The molten pool shape and thermocapillary convection during melting or welding of metals or alloys are self-consistently predicted from scale analysis. Determination of the molten pool shape and transport variables is crucial due to its close relationship with the strength and properties of the fusion zone. In this work, surface tension coefficient is considered to be negative, indicating an outward surface flow, whereas high Prandtl number represents a thinner thickness of the thermal boundary layer than that of momentum boundary layer. Since Marangoni number is usually very high, the domain of scaling is divided into the hot, intermediate and cold corner regions, boundary layers on the solid-liquid interface and ahead of the melting front. The results find that the width and depth of the pool, peak and secondary surface velocity, and maximum temperatures in the hot and cold corner regions can be explicitly and separately determined as functions of working variables or Marangoni, Prandtl, Peclet, Stefan, and beam power numbers. The scaled results agree with numerical data, different combinations among scaled equations, and available experimental data.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0808111-114140 |
Date | 08 August 2011 |
Creators | Liu, Han-Jen |
Contributors | Fei-Bin Hsiao, Jiin-Yuh Jang, Long-Jeng,Chen, Peng-Sheng,Wei |
Publisher | NSYSU |
Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
Language | Cholon |
Detected Language | English |
Type | text |
Format | application/pdf |
Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0808111-114140 |
Rights | user_define, Copyright information available at source archive |
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