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Effect of pulsed ultrasonic on arc acoustic binding in pulsed ultrasonic wave-assisted pulsed gas tungsten arc welding

  • Jianfeng Wang
  • , Qingjie Sun*
  • , Jinping Liu
  • , Bin Wang
  • , Jicai Feng
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Harbin Institute of Technology Weihai
  • China Nuclear Industry 23 Construction Co. Ltd
  • China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

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Abstract

This paper investigated the effect of pulsed ultrasonic on the microstructure and mechanical properties of weld joints using novel pulsed ultrasonic wave-assisted pulsed gas tungsten arc welding. The principle of proposed method was to apply pulsed ultrasonic to the welding process during background current. The results indicated that arc contraction degree, weld pool oscillation, and weld penetration were remarkably enhanced by applying pulsed ultrasonic. The microstructure refined by pulsed ultrasonic was much finer than those refined by continuous ultrasonic due to the more stable ultrasonic field in arc zone and consequent stronger fluid flow in weld pool. Furthermore, tensile strength of the joints with pulsed ultrasonic was significantly improved compared with that of the joints with no and continuous ultrasonic.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)465-471
Number of pages7
JournalScience and Technology of Welding and Joining
Volume22
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Aug 2017

Keywords

  • Pulsed ultrasonic
  • arc morphology
  • mechanical property
  • microstructure
  • welding

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