Finite Element Simulation to Optimize the Mechanical Properties and Deformation of the Bevel Joint of 9.25 mm Thick Aluminum 6061-T6 with only One Pass

Milad Bahrami; Michel Guillot

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Finite Element Simulation to Optimize the Mechanical Properties and Deformation of the Bevel Joint of 9.25 mm Thick Aluminum 6061-T6 with only One Pass

Milad Bahrami, Michel Guillot

Published in American Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Volume 8, Issue 1)

Received: 25 July 2022 Accepted: 18 May 2023 Published: 29 May 2023

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Abstract

In industrial settings, it is customary to employ at least a three-passes welding for 9.525 mm-thick welded samples, which results in increased angular distortion and longitudinal/transversal deformation. This study outlines the optimized welding parameters for a butt-welded joint V groove with a 60-degree bevel angle and a 2.5 mm root face, utilizing a single pass, on a 9.525 mm thick sample. The present investigation involved the development of a 3D computational model to examine the thermal characteristics and distortion distribution during the process of gas metal arc welding of the aluminium alloy 6061-T6. The present paper employed the Taguchi methodology to compute the thermal behaviour technique using orthogonal arrays, a well-established Design of Experiments (DOE) approach for finite element analysis (FEA). Additionally, an artificial neural network (ANN) model was employed to forecast distortion and stress. The study produced 3D surface graphs and contour plots to clarify the correlation between welding parameters, stress, and distortion. Following the determination of optimized parameters through finite element analysis (FEA), experimental tests were conducted to compare and validate the FEA outcomes. The present investigation has employed welding parameters, namely arc voltage (v), arc travel speed (mm/s), current (A), gun angle (degree), distance between the nozzle and weld (mm), and root gap (mm).

Published in	American Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Volume 8, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajmie.20230801.12
Page(s)	7-17
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Welding Parameters, Aluminum Alloy, Mechanical Properties, Distortion, Neural Modeling, Taguchi Method, Finite Element Analysis

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Milad Bahrami

PI2/REGAL Research Team, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Laval University, Quebec, Canada
Michel Guillot

PI2/REGAL Research Team, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

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