Modeling of heat transfer and fluid flow during laser welding of aluminum

Author

Allalou, Nabil ; Amara, El Hachemi ; Mebani, Nawel ; Achab, Louiza ; Hamadi, Farida

Author_Institution

Laser Mater. Process. Group, Centre of Dev. & Adv. Technol., Algiers, Algeria

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

12-17 Sept. 2005

Firstpage

98

Abstract

This paper presents a two-dimensional model to study the fluid flow and heat transfer phenomena which occur during deep penetration laser welding. Using finite volume method analysis software FLUENT, behavior of temperature field and weld pool shape were analyzed. The results show that the method can be used to predict the shape of the welding pool as function of welding parameters and that the widths of both the fusion zone and heat effected zone decrease as the welding speed increases.

Keywords

aluminium; computational fluid dynamics; finite volume methods; heat transfer; laser beam welding; temperature distribution; Al; aluminum; deep penetration laser welding; finite volume method analysis; fluid flow modeling; fusion zone width; heat effected zone; heat transfer modeling; keyhole; laser welding; software FLUENT; temperature field; two-dimensional model; weld pool shape; welding parameters; welding speed; Aluminum; Equations; Fluid flow; Heat transfer; Laser beams; Laser fusion; Laser modes; Laser transitions; Temperature; Welding;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Optoelectronics and Lasers, 2005. Proceedings of CAOL 2005. Second International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9130-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CAOL.2005.1553828

Filename

1553828