While the application of the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method for the modeling of welding processes has become increasingly popular in recent years, little is yet known about the quantitative predictive capability of this method. We propose a novel SPH model for the simulation of the tungsten inert gas (TIG) spot welding process and conduct a thorough comparison between our SPH implementation and two finite element method (FEM)-based models. In order to be able to quantitatively compare the results of our SPH simulation method with grid-based methods, we additionally propose an improved particle to grid interpolation method based on linear least-squares with an optional hole-filling pass which accounts for missing particles. We show that SPH is able to yield excellent results, especially given the observed deviations between the investigated FEM methods and as such, we validate the accuracy of the method for an industrially relevant engineering application.
A comparative analysis of different approaches is carried out, which mathematically describes the metal droplet formation process in an electrode during gas metal arc (GMA) welding. It was shown that a hydrostatical model of the droplet's free surface could not correctly describe the formation and transfer of electrode metal droplets. The complete hydrodynamic model, which uses the whole system of Navier–Stokes equations, requires significant computer resources for numerical realization. This limits its application to small computational experiments. As an alternative for this model, the approximate hydrodynamic model adapted to GMA welding conditions is considered. It is shown that this model allows the prediction of droplet geometry right up to its detachment. The influence of the welding current and magnetic pressure on the droplet size and detachment frequency is studied.
The efficiency of the welding process in terms of weld penetration and weld width is greatly determined by the heat, mass, and charge transfer phenomena in the weld pool. These phenomena, in turn, depend on the thermal and electromagnetic interaction of the heat source used with the metal being welded. The most adequate models of the welding processes should consider the interaction of the phenomena in the heat source, on the base metal surface and inside its volume by a self-consistent way. This paper is devoted to the development of a self-consistent model of weld pool dynamics in tungsten inert gas (TIG), laser and hybrid (laser + TIG) spot welding without a keyhole formation. The proposed model allows simulation of processes taking place in the weld pool and on its surface. The model takes into account free surface deformation, influence of plasma shear stress, thermocapillary Marangoni effect, and Lorentz forces on the weld pool, as well as of the processes in the arc plasma including laser-arc interaction. For this purpose, the model of the weld pool is combined with a model of arc plasma column where the interaction processes between Gaussian beam radiation emitted by a continuous-wave CO2 laser and the argon arc plasma are described. The equations of the model proposed are solved numerically by means of finite element method. The simulation results are compared with real welding experiments performed with steel S-235JR. A good accordance between simulation and experimental results is observed.
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