Laser Transmission Welding of Nylon Tubes and Plates

2010 ◽  
Vol 132 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Kritskiy ◽  
G. Zak ◽  
P. J. Bates
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Laser Beam ◽  
Process Parameters ◽  
Laser Power ◽  
Angular Speed ◽  
Joint Shear Strength ◽  
Laser Transmission Welding ◽  
Joint Shear ◽  
Number Of Passes ◽  
Conical Mirror

In this study, nylon tubes were welded to nylon plaques using laser transmission welding. A conical mirror inserted inside the tube was used to guide the laser beam along the weld path around the inner circumference of the tube. The effect of beam location with respect to the tip of conical mirror on beam distortion was modeled and assessed experimentally. The effects of the laser power, the angular speed, and the number of passes on the joint shear strength were examined. Process parameters that gave good joint strengths were identified.

Modeling of Weld Lap-Shear Strength for Laser Transmission Welding of Thermoplastic Using Artificial Neural Network

2012 ◽  
Vol 445 ◽  
pp. 454-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.R. Nakhaei ◽  
N.B. Mostafa Arab ◽  
F. Kordestani
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Shear Strength ◽  
Laser Welding ◽  
Process Parameters ◽  
Welding Speed ◽  
Laser Power ◽  
Laser Transmission Welding ◽  
Lap Shear Strength ◽  
Lap Shear

Laser welding of plastic materials has a wide range of applications in the packaging, medical, electronics and automobile industries provided it can predict high quality welds compared with other joining methods. Laser welding process parameters can affect the quality of welds. In this paper, Artificial Neural Network (ANN) is used to model the effects of laser power, welding speed, clamp pressure and stand-off distance on weld lap-shear strength in laser transmission welding (LTW) of acrylic (polymathy methacrylate). A set of experimental data on diode laser weld lap-shear strengths was used to train and test the ANN from which the neurons relations were gradually extracted to develop a model. The developed ANN model can be used for the analysis and prediction of the complex relationships between the above mentioned process parameters and weld lap-shear strength. The results indicated that increase in laser power and clamp pressure increases the weld lap-shear strength whereas welding speed and stand off distance had a decreasing affect on shear strength at high value.

Spot lap joining of AA5052 to AISI 1006 by aluminium extrusion via friction forming technique

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 1337-1351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabah Khammass Hussein ◽  
Isam Tareq Abdullah ◽  
Abbas Khammas Hussein
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Process Parameters ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
Joint Shear Strength ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pull Out ◽  
Modes Of Failure ◽  
Joint Efficiency ◽  
Joint Shear ◽  
Joining Process

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to join AA5052 to AISI 1006 steel sheets using the spot friction forming technique. Design/methodology/approach A steel sheet was pre-holed with a diameter of 4.8 mm and pre-threaded with a single internal M6 thread. Lap joint configuration was used so that the aluminium specimen was put over steel. A rotating tool with a 10 mm diameter was used for the joining process. A Taguchi method was used to design three process parameters (plunging tool depth, rotating speed and preheating time), with three levels for each parameter. The effect of the process parameters on the joint shear strength was analysed. The macrostructure, microstructure and scanning electron microscope of the joint were investigated. The temperature distribution during the joining process was recorded. Findings The formed aluminium was extruded through the steel hole and penetrated through the thread slot. A mechanical interlock was achieved between the extruded aluminium and the steel. The plunging depth of the tool exhibited a significant effect on the joint shear strength. The joint efficiency increased gradually as the plunging depth increased. Two modes of failure were found shear and pull-out. The maximum temperature during the process reached 50 per cent of aluminium’s melting point. Originality/value For the first time, AA5052 was joined with AISI 1006 steel using a friction spot forming technique with an excellent joint efficiency.

Experimental Investigation on Laser Transmission Welding of Polycarbonate and Acrylic

2021 ◽  
pp. 160-180
Author(s):  
Dhiraj Kumar ◽  
Sudipta Paitandi ◽  
Arunanshu Shekhar Kuar ◽  
Dipankar Bose
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Process Parameters ◽  
Welding Speed ◽  
Laser Power ◽  
Optimum Parameter ◽  
Optimization Technique ◽  
Welding Process ◽  
Parameter Setting ◽  
Laser Transmission Welding ◽  
Weld Width

This chapter presents the effect of various process parameters, namely laser power, pulse frequency, and welding speed, on the weld shear strength and weld width using a diode laser system. Here, laser transmission welding of transparent polycarbonate and black carbon filled acrylic each of 2.8 mm thickness have been performed to create lap joint by using low power laser. Response surface methodology is applied to develop the mathematical model between the laser welding process parameters and the responses of weld joint. The developed mathematical model is tested for its adequacy using analysis of variance and other adequacy measures. It has been observed that laser power and welding speed are the dominant factor followed by frequency. A confirmation test has also been conducted to validate the experimental results at optimum parameter setting. Results show that weld strength of 34.3173 N/mm and weld width of 2.61547 mm have been achieved at optimum parameter setting using desirability function-based optimization technique.

Exterior RC joints subjected to monotonic and cyclic loading

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 2319-2336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasmin Murad ◽  
Haneen Abdel-Jabar ◽  
Amjad Diab ◽  
Husam Abu Hajar
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Cyclic Loading ◽  
Axial Load ◽  
Monotonic Loading ◽  
Concrete Compressive Strength ◽  
Joint Shear Strength ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Loading Case ◽  
Joint Shear ◽  
Test Points

Purpose The purpose of this study is to develop two empirical models that predict the shear strength of exterior beam-column joints exposed to monotonic and cyclic loading using Gene expression programming (GEP). Design/methodology/approach The GEP model developed for the monotonic loading case is trained and validated using 81 data test points and that for cyclic loading case is trained and validated using 159 data test points that collected from different 9 and 39 experimental programs, respectively. The parameters that are selected to develop the cyclic GEP model are concrete compressive strength, joint aspect ratio, column axial load and joint transverse reinforcement. The monotonic GEP model is developed using concrete compressive strength, column depth, joint width and column axial load. Findings GEP models are proposed in this paper to predict the joint shear strength of beam-column joints under cyclic and monotonic loading. The predicted results obtained using the GEP models are compared to those calculated using the ACI-352 code formulations. A sensitivity analysis is also performed to further validate the GEP models. Originality/value The proposed GEP models provide an accurate prediction for joint shear strength of beam-column joints under cyclic and monotonic loading that is more fitting to the experimental database than the ACI-352 predictions where the GEP models have higher R2 value than the code formulations.

Joint shear strength of FRP reinforced concrete beam-column joints

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jagadeesan Saravanan ◽  
Ganapathy Kumaran
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Concrete Beam ◽  
Concrete Strength ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beam ◽  
Constant Load ◽  
Reinforcement Ratio ◽  
Joint Shear Strength ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Joint Shear

AbstractAn assessment of the joint shear strength of exterior concrete beam-column joints reinforced internally with Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) reinforcements under monotonically increasing load on beams keeping constant load on columns is carried out in this study. Totally eighteen numbers of specimens are cast and tested for different parametric conditions like beam longitudinal reinforcement ratio, concrete strength, column reinforcement ratio, joint aspect ratio and influence of the joint stirrups at the joint. Also finite element analysis is performed to simulate the behaviour of the beam-column joints under various parametric conditions. Based on this study, a modified design equation is proposed for assessing the joint shear strength of the GFRP reinforced beam-column specimens based on the experimental results and the review of the prevailing design equations.

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