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.