Oleg Mokrov

Laser Beam Submerged Arc Hybrid Welding

The laser beam-submerged arc hybrid welding method originates from the knowledge that, with increasing penetration depth, the laser beam process has a tendency to pore formation in the lower weld regions. The coupling with the energy-efficient submerged-arc process improves degassing and reduces the tendency to pore formation. The high deposition rate of the SA process in combination with the laser beam process offers, providing the appropriate choice of weld preparation, the possibility of welding plates with a thickness larger than 20° mm in a single pass, and also of welding thicker plates with the double-sided single pass technique.

On formability of tailor laser welded blanks of DP/TRIP steel sheets

Abstract This paper aims to evaluate the formability of tailor welded blanks of dual phase (DP600)/transformation induced plasticity (TRIP700) steel sheets. In this work, bead on plate butt joints of 2·5 mm DP600 and 1·2 mm TRIP700 steel sheets were performed using CO2 laser beam welding. Microhardness measurements and transverse tensile testing were carried out to characterise the welds. The formability of base metals and welds were investigated by standard Erichsen test. In a perpendicular tensile test to the weld line, all specimens were fractured at the TRIP base metal, and the strengths were somewhat higher than those of base metal. There was a significant reduction in formability caused by welding of the DP600/TRIP700 steel sheets, and the formability increased with increasing welding speed.

Modelling of binary alloy (Al–Mg) anode evaporation in arc welding

A simple analytical model of binary alloy anode evaporation in gas–tungsten arc and gas–metal arc welding is proposed. The model comprises the model of evaporation in convective and diffusive regimes, model of anode processes and allows one to calculate basic physical properties of multicomponent arc plasma near the anode surface as functions of the anode surface temperature, anode chemical composition, electron temperature and electric current density at the anode surface. Evaporation of binary Al–Mg alloys with different magnesium mass fraction into argon plasma is considered on the basis of the proposed model. The dependences of the alloy boiling temperature on the magnesium mass fraction and electron temperature are presented. Several physical parameters, which are important from the technological point of view (magnesium mass flux, heat loss due to evaporation, anode potential drop, anode heat flux), are calculated for a wide range of anode surface temperature and different values of the magnesium mass fraction. In addition, the influence of heat loss due to evaporation on the total heat flux coming to the anode surface is demonstrated.

A dynamic model of droplet formation in GMA welding

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 droplets 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.

Task of volumetrical evaporation and behaviour of droplets in pulsed MIG welding of AlMg alloys

The mainly used aluminium alloys in automobile industry are AlMg alloys. Because of the significant difference in the evaporation temperatures of aluminium and magnesium, the process of metal transfer through the welding arc is often very unstable. This has an influence on the droplet behaviour as well as on the physical properties of arc plasma. Understanding the physical phenomena in AlMg droplets in MIG welding helps to have a better control of the welding process. This paper presents the results of study of a task concerning volumetrical evaporation and behaviour of droplets in pulsed MIG welding of AlMg alloys.