Papers by Author: Li Jun Wang

Abstract: The magnetic flux leakage (MFL) technique is widely used as a Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) method for welds [1]. Because of the specialty of fillet weld structure, the defect may not be in the location suitably detected, which is normally at the center of yoke poles, and the rate of detect-ability would decline. In this paper, we focus on the yoke-magnetization testing for a fillet weld, and it is studied the influences of air gap between magnetic poles and specimen surface on MFL density at an artificial flaw by Finite Element Method (FEM), and also the influences of distance between magnetic poles and fillet weld on MFL density. The results show that the MFL density observably decreases as the air gap and the distance increase.

Abstract: Thermal barrier coating (TBC), which consisted of a NiCoCrAlY bond coat (BC) and a ZrO₂-8 wt.%Y₂O₃ topcoat (TC), was fabricated on the nickel-base superalloy by air plasma spray (APS). The BC and TBC was treated by vacuum heat treatment (VHT). The oxidation of coating with and without VHT has been performed at 1050°C. Oxidation behavior of coatings and thermally grown oxide(TGO) scale were studied by SEM with EDS. As shown in the results, after treating by VHT, a continuous Al₂O₃ layer formed more rapidly on the VHT coating than that formed on the APS coating, which can act as a diffusion barrier to suppress the formation of other detrimental oxides. The pre-oxidation treatments reduced the growth rate and extend the steady-state growth stage. The TGO in VHT TBC was still a single layer Al₂O₃ oxide after 120h. However, after same oxidation time, the TGO in APS TBC produced a dual-layer oxide consisting of an inner Al₂O₃ layer and outer spinel layer. Therefore the VHT improves the oxidation resistance of APS coating.

Abstract: The main objective of this study is to generate new understanding and improve computational method for optimization design on the parameters of double ellipsoid welding heat source. On the basis of Infrared measurement (IR), two optimization design methods, the zero-order method and first-order method, were combined to confirm the heat source parameters. The simulated thermal cycles, the weld penetration and the weld width were consistent to the experimental results with such corrected parameters. The effects of the parameters were analyzed by gradient evaluation method. It presents that as each of the parameters increasing, the peak temperature in the thermal cycle declines. Of all the three parameters, the sensitivities of the weld penetration and width with parameter c are great.