简介:Mostoftheinvestigationsregardingfrictionstirwelding(FSW)ofaluminumalloyplateshavebeenlimitedtoabout5to6mmthickplates.InpriorworkconductedthevariousaspectsconcerningtheprocessparametersandtheFSWtoolgeometrywerestudiedutilizingfrictionstirweldingof12mmthickcommercialgradealuminumalloy.Twodifferentsimple-tomanufacturetoolgeometrieswereused.TheeffectofvaryingweldingparametersanddwelltimeofFSWtoolonmechanicalpropertiesandweldqualitywasexamined.Itwasobservedthatinordertoachieveadefectfreeweldingonsuchthickaluminumalloyplates,toolhavingtrapezoidalpingeometrywassuitable.Adequatetensilestrengthandductilitycanbeachievedutilizingacombinationofhightoolrotationalspeedofabout2000r/minandlowspeedofweldingaround28mm/min.Atverylowandhighdwelltimetheductilityofweldedjointsarereducedsignificantly.
简介:Sloshingphenomenonintheliquidcargocarriershascaughttheattentionofresearchersastheinteractionbetweenthesloshingwavesandstructureisoneofthekeypointanddifficultyinthestudyofsloshing.Inthispaper,wecapturedthefreesurfacewithavolumeoffluid(VOF)methodandthencalculatedthemotionsandresponsesofthestructurebyadoptingtheReynolds-averagedNavier-Stokes(RANS)equationsforthewholefluiddomain.Withtheuseofuserdefinedfunctions(UDF)inFluent,theinteractionbetweenfluidandstructurewasthensimulated.Asareasonablesimplification,theauthorsstudiedtheresponseofasinglecantileverinatankundersloshingloads;Furtherstudyshouldpaymoreattentiontothemechanismsofinteractionbetweensloshingwavesandelasticstructures.