Tailor Welded Blank Workbench

A tailor welded blank is composed of two or more materials that have been welded together. The materials used to form the blank may differ in thickness and/or in properties. These differences will affect the forming of the part.  To perform an analysis in the Tailor Welded Blank (TWB) Workbench you must first define domains in the Geometry Workbench. For more details on defining domains, click here.  To open the TWB Workbench select the TWB icon from the workbench wizard toolbar or open the Tailor Welded Blank Workbench from the workbench menu while the Meshing Workbench is active and after the mesh has been generated.

The Tailor Welded Blank Feature has three items in its sub-tree:

• Link to Meshing - Mesh
• Input
• Result

Input

Tipping

By right-clicking on Tipping you may either Delete, Edit, or Show Undercut.  Tipping in the Tailor Welded Blank Workbench works exactly like the Forming Workbench.  For a more detailed explanation on tipping, click here.

Material

You must define a material type and thickness for each domain defined.  The only difference between assigning a material in the Tailor Welded Workbench and assigning a material in the Forming Workbench is that you must select a domain to apply the material to.  You must apply a material to all the defined domains. For a more detailed explanation on material selection, click here. 

Result

The available results are equivalent to the Forming Workbench results with the exception that the blank is broken down into domains and a welded blank.  The welded blank represents the tailor welded blank and the domains represent the individual sheet metal blanks.