Computational Welding Mechanics

COMPUTATIONAL WELDING MECHANICS a - Springer COMPUTATIONAL WELDING MECHANICS John A. Goldak Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Carleton University, Ottawa Canada Mehdi Akhlaghi Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran Iran Visiting Professor at Carleton University, Ottawa Canada GI - Springer Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN-10: 0-387-23287-7 ISBN-13: 978-0387-23287-4 e-ISBN 0-387-23288-5 Printed on acid-free paper. O 2005 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now know or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks and similar terms, even if the are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed in the United States of America. SPIN 11054023 Table of Contents Chapter I: Introduction 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Introduction and Synopsis Brief history of computational welding mechanics Mechanical behavior of welds Major objective of this book References Chapter 11: Computer Simulation of Welding Processes 2.1 2.2 2.2.1 2.2.2 Introduction and Synopsis The Computing Environment Computational Geometry Models for Welding