A Study on the Weldability for fillet joint of light weight alloy 5mm Al 5083 using Hybrid(CW Nd:YAG Laser+MIG) Welding

  • Park, Ho-Kyoung (Dept. of Naval Architecture and Ocean engineering, Graduate School of Chosun University) ;
  • Bang, Hee-Seon (Dept. of Naval Architecture and Ocean engineering, Chosun University) ;
  • Rajesh, S.R. (Dept. of Naval Architecture and Ocean engineering, Graduate School of Chosun University) ;
  • Oh, Chong-In (Dept. of Naval Architecture and Ocean engineering, Graduate School of Chosun University) ;
  • Bang, Han-Sur (Dept. of Naval Architecture and Ocean engineering, Chosun University)
  • Published : 2006.10.19

Abstract

The application of aluminium alloy is increasing for lightweight and high quality transport vehicle. In this study, therefore, it is intended to apply the high speed hybrid welding method for marine grade aluminium alloy(A5083) used for shipbuilding that consists of 3 kW CW Nd:YAG laser and MIG welding process. For this purpose, the characteristics of process parameters(laser & arc combine angle and focal position of hybrid head to specimen) are investigated for hybrid fillet joint. This study also describes determination of heat distribution using finite element model of the T-joint fillet weld using the in-house solver which has been validated for different type of welding problems.

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