A unified model of transport phenomena in gas metal arc welding including electrode, arc plasma and molten pool

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 2531-2544

  Fan, H G ^a   Kovacevic, R ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENTHALPY; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SOLIDIFICATION; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

ARC PLASMAS; CURRENT DENSITY DISTRIBUTION; MAGNETIC PINCH INSTABILITY THEORY (PIT); STATIC FORCE BALANCE THEORY (SFBT);

GAS METAL ARC WELDING;

EID: 4644346311     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/37/18/009     Document Type: Article

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