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MODELLING OF THE ARC IN ELECTRIC WELDINGARC-ELECTRODE COUPLING
Alireza Javidi
Supervisors:
Isabelle Choquet
Håkan Nilsson
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Outline
• Background and motivation
• Cathode layer model
• OpenFOAM implementation
• Results
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Weld with defect called weld metal porositySolidification cracks along the centre line of the weld
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Modelling mainly covers:
• Residual stress
• Material macroscopic properties
• Weld pool behaviour
Heat source
Semi-empirical
Arc simulation
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Schematic sketch of sub-regions in GTAW
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Aim: to develop a self-consistent arc-electrode model that
• Suited to welding application
• Accounts for the relevant physics
• Satisfies the basic conservation requirements (i.e current and energy).
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Cathode layer
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Cathode layer model
Current densities at the cathode layer model
Thermal-field emission current density
Secondary emission current density
Ion current density
Back diffusion current density
TcTe
Us
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Cathode layer model
o Set of Saha equations
o Electric neutrality
o Dalton’s law
• Energy balance at the cathode/sheath interface
• Energy balance in the pre-sheath
• Current conservation
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• Set of Saha equations generalized by Van de Sanden
Number densities at the sheath/pre-sheath interface – equation system-1
• Dalton’s law
• Electric neutrality
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Energy balance in the pre-sheath layer:
Fluxes in the ionization layer
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Fluxes at the cathode/sheath interface
Energy balance at the sheath/cathode interface:
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Current conservation:
Single input value of the model
Jcath
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Numerical procedure
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D = 3.2 mm
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T_ownT_nbrV_ownV_nbrPj.ndelta_owndelta-nbr
Te,Tc,Us
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