Numerical simulation of heat transfer and fluid flow in GTA/Laser hybrid welding

Abstract

In order to understand the temperature fields, cooling rates and mixing in the weld pool, a comprehensive, three-dimensional heat transfer and fluid flow model is developed and tested by comparing model predictions with two sets of experimental data. The first set of data was taken from the literature. The experiments varied the separation distance between the heat sources for three arc current levels at a constant laser power. The second set of experiments analysed the effect of varying laser power for a constant heat source separation distance. The results demonstrate that the distance between the two heat sources significantly affects the cooling rates. The calculated results showed that the hybrid weld pool was very well mixed with strong convection currents resulting from the interaction between the electromagnetic and Marangoni forces. The calculated and experimental results showed that hybrid welding increases the weld pool width and gap bridgability when compared with laser welding. The weld pool depth in hybrid welding was affected mainly by the characteristics of the laser beam. Hybrid weld pool penetration depth is maximised at an optimal distance between the arc electrode and laser beam. The cooling rate increases significantly when the heat sources are separated beyond a critical distance. At close separation between arc and laser, calculations show that the arc radius must be decreased to achieve the observed weld depths.     

电弧焊熔透ICA-BP神经网络识别模型

以氩弧焊熔透状态识别为研究对象,研究一种基于ICA (Imperialist Competitive Algorithm) 的BP(Back Propagation)神经网络识别模型方法. 首先利用ICA全局搜索不易陷入局部极值及搜索速度快的特点对神经网络权值和阈值初始化,再用BP算法对神经网络进行训练. 通过摄取焊接过程中的熔池图像,提取熔池面积、熔宽以及熔池质心位置作为神经网络预测模型的输入量,分析熔池图像三个特征与焊缝熔透状态的映射关系,最终建立熔透状态预测模型. 结果表明,采用ICA-BP神经网络能够有效地预测焊缝的熔透状态.     

激光+GMAW复合热源焊流体流动数值分析模型

基于FLUENT软件,建立了适用、高效的激光+GMAW复合焊流体流动数值分析模型. 将电弧热输入视为双椭球热源模型,采用基于小孔尺寸的锥体热源模型描述激光热流分布;将金属填充过程视为液态金属从熔池上部边界以一定速度流入熔池过程,并通过对液态金属流速施加时间脉冲函数,模拟熔滴的过渡频率;模型简化了小孔的计算过程,主要考虑熔池中存在的弯曲小孔对流体的影响. 利用FLUENT软件,对激光+GMAW复合热源焊熔池流体流动及小孔形态进行了模拟计算和分析. 结果表明,模型能够合理反映小孔及复合焊流体流动模式的主要特征,且提高了计算效率.     

GTA焊接电弧与熔池系统的双向耦合数值模拟

建立了GTA焊接过程电弧与熔池双向耦合统一数学模型．该模型考虑了熔池自由表面变化对电弧和熔池的影响,并通过不断更新自由表面形状实现了电弧与熔池相互耦合．电弧和熔池的两组控制及辅助方程采用有限差分法进行求解．计算中采用了适体坐标系以确定不断变化的自由表面形状．用所建模型对304不锈钢材料的定点GTA焊接过程进行了数值计算分析,取得了良好效果．     

Development of efficient numerical heat transfer model coupled with genetic algorithm based optimisation for prediction of process variables in GTA spot welding

Abstract

Although numerical heat transfer models based on conduction mode of heat transfer have become a strong basis for the quantitative analysis of fusion welding, they still find limited use in actual design for three primary reasons. First, these traditional models consider a volumetric heat source term, which ironically requires a-priori knowledge of the final weld pool dimensions. Second, the numerical models need confident values of a few parameters, e.g. arc efficiency and arc radius, which are usually uncertain and requires many trial and error simulations to realise their suitable values. Third, these models are rarely attempted for the prediction of possible weld conditions for a requisite or target weld dimensions, which is of paramount interest in design for welding. The present work attempts to circumvent these issues by linking a genetic algorithm (GA) based global optimisation scheme with a finite element based three-dimensional numerical heat transfer model. The numerical model includes a volumetric heat source that adapts itself to the computed weld pool geometry at any instant. The GA module identifies the optimum values of a set of uncertain parameters needed for the reliable modelling calculations and next, identifies the suitable values of the process variables, e.g. weld current, for a target weld dimension. In each case, the GA module guides the numerical model to compute weld dimensions for a given set of inputs, traces the sensitivity of the error in prediction on the inputs being optimised, updates them accordingly and reuses the numerical model to finally obtain their optimised values. The complete integrated model is validated with a number of experimental results in gas tungsten arc spot welding processes.     

