Modelling the distribution of the heat flow and arc pressure in orbital TIG welding.pdfVIP

Welding International 2006 20 (1) 53–58 Selected from Svarochnoe Proizvodstvo 2005 58 (8) 10–15; Reference SP/05/08/10; Translation 3565 Modelling the distribution of the heat flow and arc pressure in orbital TIG welding doi:10.1533/wint.2006.3565 S I P O L O S K O V NIKIMT Institute V A E R O F E E V and R V L O G V I N Tula State University In arc fusion welding, the formation of the welded joint investigations were carried out for the arc, burning depends strongly on the thermal effect and pressure of between the sharpened tungsten electrode under the the arc. In welding with a tungsten electrode, the surface of metal, normal to the electrode axis. dimensions and form of the weld pool and the cross- Modelling was conducted using the physical- section of the welded joint are determined by the thermal mathematical model of the arc6,7 which takes into account power and the pressure of the arc of the surface of the the thermal effect of the arc and the distribution of the welded metal. It is very important to evaluate the thermal electric potential in the gap between the electrode, and and force effects of the arc in the orbital welding of non- also the distribution of the electric current and heat rotating joints in pipes in different spatial positions. 1 generation in the plasma of the arc, convective and The unfavourable combination of these factors may result conductive heat transfer, the dependence of the degree in the formation of burns, undercutting, lack of fusion