An efficient reduced-physics-coupling FEM formulation for simulating a molten metal deposition geometry

An original formulation is proposed in order to simulate molten metal deposition geometry with a very low CPU time. This new approach is based on the original technique proposed by Leblond et al. [C. R. Mecanique 341 (2013) 770–775] for the incorporation of surface tension in finite element calculations. The FEM simulation strategy is composed of a 2-step resolution algorithm at each time step of the deposition process. At first, the 2D mesh of...