Title :
A one-dimensional simulation of an electrofusion welding process
Author :
Osman, Halijah ; Ahmad, Shamsuddin ; Arshad, Khairil Anuar
Author_Institution :
Univ. Teknol. Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia
Abstract :
A one-dimensional simulation of an electrofusion welding process based on finite difference method using control volume discretization is presented. Usually simulations of this nature are implemented with finite elements using a package, such as ABAQUS, with time consuming iterative computer code. This simulation is able to predict temperature and stress histories as well as giving the gap closure time of the welding process. The results of this simple simulation compared favourably with both experimental and ABAQUS values.
Keywords :
electric welding; finite difference methods; finite volume methods; simulation; ABAQUS; control volume discretization; electrofusion welding process; finite difference method; iterative computer codes; one-dimensional simulation; stress prediction; temperature prediction; Computational modeling; Equations; Heating; Mathematical model; Stress; Welding; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Modeling, Simulation and Applied Optimization (ICMSAO), 2011 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kuala Lumpur
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0003-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICMSAO.2011.5774989
