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With over 25 years of experience in Finite Elements Simulations and Engineering Consulting, we collaborate with customers to provide the best in class expertise and solutions to their problems,

enabling them to succeed.

Simulating Process Conditions

• Working from CAD geometries represents the final state of a given product– Manufacturing is a process

where components are assembled at differing stress states• Thermal stresses• Deformed shapes

– Residual strain from manufacturing process may play a role in stress/strains of finished product

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Ansys Element Birth & Death• Ansys offers element birth and

death technology for process simulations– EKILL: The elements are set to an

extremely soft stiffness, essentially deactivated in the analysis but deforms with the other elements

– EALIVE: The elements original stiffness is restored and the elements have a zero stress state in the deformed state

4NOTE: Be sure to also deactivate surface loads

and kill contacts on bodies that are killed!

Contact Birth & Death

• Change the Type to Contact for Contact Element Birth/Death

• Select correct contact from Contact dropdown

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Thank you for your attention!

info@ozeninc.com (408) 732-46651210 E. Arques Ave.

Sunnyvale, CA 94085