Modelling the Defect in Spot Welding on 5083 Aluminum Sheets and Replacing Them with Steel Sheets in the Automotive Industry
| International Journal of Mechanical Engineering |
| © 2020 by SSRG - IJME Journal |
| Volume 7 Issue 9 |
| Year of Publication : 2020 |
| Authors : Esmaeil Mirmahdi |
10.14445/23488360/IJME-V7I9P101
How to Cite?
Esmaeil Mirmahdi, "Modelling the Defect in Spot Welding on 5083 Aluminum Sheets and Replacing Them with Steel Sheets in the Automotive Industry," SSRG International Journal of Mechanical Engineering, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. 1-8, 2020. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23488360/IJME-V7I9P101
Abstract:
Similar sheets of Aluminum 5083 can be used in the automotive industry and meet the needs of the industry. These sheets have the highest resistance of heat treatment among aluminum alloys and are widely used in the car body; and according to various welding tests, spot welding is used for these sheets, which spot welding is acceptable for these sheets. In this paper, it was used Comsol Multiphysics software. It has been investigated the propagation of ultrasonic waves in two layers of similar sheets aluminum 5083 in different thicknesses of simulation and the effect of amplitude echoes on ultrasonic waves. This test was performed by ultrasonic immersion method and it was investigated the intensity and amplitude of the reaction of the resulting defect waves. It been investigated various factors and conditions such as excitation frequency, the most suitable position for the transducer to stimulate the focused waves in simulation, mesh size sensitivity analysis and appropriate mesh size for simulation. This article discusses the use of aluminum 5083 sheets that can be used instead of steel sheets in the automotive industry. With Studies and experiments conducted in this article, the characteristics of these sheets in the automotive industry have been determined that in addition to saving car weight, more speed is possible in cars that use this sheet. In this paper, for the efficiency of this sheets, it was mentioned the average relative error that can meet the industrial needs. A comparison was made between the simulation and experimental results and a good agreement was observed between them.
Keywords:
Spot Welding, Ultrasonic Waves, Simulation, Similar Sheets of Aluminum 5083, Average Relative Error
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