Author(s)

Hisaya Komen^*, Masaya Shigeta, Manabu Tanaka

Joining and Welding Research Institute, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.

The numerical model was developed using a SPH (Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics) method and the projected transfer phenomena during a GMA (Gas Metal Arc) welding were simulated by the model to clarify mechanisms of the phenomena. As a result, the droplet transfer mode obtained from this calculation was regarded as a projected transfer mode in which the liquid column grew about 1 mm and a droplet grew up until its diameter became large the same as a wire diameter, after that it was detached from the tip of the column. In addition, 10 droplets were formed for 0.1 s through these growth and detachment processes at the tip of a wire. To compare with the numerical results, actual GMA welding was carried out and molten metal droplet transfers were taken by high speed camera. The diameter of a wire, the length of a liquid column, the velocity of a droplet right before it reached a weld pool obtained by simulation showed good agreement with experiment.

SPH Method, Gas Metal Arc Welding, Molten Metal Droplet Transfer, Simulation

Komen, H. , Shigeta, M. and Tanaka, M. (2018) Numerical Simulation of Molten Metal Droplet Behavior in Gas Metal Arc Welding by Three-Dimensional Incompressible Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Method. Journal of Flow Control, Measurement & Visualization, 6, 66-81. doi: 10.4236/jfcmv.2018.62007.