Physical Understanding of Active Control of Beam Scanning in Preventing Top Concavity in Electron Beam Welding

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A - Low-frequency scanning electron beam welding (SEBW) is recently recognized as a possible control method for preventing the top concavity behavior in...     

WCB止回阀挖补修复焊工艺的仿真与优化

核电设备用WCB旋启式止回阀服役过程中容易产生开裂、磨损等缺陷,严重影响设备安全运行。利用Fluent软件探明了旋启式止回阀在稳定工作过程中容易出现缺陷的位置并提取缺陷位置,采用Inte Weld软件进行了挖补修复焊的数值模拟。研究了不同焊接功率下焊缝区域的残余应力和应变的大小和分布情况。计算结果显示,止回阀底部位置最易出现破损。焊接功率越低,焊接残余应力越小。焊接顺序为两边到中间的残余应力大于从左到右。道间冷却时间延长,焊后残余应力减小。当焊接功率为2400 W、每层的焊接顺序为从左到右、每道焊缝间的冷却时间为300 s时,WCB挖补修复焊的残余应力最小,为323 MPa。将每层焊接顺序调整为左到右、右到左交替进行,能改善其变形情况。     

Thermal fluid dynamics of liquid bridge transfer in laser wire deposition 3D printing

ABSTRACT

Liquid bridge transfer mode is most favourable deposition pattern in laser wire deposition. However, the thermal fluid dynamics has not been well understood. In this paper, we systematically investigated the fluid dynamics during liquid bridge transfer in the printing process. We developed a novel three-dimensional heat transfer and fluid flow model by considering the effect of wire feeding. The results showed that for typical process parameters the Weber number (We) of the fluid on the liquid bridge is on the order of O(10⁰～10¹). A dimensionless slenderness number (Sl), was roughly estimated at the range of 3.17～4.57 for maintaining the liquid bridge. This study provides the fluid mechanics insights of the metal transfer mechanisms in 3D printing process.