电弧弧长对激光-电弧复合焊飞溅和底部驼峰的影响

由于热源形式的特殊性,激光-电弧复合焊接过程中激光和电弧间易发生相互干扰,产生飞溅和底部驼峰等缺陷。以590 MPa级船用高强钢为研究对象,研究了电弧弧长对激光-电弧复合焊飞溅和焊缝底部驼峰的影响。为了深入研究激光-电弧复合焊飞溅和底部驼峰的产生机理,利用高速摄像设备对熔滴过渡行为和焊缝底部熔池进行了观察。结果表明,适当缩短电弧弧长可以降低激光和电弧间的相互干扰,提高复合焊接过程的稳定性,进而降低飞溅产生的倾向。底部驼峰是小孔熔透性差和底部熔池流动不连续所引起的。缩短电弧弧长可以对底部驼峰的产生起到抑制作用,这是因为缩短电弧弧长可以降低等离子体对激光的吸收,提高激光的能量利用率,增加小孔熔透性和稳定性。 创新点： 研究了电弧弧长对激光-电弧复合焊飞溅和底部驼峰的影响,采用高速摄像方法对底部熔池流动进行了观察,进一步明确了激光-电弧复合焊接焊缝底部驼峰的产生原因。     

Weld pool shape prediction in plasma augmented laser welded steel

Abstract

A welding process that combined plasma arc welding with laser welding was used to make autogenous bead on plate welds on a sheet stock of a carbon steel. A wide range of welding parameters (arc current, laser power, weld speed) was employed. The experimental weld pool shapes were analysed and the data were used to train a neural network to predict weld pool shape as a function of process conditions. The predictions of the neural network model showed excellent agreement with the experimental results, indicating that a neural network model is a viable means for predicting weld pool shape. Using the model, a parametric study was carried out to examine the influence of process conditions on the final weld pool profile.     

铝合金激光-多股绞合焊丝MIG复合焊特性分析

选用多股绞合焊丝替代传统焊丝,将激光热源与多股绞合焊丝MIG焊热源相匹配.借助高速摄像系统,提取焊接过程中熔池和匙孔特征量,开展5A06铝合金激光-多股绞合焊丝MIG复合焊工艺特性研究,探讨了不同工艺参数下焊缝成形与熔池行为相关性及焊接气孔规律性研究.结果表明,主要焊接工艺参数对焊缝成形的影响规律与常规焊丝激光-电弧复...     

Comparisons between different models for thermal simulation of GTAW process

0IntroductionIn arc welding processes,final microstructure andmechanical properties of the weldments mainly depend onthe thermal cycle undergoing during the heating and cool-ing process.The accurate analysis of the welding thermalprocess is the foundation…     

Molten pool behavior in the tandem submerged arc welding process

A three-dimensional numerical heat transfer and fluid flow model is developed to examine the temperature profiles, velocity fields, weld pool shape and size in a two-wire tandem submerged arc welding process. The model solves the equations of the conservation of mass, momentum, and energy along with the volume of fluid method. The volume of fluid method is used to track the shape of the free surface. Further, a novel scheme is proposed to handle the arc interaction and its influence on the molten droplet transfer direction. Using the computational fluid dynamics simulations, it is found that the droplet movement and arc forces from the leading electrode heavily affect the molten pool flow patterns and the resultant bead shapes, even though the same heat inputs are applied. The computed weld width and penetration are in fair agreement with the corresponding experimental results.     

