Articles techniques et présentations

Based on the example of a bobbin tool Friction Stir Welding process model a technique to model thermal processes with a moving geometry in COMSOL is introduced. The described approach allows modeling the transient temperature fields in setups that are governed by a large relative movement of different parts of the geometry. The movement of the tool is realized in a sequence of discrete time steps. Between any two time steps there is an intermediate step in which automatic geometry regeneration, remeshing and mapping is performed. The mapping of the results is done using two temporary meshes. One represents the static part of the model and the other one the dynamic part to be moved.