WRC 012 An Analytical Study of Aluminum Welding

Bulletin / Circular by Welding Research Council, Inc., 1952

C. O. Smith, E. R. Funk, H. Udin

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Calculations are presented for the temperature history of points in a 61S-T6 aluminum plate under varying conditions of source velocity and heat input. These conditions were subsequently duplicated by experiments in which a tungsten or a consumable electrode arc became the hypothetical point source of heat.

The decrease in hardness at any point in the plate is predicted from a temperature modified time versus transformation curve, developed from isothermal reaction rates. The predicted hardness values are compared with the measured hardness values as a check on the applicability of the analytical method.

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Published: 1952 Number of Pages: 14 File Size: 1 file , 710 KB