Geometric Parameters Optimization Design for Aluminum Alloy Welding Joint Based on Increasing Fatigue Strength

Abstract:

The geometric parameters of the welding joint had an important effect on fatigue strength, so the stress concentration of the typical double sided asymmetric V-notch joint on high speed train was calculated, the relationship between geometric parameters and the stress distribution of the welding joint was analyzed by FEM, also the geometric parameters optimization design of welding joint was proposed. According to theoretical optimization design scheme, the geometric parameters optimization adopted shaping the weld joint by manual TIG welding and processing circle arc on weld toes by milling respectively,. and the fatigue property of the welding joint optimized by different methods was tested. By comparing the experimental results, it was found that manual TIG welding was difficult to obtain the favorable weld toe angle to decrease the stress concentration, and the welding joint was softened obviously. Accordingly, it revealed that the fatigue property was lower than that of initial joint in fatigue testing. On the contrary, the radius of the weld toes circle arc can be controlled accurately by mechanical processing. The stress concentration was reduced obviously by rounding off the weld toe, as a result the fatigue strength of the welding joint could be increased remarkably. Keywords: A7N01, optimization design, geometric parameters of welding joint, FEM

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 704-705)
• Pages: 1106-1111
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.704-705.1106
• Online since: December 2011
• Authors: Xue Song Liu, Ping Wang, Zhong Jie Yan, Qiang Wang, Hong Yuan Fang
• Keywords: A7N01, Finite Element Method (FEM), Geometric Parameters of Welding Joint, Optimization Design

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