ICCM Conferences, The 6th International Conference on Computational Methods (ICCM2015)

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Topology optimization of wire in gas tungsten arc welding
Yiseul Kim, Jaewook Lee, Xiao Long Liu, Bo Young Lee, Yunlong Chang

Last modified: 2015-04-26

Abstract


We performed the topology optimization of wire for increasing the efficiency of gas tungsten arc welding(GTAW). GTAW is on of the welding methods using the thermal plasma and allowing for the stronger and higher quality welds. For the increasing the performance, the high heat should be applied to work piece. Therefor it is important to shoot the plasma which helps the transfer the heat at high density. The force that th greatest effects on the behavior of the plasma is the Lorentz force which is generated by the electromagnetic fields. We added to the wire on the welding system to increase the Lorentz force. And topology optimization of wire was performed. For calculating electromagnetic fields, we used commercial software 'COMSOL' which is based on Finite Element Method. And we formulate optimization problem for designing the wire, maximizing the Lorentz force. We presented the wire's geometry


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