简介:Mostoftheinvestigationsregardingfrictionstirwelding(FSW)ofaluminumalloyplateshavebeenlimitedtoabout5to6mmthickplates.InpriorworkconductedthevariousaspectsconcerningtheprocessparametersandtheFSWtoolgeometrywerestudiedutilizingfrictionstirweldingof12mmthickcommercialgradealuminumalloy.Twodifferentsimple-tomanufacturetoolgeometrieswereused.TheeffectofvaryingweldingparametersanddwelltimeofFSWtoolonmechanicalpropertiesandweldqualitywasexamined.Itwasobservedthatinordertoachieveadefectfreeweldingonsuchthickaluminumalloyplates,toolhavingtrapezoidalpingeometrywassuitable.Adequatetensilestrengthandductilitycanbeachievedutilizingacombinationofhightoolrotationalspeedofabout2000r/minandlowspeedofweldingaround28mm/min.Atverylowandhighdwelltimetheductilityofweldedjointsarereducedsignificantly.
简介:Inthisstudy,thepassageofwavesthroughpilegroupswithdifferentarrangementsisinvestigatedusingathree-dimensional(3D)numericalmodel.Forthesimulations,wavesofthreedifferentheightsof36,58,and81mm,afixedperiodof0.88s,andafixedwavelengthof1.128mwereused.Tosimulatethewavesandflowpatternthroughthepiles,Reynolds-averagedNavier–Stokes(RANS)equationsoffluidmotionweresolvedbasedonthefinitevolumemethod(FVM).Pilesweredefinedasobstaclesintherectangulardomainusingthefractionalarea/volumeobstaclerepresentation(FAVOR)method.Thevolume-of-fluid(VOF)andre-normalizationgroup(RNG)methodswereusedtosimulatethefreesurfaceandturbulencephenomenon,respectively.Byperformingdifferentnumericalsimulations,theeffectofcoastalpilearrangementsonwavepatternwasstudiedandwascomparedwithexistingexperimentaldata,andanacceptableagreementwasachieved.