Thermal analysis of AISI 1020 low carbon steel plate agglutinated by gas tungsten arc welding technique: a computational study of weld dilution using finite element method

Journal of Engineering and Applied Science

Table 8 Percentage of weld dilution obtained through experiments and FEM approach

Weld runs	Current	Voltage	Gas flow rate	Max welding temperature	Heat rate	Melting rate	FEM % dilution	Ex percentage dilution
1	240	20.98	13.5	3419	51.6	40.6	60.1	59.03
2	210	22	16	3415	49.7	39.4	58.2	57.0
3	250.23	23.5	13.5	3688	66.4	52.6	73.1	71.55
4	210	25	16	3411	47.2	37.2	56	55.02
5	250.23	20.98	13.5	3458	63.5	49.5	70.8	68.7
6	210	20.98	14.5	3407	45.3	35.7	54.6	53.22
7	225	24.5	11.98	3438	58.3	47.2	67.3	66.54
8	210	22	16	3425	54.1	43.5	63.2	61.03
9	225	26	14.5	3461	64.1	50.3	71.6	68.94
10	225	25	16	3427	55.7	44.3	64.7	63.12
11	199.77	23.5	14.5	3427	55.2	44.6	64.7	63.04
12	210	22	16	3409	48.4	36.3	55.2	54.23
13	250.23	24.5	14.5	3458	63.1	49.0	70.1	69.02
14	199.77	26	11.98	3397	40.4	29	49.8	47.2
15	250.23	22	11.98	3462	65.3	51.4	72.4	70.46
16	225	22	13.5	3401	42.7	32.4	51.7	48.36
17	199.77	26	11.98	3390	37.2	26	46.8	44.5
18	240	25	16	3442	59.6	48.7	68.8	65.55
19	240	20.98	13	3430	56.2	48.3	65.7	63.94
20	199.77	24.5	13.5	3403	43.5	33.3	52.7	49.54