Aluminium alloys are widely used in many industries due to their high strength-to-weight
ratios and resistance to corrosion. Due to their specific thermophysical properties and …

This article reviews the status of thermomechanical analysis of the friction stir welding (FSW)
process for establishing guidelines for further investigation, filling the available research …

The accurate prediction of the thermal energy generation and distribution in friction stir
welding process is of great significance for the optimization of the process parameters and …

A three-dimensional wire-feeding model has been developed to study the transient coupling
behaviour of heat and metal transfer, fluid flow, and solidified bead shape in wire plasma arc …

A 3D print device using a cold metal transfer arc welding station to melt a metallic filler wire
is developed to build aluminium part by optimising the process parameters. First tests …

A unified fluid flow and heat transfer model is developed by taking into account the coupled
transport mechanisms of the plasma arc, weld pool and keyhole in stationary plasma arc …

The distribution of the energy in the keyhole plasma arc welding process has significant
effect on the final weld quality. In this study, a novel fully coupled plasma arc-keyhole-weld …

A coupled tungsten–plasma–anode mathematical model is first proposed in this paper to
analyze the heat transfer and fluid flow in stationary keyhole plasma arc welding (PAW). The …

The thermal condition and fluid flow in weld pool determine the formation of humping bead
in high speed gas metal arc welding. An external magnetic field is utilized to control the fluid …

The welding defects such as porosity and lack-of-fusion is more likely to occur in the narrow
gap gas metal arc welding (NG-GMAW) of aluminum alloy. In this study, a three-dimensional …