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Experimental investigation and numerical simulation of weld bead geometry and temperature distribution during plasma arc welding of thin Ti-6Al-4V sheets
Numerical and experimental investigations of autogenous plasma arc welding of thin titanium alloy of 2 mm thick and modelling the temperature distribution for predicting the weld bead geometry are presented. The finite element code COMSOL Multiphysics is employed to perform non-linear unsteady heat transfer analysis using parabolic Gaussian heat source. Temperature-dependent material properties such as thermal conductivity, density and specific heat are used to enhance the efficiency of simulation process. A forced convective heat transfer coefficient was used to account for the effect of convection. The experimental trials were conducted by varying the welding speed and current using Fronius plasma arc welding equipment. The simulation results are in good agreement with the experimental results.
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