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Deviation quantification of the intersecting curve weld seam based on non-ideal models

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When the deviation between the actual pipelines and the ideal models cannot be neglected, the intersecting curve weld seam based on non-ideal models should be specially studied. This paper will introduce a novel method to quantify the deviation of the intersecting curve weld seam based on the non-ideal models. Weld location is a technical means for obtaining the actual position of weld seam, which may be used to obtain the location information of some key points on the intersecting curve. Combined with the information of weld location and the inherent characteristics of the intersecting curves, this paper analyzes the experimental results of actual intersecting curve welding, and all these works laid the foundation for the proposed algorithm. First of all, on the basis of previous studies, this paper introduces a kind of model for intersecting pipelines, which can cover most of the ways of coherence. Secondly, based on this model, the factors which may lead to the deviation of the theoretical intersecting curve from the actual intersecting curve are analyzed. Generally, there may be some connections or coupling between the sources of deviation. Against the above problem, the paper gives a solution to model each source of deviation and discuss the relationship among them, and then makes use of the information of weld location to quantify the main sources of deviation one by one, especially the quantification of the main pipes ovality. Finally, the correctness and flexibility of the algorithm are verified by the MATLAB simulation.

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The authors gratefully thank the research funding by the National Key Research and Development Plan of China under grant no.2017YFB1303503.

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Liu, Y., Shi, L. & Tian, X. Deviation quantification of the intersecting curve weld seam based on non-ideal models. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 97, 1347–1361 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-018-2010-1

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