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D.H. Lammlein PhD Dissertation - Vanderbilt University

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analysis which dedicated elements to the steel spacers is presented in appendix A. This<br />

analysis shows that the regions of significant deflection are confined to the 6061<br />

aluminum near the tool and not present in the steel spacers of roughly thrice the modulus.<br />

The boundaries of the weld material that contact the steel spacers are therefore treated as<br />

rigid walls. The model geometry and boundary conditions are shown in Figures 6, 7 and<br />

8. The tracked and untracked boundary conditions differ in the corner region where the<br />

gap is present in the spacer of the tracked geometry. For the tracked geometry this region<br />

is treated as a free boundary, and for the untracked geometry it is treated as a rigid wall.<br />

Figure 36: FEA model geometry<br />

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