TY - CONF A1 - Chen, Ji A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Wu, Chuan Song A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Prediction of weld pool shape and influence of joint preparation angle for new gas metal arc welding processes T2 - JOM-16 - 16th International conference on the joining of materials (Proceedings) N2 - This article studies the three dimensional transient weld pool dynamics and the influence of joint preparation angle on welding of low carbon structural steel plates using the ForceArc® process. ForceArc is a new gas metal arc welding technology which allows adequate fusion and penetration with a smaller V groove angle. This enhances welding efficiency significantly because of reduction of layers and low material consumption. The deformation of the weld bead is calculated with an accurate coupling of the heat transfer with fluid flow through continuity, momentum and the energy equations combined with the effect of droplet impingement, gravity, electromagnetic force, buoyancy, drag forces and surface tension force (Marangoni effect). Four different angles of V groove are employed with the same welding parameters and their influence on the weld pool behavior and weld bead geometry is calculated and analyzed, to allow subsequent calculations of residual stress and distortion of the workpiece. Such a simulation is an effective way to study welding processes because the influence of all the welding parameters can be analyzed separately with respect to thermal cycle, weld bead formation, and the microstructure of the weld. Good agreement is shown between the predicted and experimentally determined weld bead dimensions. It was found that with a larger groove angle, the penetration depth increases. Furthermore, a higher wire feeding rate is needed to fill the larger groove. The model presented can be used for further analyses of GMAW processes as well as input data for the numerical calculation of welding induced residual stresses and distortions using Computational Weld Mechanics CWM. T2 - JOM-16 - 16th International Conference on the Joining of Materials CY - Tisvildeleje, Denmark DA - 10.05.2011 KW - Numerical simulation KW - Gas metal arc welding KW - Weld pool shape KW - Fluid flow KW - V groove PY - 2011 SN - 87-89582-19-5 IS - JOM 7 / J15 SP - 1 EP - 13 AN - OPUS4-23984 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -