EXPERIMENTALTESTINGOFANEWAPPROACHTOTHEDEVELOPMENTOFWELDINGMATERIALS.docVIP

EXPERIMENTAL TESTING OF A NEW APPROACH TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF WELDING MATERIALS V.L. Mazurovsky, M.I. Zinigrad and L.I. Leontiev ABSTRACT. Research on the design and fabrication of an experimental industrial batch of flux-cored wires based on a new approach to the development of welding materials is described. The approach is based on mathematical modeling of an industrial welding process and a phenomenological model of the nonequilibrium crystallization of the molten metal in a weld pool. The results of the research performed are presented. Introduction The new approach to the design of welding materials proposed in [1, 2], the phenomenological model of the nonequilibrium crystallization of the molten metal in a weld pool and the accompanying carbide-formation processes in an iron-carbon weld deposit described in [3, 4], the mathematical description of a new constitution diagram of the matrix of a weld deposit described in [5], and the computer-aided design (CAD) system for welding materials described in [6-9] are all in need of thorough testing to prove that they are workable and that they faithfully describe real processes. Such testing has been carried out by performing a large set of experimental studies in the laboratory for advanced materials in the Materials Science Center of the College of Judea and Samaria (Israel). Organization and objectives of the experimental studies The important technical problem of the shock-abrasion wear of the walls of a loading hopper manufactured from 1501 Gr. 161-400, 151-400 (BS United Kingdom) steel under the action of a chemically inert dry bulk material was chosen for performing the experimental studies. This problem can be solved by creating a special protective coating on the hopper walls that is capable of withstanding the action of the environment. This requires: Designing a special welding material based on the new approach proposed in [1,?2] using the CAD system described in [6-9] for the purpose of applying a protec