Effect of surface tension on molten pool and keyhole dur-ing laser welding
Based on fluent 19.0 software,the heat flow coup-ling model of laser welding was established,and the effects of different surface tension temperature coefficients(negative val-ues)on the flow field of molten pool were compared and ana-lyzed.The results showed that with the decrease of surface ten-sion temperature coefficient,the trend of clockwise flow vor-tex behind the molten pool gradually weakened or even disap-peared,and the amount of welding spatter increased,the length of longitudinal section molten pool gradually increased,the maximum flow velocity of longitudinal section molten pool gradually increased,and the cross-sectional area of molten pool gradually decreased.When the temperature coefficient of sur-face tension was-2.5×10-4 N/(m·K),the average length of molten pool was 3.28 mm,the average maximum flow velo-city of molten pool fluid was 2.89 m/s,and the average cross-sectional area of molten pool was 4.52 mm2.When the temper-ature coefficient of surface tension was-3.5×10-4 N/(m·K),the average length of molten pool was 3.73 mm,the average maximum flow velocity of molten pool fluid was 3.53 m/s,and the average cross-sectional area of molten pool was 4.03 mm2.When the temperature coefficient of surface tension was-4.9×10-4 N/(m·K),the average length of molten pool was 4.14 mm,the average maximum flow velocity of molten pool fluid was 4.09 m/s,and the average cross-sectional area of molten pool was 3.28 mm2.