Three-dimensional turbulent model of heat transfer and fluid flow in GTAW process

A two-equation K-ε turbulent fluid flow model is built to model the heat transfer and fluid flow in gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) process of stainless steel SUS310 and SUS316.This model combines the buoyancy force,lorentz force and marangni force as the driving forces of the fluid flow in the weld pool.The material properties are functions of temperature in this model.The simulated results show that the molten metal flowing outward is mainly caused by the marangoni convection,which makes the weld pool become wider and shallower.The comparison of the weld pool shape of SUS310 and SUS316 shows that the slight differences of the value of thermal conductivity mainly attributes to the difference of the weld pool shape and the distinction of heat transport in laminar and turbulent model makes large diversity in the simulated results.     

Analysis of submerged arc welding process by three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics simulations

The effect of torch angle and current polarities on the convection heat transfer in single wire submerged arc welding is analyzed. To develop arc models such as arc heat flux, arc pressure and electromagnetic force, this study adopts the Abel inversion method with CCD camera images for direct and alternating current polarities. The heat transfer by molten slag from the flux consumption is considered as an additional boundary heat source in the numerical simulation. The variation of arc forces, the direction of droplet flight with polarity and the torch angle significantly affect the molten pool flow and the resultant weld beads. The simulated weld pool profiles are validated with corresponding experimental results and found to be in good agreement.     

熔透情况下三维TIG焊接熔池流场与热场的数值分析

建立了熔透情况下三维运动TIG焊接熔池中流体动力学状态及传热过程的数值分析模型。该模型考虑了试件全熔透情况下液态金属熔池表面的变形。采用贴体曲线坐标系处理熔池曲面,利用SIMPLER方法对不锈钢焊接试件熔池中的流场与热场进行了数值分析,并进行了焊接工艺试验对模型加以验证。结果表明,根据该模型得出的计算结果与实验值吻合情况良好。     

焊丝熔化方式对激光焊接过程的影响

研究了两种焊丝熔化方法(电弧预熔丝激光焊、激光填丝焊)激光焊接过程对匙孔稳定性以及焊缝成形的影响,进一步研究了焊丝熔化方法对焊接接头质量的影响,并对比分析了两种焊丝熔化方式对焊接速度的适应性. 结果表明,电弧预熔丝激光焊过程中,熔池表面匙孔开口尺寸变化不大,匙孔较为稳定;激光填丝焊方法由于熔化的液态金属距离匙孔边缘很近,焊接过程中熔池表面匙孔开口尺寸变化较大,而且容易出现熔池表面匙孔的闭合. 与激光填丝焊相比,电弧预熔丝激光焊熔化的焊丝端部可以沿熔池边缘流入,与匙孔边缘的距离较远,匙孔稳定性较好,焊缝气孔数量较少. 当焊接速度为8 m/min时,电弧预熔丝激光焊的焊缝成形良好;而激光填丝焊焊缝背面成形不连续,并且出现了未焊透的缺陷.     

Modeling of the Weld Shape Development During the Autogenous Welding Process by Coupling Welding Arc with Weld Pool

A numerical model of the welding arc is coupled to a model for the heat transfer and fluid flow in the weld pool of a SUS304 stainless steel during a moving GTA welding process. The described model avoids the use of the assumption of the empirical Gaussian boundary conditions, and at the same time, provides reliable boundary conditions to analyze the weld pool. Based on the two-dimensional axisymmetric numerical modeling of the argon arc, the heat flux to workpiece, the input current density, and the plasma drag stress are obtained. The arc temperature contours, the distributions of heat flux, and current density at the anode are in fair agreement with the reported experimental results. Numerical simulation and experimental studies to the weld pool development are carried out for a moving GTA welding on SUS304 stainless steel with different oxygen content from 30 to 220 ppm. The calculated result show that the oxygen can change the Marangoni convection from outward to inward direction on the liquid pool surface and make the wide shallow weld shape become narrow deep one. The calculated result for the weld shape and weld D/W ratio agrees well with the experimental one.     

