My ADPL weld simulation is 4x hotter than it should be
Im trying to simulate a bead weld on Ansys transient thermal, and I’m trying to verify my results against a published paper.
I’ve inputted the exact same geometry , mesh, heat input, material, conductivity ,radiance from the paper and have also added temperature dependent thermal properties for the same materials that they use.
I used commands to write a script for my moving heat source with a goldak double ellipsoid formula (same formula and constant values as the paper).
Despite all of this, my maximum temperature is around 7000 K, as opposed to the paper’s max of 1700K. I’m lost as to what the issue is. I’ve already crosschecked the units, and I thiink the BFDELE command for heat sources is in order, but I can put it in the comments if you’d like to see.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions you might have!