FEM Analysis of Robotized Arc Welded Joint

IET Department of Mechanical Engineering GLA University Mathura, India

^* Corresponding author: anasmechengg@gmail.com

Abstract

Welding is one of the most important phenomenon as far as the joining of two bodies are concerned. Welding processes are common in fabrication industries. Different types of welding are used in the automobile industries for the manufacturing of their bodies. Other examples of industries where welding plays a crucial role include construction industries, aviation industries, fabrication of pipelines, general repairing of machines, etc. As welding is such a most important factor in almost all industries, therefore it deserves proper attention in order to optimize the whole welding process. On one hand welding process is quite beneficial but on the other hand, it requires very careful attention of the operator, as there were several cases of accident due to welding just because of the carelessness of the operator. Also, it is a repetitive task so the labor or worker is engaged in working without proper use of their brains and in some other productive works. Thus, a number of manpower is only engaged for welding operation this makes the work boring and this restricts them from showing their true potential. This paper deals with the finite element analysis (FEA) of welded single V joint for obtaining the Shear Elastic Strain, Normal Elastic strain, Strain energy, and Shear stress respectively developed at the welded joint. The temperature of the weld pool taken for analysis is 400°C and the material of the specimen is Mild steel ASTM A 36 for welding and its coordinating filler material AWS A5.1 E 6013 were chosen in this study. The specimen size was 30×150×9mm³ thickness. Welding current was set to 90A with welding speed27mm/sec.