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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCES
Volume 93, Issue -, Pages 111-119Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2015.01.008
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Arc welding; Moving heat source; Energy consumption; Melting efficiency; Heat transfer; Fluid flow
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The electrical energy needed in welding processes is a major factor of energy consumption in manufacturing processes that use welds to fabricate structures. In the arc welding process an intense electrical arc is used as the heat source to melt locally metallic materials to join them once they solidify. Although the arc is focused at the joint, a large portion of energy is dissipated as heat through the base metals to the surroundings. In this paper it is shown that selecting the welding parameters appropriately, viz., the power supplied to the arc and the translation speed of the arc, can reduce the energy consumed per unit length of weld. The range of parameters examined was selected such that the vaporization of the molten metal was negligible. It is shown that increasing the arc power in conjunction with increasing the travel speed of the arc leads to reduced energy consumption per unit length of weld; this reduction in energy consumption is for equivalent welds, i.e., welds with identical geometric features. (c) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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