industrial cases to address issues of both process development and mechanical strength of the assembly. Admittedly, given the many simplifications involved in modeling, the results remain more qualitative than quantitative, even if overall accuracy is...
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Bibliography
Software tools
JMatPro: software for calculating properties (thermal, metallurgical, mechanical...) of steels, cast irons, aluminum alloys, titanium... Website of the publisher, Sente Software http://www.sentesoftware.co.uk/jmatpro.aspx
DANTE: ABAQUS-coupled library of routines to take metallurgical phenomena into account...
Websites
http://hts.asminternational.org ASM International/Heat Treating Society website, with books, articles and information on heat treatment, steels and welding.
http://pastel.paristech.org/ Virtual library of theses defended at the Grandes Ecoles in Paris....
Events
SNS (Simulation Numérique du Soudage) conference, organized annually by the AFM (Association Française de Mécanique): information on http://www.afm.asso.fr then on "Presentation of the AFM", "Working groups", "Numerical simulation of welding", or directly on the following link:
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