• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.04c
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• pp.247-248
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• 2008

This paper describes the influence of shield(Arc shield) on the electric fields in a vacuum interrupter(VI). The equipotential line and electric field in a VI are analysed by a finite element method at various shield length. in result, The electric potentials of Arc shield edge was increased because the length too short or long approach the source. it confirmed that equipotential line was influenced that shape and length by end shield. finally this pater proposed to optimal length and shape by arc shield.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.41-47
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• 2005

Arc pressure is one of important factors in understanding physical arc phenomena. Especially it affects on the penetration, size and shape of TIG welding. Some researches were reported on the effect of arc pressure in low and middle current region. But there are not any research in high current region. The purpose of this study is to investigate the arc pressure distribution with mixing ratio of shield gas such as Ar and He gases. A Cu block with water cooling was specifically designed and used as an anode electrode in order to measure the arc pressure in high current region. Then, the arc pressure distribution was measured with change in welding current and mixing ratio of shield gases. The arc force was obtained by numerically integrating the measured results. As the results, it was shown that the arc pressure was concentrated at the central part of the arc in middle and high current regions when a pure Ar gas was used. In case of Ar + He mixing gas, the arc pressure was much lower than that of pure Ar gas. In addition, it was widely distributed to radial direction.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C
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• v.48 no.10
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• pp.693-698
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• 1999

Vacuum interrupters have a special asymmetric electrode structure to generate an magnetic field and consequently to increase the interrupting ability. Accordingly 2-dimensional analysis has a large analysis error because radial flux can not be considered. In this paper, in order to analyse the electric field distribution of a vacuum interrupter with arc shield more accurately, 3-dimensional finite element method(FEM) is used. The induced electric potentials of floating shield was increased with the gap distance, which is because the relative position of shield is closer to the fixed contact so that the capacitance distribution inside interrupter is varied. The calculated results also show that the induced potential of shield causes electric field distortion so that the maximum value of electric field in a vacuum interrupter with arc shield is higher than that without one.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.85-90
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• 2015

Recently many studies for improvement of productivity and automation of process are in progress, and among others, laser-arc hybrid welding that combined laser and arc has attracted much attention. Since parameters by interactions as well as the parameters of each heat source should be considered, There are a lot of hardship in actual application, even though many researches have been done so far. Therefore in this study, bead welding was done to examine the effects of the flow rate of shield gas and the distance between laser and arc during laser-arc hybrid welding. As for hybrid heat source, disk laser and MIG were used. As experiment result, sound bead and weld with no defect were formed when the flow rate of front and rear shield gas were respectively 20 l/min and 15 l/min, and deep penetration was done at DLA=3 mm.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.42-47
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• 2008

TIG welding enables to produce high quality weldment. However it has some problems such as shallow penetration and large distortion due to low penetration aspect ratio after welding. In order to overcome those problems, there are many ongoing studies on A-TIG welding, which use active flux. In this study, the effect of arc length and shield gas on penetration aspect ratio with melt-run welding on STS 304 6t, on which active flux was spreaded, was investigated. Arc length was changed from 1mm to 3mm, and aspect ratio became higher as arc length was decreased in this range. 100% Ar gas, Ar-$H_2$ mixed gas, Ar-He mixed gas, and 100% He gas were used as shield gas in this study. When Ar-$H_2$ mixed gas, Ar-He mixed gas, and 100% He gas were applied, penetration and melting efficiency were both increased as compared with 100% Ar gas. Aspect ratio was the highest with Ar-2.5% $H_2$ mixed gas.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.113-120
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• 2004

The object of this study is to investigate the effect of compounded welding through the AE(Acoustic Emission) characteristics for weld HAZ(Heat Affected Zone) under the static tensile test. This study was carried out an SWS 490A, high tension steel for electric shield metal arc welding(SMAW), $CO_2$ gas arc welding and TIG welding. Data displays are based on the measured parameters of the AE signals, along with environmental variables such as time and load. The accumulated AE event curve of HAZ definitely have the point of inflection subject to tensile test. The results of the tensile test of HAZ come out electric shield arc welding ＞$CO_2$ gas arc welding＞TIG welding in case of single welding, but generally the tensile test of HAZ come out electric shield arc welding＞ TIG welding ＞ $CO_2$ gas arc welding. These history plots give us useful and powerful information to analyze the results of material evaluation testing.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.90-95
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• 2013

Pipe inside clad welding is mainly used to the flow pipe of sub-sea or chemical plant. For the inside clad welding to the medium pipe with the diameter of about 12", TIG welding is frequently applied with filler metal. In this case, the clad welding has the very broad weld area over $10m^2$. And, the non-destructive test (NDT) such as ultrasonic test (UT) or radiographic testing (RT) should be conducted on the broad weld area, and it costs very high due to the time-consuming work. Therefore, the present study investigated the variation of arc voltage to develop the in-line quality monitoring system for the pipe inside TIG cladding. The 4 experimental parameters (current, arc length, wire feed position, and shield gas flow rate) varied to observe the change of arc voltage and to establish the model for the monitoring. The arc voltage was decreased when the wire was fed to the backward eccentric position(over 2mm), and the shield gas flow rate was insufficient under 10L/min. In the case of the backward eccentric position over 2mm, the bead appearance was not good and the dilution ratio was increased due to deep penetration. When the shield gas flow rate was lower than 10L/min, the bead surface was oxidized.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1998.07e
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• pp.1635-1637
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• 1998

This paper describes on the basic study for the insulation design of vacuum interrupter using Finite Element Method. For the basic study of insulation design, first, the maximum electric field was calculated on each curvature radius of arc shield and electrode. Second, the maximum electric field was also calculated on applied voltage and end shield with or not. Thus, the maximum electric field calculated have an effect on curvature radius and voltage polarity.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1998.11c
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• pp.913-915
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• 1998

This paper describes the application of two and three dimensional electric field analysis for vacuum interrupter with spiral contacts. The electric potentials of floating arc shield and electric fields in a vacuum interrupter are analysed at various gap distances from 1mm to 12mm. The electric potentials of floating shield is increased with the gap distance, which is because the relative position of shield is closer to the fixed contact so that the capacitance distribution inside interrupter is varied. The calculated results show that the maximum value of electric field in a vacuum interrupter with floating shield is nearly same to that without shield at short gap distance below 5mm, however at longer gaps more intensive electric field is achieved in interrupter with shield comparing with the model without shield, which is due to the influence of charged floating shield.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1998.11a
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• pp.113-116
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• 1998

This study should investigate to what extent the electric field of a vacuum interrupter might be influenced by the electric potential of floating arc shield. The electric potentials of floating shield and electric fields of a vacuum interrupter are analysed by a finite element method against variation of gap distances from 1mm to 12mm. The electric potentials of floating shield was increased with the gap distance, which is because the relative position of shield is closer to fixed contact so that the capacitance distribution inside interrupter is varied. The calculated results show that the maximum value of electric field of a vacuum interrupter with floating shield is nearly same to that without shield at shorter gap distance(below 5mm), however at larger gaps a significant increment of electric field is achieved in interrupter with shield companying with model without shield, which is due to the influence of charged floating shield.