A computational investigation of the effectiveness of different shielding gas mixtures for arc welding

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Murphy, A B ^a   Tanaka, M ^b   Tashiro, S ^b   Sato, T ^c   Lowke, J J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TAIYO NIPPON SANSO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODE SURFACES; ARC PLASMA; ARC PRESSURE; ARC-WELDING; AXISYMMETRIC; COMPUTATIONAL CODES; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HEAT FLOWS; METAL ANODES; SHIELDING GAS; SHIELDING GAS MIXTURES; TUNGSTEN CATHODES; TUNGSTEN INERT GAS WELDING; WELD POOL; WORK PIECES;

ARGON; CAVITY RESONATORS; ELECTRIC WELDING; GAS MIXTURES; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; INERT GASES; LASER BEAM WELDING; SHIELDING; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TUNGSTEN; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

DENSITY OF GASES;

EID: 70249083427     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/42/11/115205     Document Type: Article

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