Toward a unified model to prevent humping defects in gas tungsten arc welding

Welding Journal (Miami, Fla)

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Kumar, A ^a   Debroy, T ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas tungsten arc welding; Humping defects; Kelvin helmholtz hydrodynamic instability; Welding current; Welding speed

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODE GEOMETRY; GAS TUNGSTEN ARC (GTA); HUMPING DEFECTS; WELD METAL; WELDING CURRENT; WELDING SPEED;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SHIELDING; TUNGSTEN;

GAS METAL ARC WELDING;

EID: 33845573200     PISSN: 00432296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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