Mechanisms for the formation of bead defects, such as humping, gouging, rippling, and other unexpected surface patterns, encountered in welding or drilling are interpreted and reviewed from thermal-fluid science viewpoint. These defects usually accompanying with porosity, undercut, segregation, stress concentration, etc., seriously reduce the properties and strength of the joint or solidification. Even though different mechanisms for formation of the defects have been extensively proposed in the past, more systematical understanding of pattern formations from thermal, fluid, physics, electromagnetic, pattern selections, and metallurgy sciences is still limited. The effects of working parameters and properties on humping and rippling, for example, can be systematically and quantitatively interpreted from scale analysis presented in this work. Good comparison with experimental results reveals mechanisms of different surface patterns. The mechanistic findings for bead defects are also useful for other manufacturing and materials processing.
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Thermal Science of Weld Bead Defects: A Review
P. S. Wei
P. S. Wei
Xi-Wan Chair Professor
Fellow ASME
Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering,
National Sun Yat-Sen University
, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan, China
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P. S. Wei
Xi-Wan Chair Professor
Fellow ASME
Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering,
National Sun Yat-Sen University
, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan, ChinaJ. Heat Transfer. Mar 2011, 133(3): 031005 (22 pages)
Published Online: November 15, 2010
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June 15, 2009
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March 15, 2010
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November 15, 2010
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November 15, 2010
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Wei, P. S. (November 15, 2010). "Thermal Science of Weld Bead Defects: A Review." ASME. J. Heat Transfer. March 2011; 133(3): 031005. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4002445
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