Absorption and transport of hydrogen during gas metal arc welding of low alloy steel

Abstract

Although hydrogen induced cracking remains a major problem in the welding of steels, the present methods of managing hydrogen in the weldment are mostly empirical in nature. In recent years, numerical modelling of heat transfer and fluid flow has provided detailed insight into the physical processes in welding. However, very little effort has been made in the past to use these transport phenomena based calculations to understand the dissolution of hydrogen in the weld metal and its subsequent transport in the liquid and solid regions. The aim of the present work was to address this important need. Heat transfer, fluid flow, and hydrogen transport calculations in transient, three-dimensional form are used to predict the spatial distribution of hydrogen concentration in the weld metal during gas metal arc welding of mild steels for different welding conditions. The enhanced hydrogen solubility in the weld metal above that predicted by Sieverts law was determined from a model for the partitioning of hydrogen between the weldment and its plasma environment. The model considers the presence of a superequilibrium concentration of atomic hydrogen which is significantly higher than that produced by thermal dissociation. The results indicate that for a meaningful prediction of the hydrogen concentration in the weld metal, hydrogen absorption at the weld pool surface, transport of hydrogen within the weld pool, and the diffusion of hydrogen away from the solidified weld metal should be considered simultaneously. The agreement between the experimental and predicted results indicates significant promise for predicting weld metal hydrogen concentration in fusion welds from fundamentals of transport phenomena.     

镁合金低脉冲激光-气体混合焊的熔池形貌演变和多级调控

利用基于COMSOL Multiphysics的脉冲激光-气体钨极电弧（GTA）混合焊接新型双热源模型,分析了焊缝沿线选定点的温度分布,研究了激光脉冲参数和电弧电流对熔池形貌的影响。工艺参数对熔池深度的影响由大到小为：激光激励电流>电弧电流>激光脉冲宽度>激光脉冲频率;工艺参数对熔池宽度的影响由大到小为：电弧电流>激光脉冲宽度或激光激励电流>激光脉冲频率。在此基础上,构建了激光诱导电弧焊接镁合金熔池形貌数据库体系,通过复合热源参数的分级调控,以实现对熔池形貌的精准控制。利用T形焊接熔池来验证熔池形貌的调控效果,结果表明控形的准确度高至95.1%。     

电弧热流分布模式对GMAW焊接温度场的影响

提出了ＧＭＡＷ熔池表面产生较大变形时的电弧热流分布模式,以此为基础并考虑熔滴过渡过程及焊缝余高,建立了焊接温度场的数值分析模型,通过数值模拟,定量分析了焊接工艺参数－ＧＭＡＷ熔池表面变形－电弧热流分布－熔池形态及其温度是之间的相互影响。焊接工艺试验结果,与高斯热源模型相比,采用本文给出的ＧＭＡＷ电弧热液分布模型的计算结果更符合实际。     

高强铝合金VPPA-MIG复合焊接焊缝成形机理

VPPA-MIG复合焊集VPPA穿透力强和MIG焊熔敷效率高的优点,弥补了单VPPA焊工艺区间窄且需立焊和MIG焊熔深浅的不足. 使用Red Lake Y4高速摄像获取6 mm厚2A12铝合金VPPA-MIG复合焊接熔池图像,建立了熔池受力模型. 对比分析了复合热源不同能量配比对焊缝成形和熔池形貌的影响及VPPA-MIG与单MIG焊缝成形特点. 结果表明,VPPA-MIG复合热源相比单VPPA热源易保持焊缝成形稳定性. VPPA电流接近穿孔阈值时,配合较低功率MIG热源可以获得6 mm厚2A12铝合金良好焊缝成形;VPPA能量比例过低时,小孔较浅,熔化效率较低,不能起到增加熔深的作用;VPPA能量比例过大,易使熔池失稳,焊缝成形不良. 热源输入功率相同时,VPPA-MIG复合焊比MIG焊显著增加焊缝熔深和深宽比,提高生产效率.     

APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELING TO PLASMA ARC WELDING OF ALUMINUM ALLOYS

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