Order of Magnitude Scaling of Complex Engineering Problems, and its Application to High Productivity Arc Welding

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  • Patricio Fernando Mendez
  • Thomas W. Eagar
  • Linn W. Hobbs
  • John F. Elliott
چکیده

This thesis presents the Order of Magnitude Scaling methodology and uses it to determine the con guration and dominant forces in the weld pool during high productivity arc welding. This methodology was developed to consistently address problems for which experimental and mathematical treatment is di cult, yet the governing equations and some general characteristics are known. The results generated by this methodology can be grouped into two sets. One of these consists of estimations of the unknowns of the problem in the form of power laws. The other is a set of dimensionless groups that indicates the relative importance of the driving forces. It is not necessary to solve the original di erential equations, because they are transformed into a signi cantly simpler set of algebraic equations. This transformation is possible through the combination of dimensional analysis and asymptotic considerations. A new condition is introduced for normalization: that the dimensionless functions vary smoothly. This essential condition was not considered in previous research. Matrix algebra is used to provide a systematic treatment for problems involving many parameters. The application of this technique to high productivity arc welding determined for the rst time that the dominant force acting on a very depressed weld pool is the arc drag force. Experimental work in 304 stainless steel was performed to analyze the e ect of the large depression on defect formation. It was found that higher welding speeds (20% or more) are possible with lower sulfur content (6 ppm vs. 230 ppm). Di erences in the size and stability of the weld pool depression are proposed here as the explanation for this di erence. Steels with lower sulfur content show a weld pool geometry that tends to decrease the size of the gouging region (the most depressed part of the weld pool). In higher sulfur steels, the gouging region tends to extend beyond the hot region of the arc. In this situation the gouging region freezes prematurely and defects such as humping or a split bead are generated. Thesis Supervisor: Thomas W. Eagar Title: POSCO Professor of Materials Engineering

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تاریخ انتشار 1999