Understanding of the weld pool convection in twin-wire GMAW process

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• 作者：Dongsheng Wu ; Xueming Hua ; Dingjian Ye…
• 关键词：A36 steel ; Twin ; wire GMAW ; Weld pool convection
• 刊名：The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：88
• 期：1-4
• 页码：219-227
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• 刊物类别：Engineering
• 刊物主题：Industrial and Production Engineering; Media Management; Mechanical Engineering; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design;
• 出版者：Springer London
• ISSN：1433-3015
• 卷排序：88

文摘

A three-dimensional numerical model is established to study the temperature and fluid flow fields in the twin-wire gas metal arc welding (GMAW) process. The high-speed photography system is used to capture the images of the weld pool during the welding. Based on simulation and experimental results, the weld pool formation, convection, and stability in twin-wire GMAW process are investigated. Both “push-pull” and outward flow patterns exist in the twin-wire GMAW weld pool, which can contribute to decreasing the height of the bulge and increasing the width of the pool. The convection in the weld pool can proceed adequately, the arc force between the leading and trailing arcs is relatively balanced, surface tension normal force is uniform along the liquid channel, and the liquid channel is capillary stable, all of those contribute to the stability of the weld bead. The simulation results are in good agreement with those in the experiment.