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Investigation on the influence of various welding parameters on the arc thermal efficiency of the GTAW process by calorimetric method

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Arc efficiency of Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) was determined by calorimetric method. A water-cooled anode calorimeter was designed and manufactured to measure the arc thermal efficiency, which was determined as a function of current, arc length, polarity and gas flow rate for GTAW of mild steel. With Direct Current Electrode Negative (DCEN) polarity and 5 mm arc length, a thermal efficiency of 67±4% was obtained, which was independent of the welding current. With Direct Current Electrode Positive (DCEP) polarity and 5 mm arc length, arc thermal efficiency was determined as 52±4%. The experimental data show that the arc efficiency decreases from 67% to 58% and 51% as the arc length increases from 5 mm to 11 and 17.5 mm, respectively. The experimental results also show that the arc efficiency is not significantly affected by the shielding gas flow rate.

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  1. Department of Materials Engineering, University of Applied Science and Technology, Boushehr, Iran

    Mohammad Bagher Nasiri & Masoud Behzadinejad

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Laboratory of Welding Technology, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland

    Hamidreza Latifi & Jukka Martikainen

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Hamidreza Latifi received his M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT), Finland, in 2013. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the department of mechanical engineering and welding laboratory of Lappeenranta University of Technology. His research interests include materials science (composites and advanced ceramics) and welding technology (arc welding and adaptive welding).

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Nasiri, M.B., Behzadinejad, M., Latifi, H. et al. Investigation on the influence of various welding parameters on the arc thermal efficiency of the GTAW process by calorimetric method. J Mech Sci Technol 28, 3255–3261 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-014-0736-8

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