Characterization of orifice gas flow through a tubular, coated consumable welding electrode by CFD analysis

Employing tubular coated consumable welding electrodes by modifying the conventional shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) is a recently developed concept aimed to make the welding process towards more environmentally friendly by eliminating organic cellulose in the flux coating. The modified process na...

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Main Authors: S. Thiru, Chitrambalam, Manimaran, Selvam, T., Joseph Sahaya Anand
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spelling my.utem.eprints.142102015-05-28T04:36:55Z http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/14210/ Characterization of orifice gas flow through a tubular, coated consumable welding electrode by CFD analysis S. Thiru, Chitrambalam Manimaran, Selvam T., Joseph Sahaya Anand TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Employing tubular coated consumable welding electrodes by modifying the conventional shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) is a recently developed concept aimed to make the welding process towards more environmentally friendly by eliminating organic cellulose in the flux coating. The modified process named as Plasma Enhanced Shielded Metal Arc Welding (PESMAW) employs controlled orifice gas flow through the tubular electrode which is a key parameter for the process to achieve the objectives of its development. In this study, tubular electrode flow channel model was generated and simulated to investigate the fluid flow characteristic with multiple volume flow rates. Two orifice gases, Argon (Ar) and Carbon dioxide (CO2) were considered for the study and a commercial finite element tool for Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was used. The velocity profile at each point on the entire length of the electrode at fully developed region was identified with in the fluid flow stream and the development from Laminar to Turbulent flow was also observed. The standard identification method of theoretically computing the Reynolds number (Re) was adopted and the simulated results were compared with the theoretically calculated results for validation. Publications International 2014-12-15 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/14210/1/40_SI_26.pdf S. Thiru, Chitrambalam and Manimaran, Selvam and T., Joseph Sahaya Anand (2014) Characterization of orifice gas flow through a tubular, coated consumable welding electrode by CFD analysis. Science International, 26 (5). pp. 1773-1778. ISSN 1013-5316
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S. Thiru, Chitrambalam
Manimaran, Selvam
T., Joseph Sahaya Anand
Characterization of orifice gas flow through a tubular, coated consumable welding electrode by CFD analysis
description Employing tubular coated consumable welding electrodes by modifying the conventional shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) is a recently developed concept aimed to make the welding process towards more environmentally friendly by eliminating organic cellulose in the flux coating. The modified process named as Plasma Enhanced Shielded Metal Arc Welding (PESMAW) employs controlled orifice gas flow through the tubular electrode which is a key parameter for the process to achieve the objectives of its development. In this study, tubular electrode flow channel model was generated and simulated to investigate the fluid flow characteristic with multiple volume flow rates. Two orifice gases, Argon (Ar) and Carbon dioxide (CO2) were considered for the study and a commercial finite element tool for Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was used. The velocity profile at each point on the entire length of the electrode at fully developed region was identified with in the fluid flow stream and the development from Laminar to Turbulent flow was also observed. The standard identification method of theoretically computing the Reynolds number (Re) was adopted and the simulated results were compared with the theoretically calculated results for validation.
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author S. Thiru, Chitrambalam
Manimaran, Selvam
T., Joseph Sahaya Anand
author_facet S. Thiru, Chitrambalam
Manimaran, Selvam
T., Joseph Sahaya Anand
author_sort S. Thiru, Chitrambalam
title Characterization of orifice gas flow through a tubular, coated consumable welding electrode by CFD analysis
title_short Characterization of orifice gas flow through a tubular, coated consumable welding electrode by CFD analysis
title_full Characterization of orifice gas flow through a tubular, coated consumable welding electrode by CFD analysis
title_fullStr Characterization of orifice gas flow through a tubular, coated consumable welding electrode by CFD analysis
title_full_unstemmed Characterization of orifice gas flow through a tubular, coated consumable welding electrode by CFD analysis
title_sort characterization of orifice gas flow through a tubular, coated consumable welding electrode by cfd analysis
publisher Publications International
publishDate 2014
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