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| Author(s): |
Douglas Ramos da Silva
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN/BT) |
| Defense date: | 2008-05-21 |
| Examining board members: |
Wagner de Rossi;
José Roberto Berretta;
Milton Sergio Fernandes de Lima
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| Advisor: | Wagner de Rossi |
| Abstract | |
Titanium is a light and resistant material that has applications in many areas, such as medical, aeronautic and nuclear. However, due to its high temperature reactivity with oxygen and other air elements, welding of this material may be very difficult. The use of high intensity energy sources such as the laser, generates a smaller heat affected zone, reducing the oxided area. Nevertheless, there is still the need of the use of a neutral gas protection, of helium, argon or both. This protection interacts with the process through changes in plasma formation, modifying characteristics of the weld, as the weld width and penetration, or even the appearance of porosity. In this work it was verified the influence of the use of argon, helium or mixtures of these gases in Ti6Al4V pulsed laser welding. It was also done a study verifying the need of the use of different gas fluxes and welding protection devices. It was verified that the mechanical and physical characteristics of the weld are not significantly modified by the gases, and that although there is a raise in the weld hardness if no backshielding is used, there is not a change in the tensile strength of the weld. In the welding of the same material with a continuous wave laser, the influences of the welding parameters were studied, comparing them with mathematical simulations. The results showed that the simulation may be used to predict the weld width, heat affected and oxided zones. (AU) | |