An experimental and numerical investigation on the process efficiency of the focused TIG welding of Inconel 718 thick plates

Salerno, Gervasio, Bennett, Chris, Sun, Wei and Becker, Adib A. (2018) An experimental and numerical investigation on the process efficiency of the focused TIG welding of Inconel 718 thick plates. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture . ISSN 2041-2975 (In Press)

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Abstract

A combined experimental and numerical approach was adopted to investigate the focused tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding process by producing bead-on-plate welds in Inconel 718 plates. Experimental investigations were carried out by means of thermocouple measurements and optical macrographs of the weld cross-section. Three dimensional finite element (FE) simulations were conducted using the commercial specialized FE software Sysweld in order to predict the thermal field induced by the process in the plates. The work presents an approach to investigate the process efficiency and calibrate the heat source model in order to produce a full thermal characterization the plasmatron welding apparatus.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/934300
Keywords: Weld Thermal Histories; Finite Element; Thermocouples; Focused-TIG; Process Efficiency
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Engineering
Identification Number: 10.1177/0954405418775442
Depositing User: Eprints, Support
Date Deposited: 18 Apr 2018 08:34
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 19:37
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/51223

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