Author(s)

Kuanfang He, Jun Chen, Siwen Xiao

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Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Health Maintenance for Mechanical Equipment, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiantan, China.

The notion of ratio of width to length is proposed to describe the shaping feature of molten pool of twin-Arc submerged arc welding accurately, and analyze the law of molten pool variation and weld formation. The temperature field finite element numerical simulation model of twin arc movement is established. The loading form of twin-arc with double ellipsoid heat source is discussed. The molten pool temperature field of twin-arc submerged arc welding is calculated and analyzed under different process parameters. The law of molten pool characteristics influenced by the welding speed, current and voltage of twin-arc submerged arc welding parameters is analyzed. The relation between shaping feature of molten pool and weld formation is discussed according to the ratio of width to length. The results manifested that the width to length ratio of weld pool decreases with the improvement of welding speed, which result in gene- ration of weld defects. The width to length ratio of weld pool is increased by adjusting the proportion of the current, voltage and the distance of the two arcs, which avoids the generation of weld defects.

Twin-Arc Submerged Arc Welding; Shaping Feature; Ratio of Width to Length; Numerical Simulation

K. He, J. Chen and S. Xiao, "Numerical Simulation for Shaping Feature of Molten Pool in Twin-Arc Submerged Arc Welding," Open Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2 No. 1, 2012, pp. 47-53. doi: 10.4236/ojapps.2012.21005.