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D.H. Lammlein PhD Dissertation - Vanderbilt University

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Figure 128: (conical tool) Geometry created in the Fluent preprocessor Gambit.<br />

The CFD model contours of temperature across the lateral cross section are shown<br />

in Figure 129 and Figure 132 and can be used to predict the appearance of the heat<br />

affected zone in experimental welds. The model temperature contours which are taken at<br />

the same orientation as the experimental macrosections, shown in Figure 131 and Figure<br />

134, can be compared to the heat affected zone visible in experimental macrosections.<br />

The macrosections show three distinct regions: the central, bright thermo-mechanically<br />

affected zone (TMAZ) containing the weld nugget; the darker, parent metal; and a<br />

transition region of intermediate appearance, the HAZ. Good agreement in the shape and<br />

size of the HAZ can be seen when lateral section temperature contours are compared with<br />

the macrosections from the experiment. Additionally, contours of velocity magnitude<br />

taken across a lateral cross section in the CFD model, shown in Figure 130 and Figure<br />

133, can be compared to the shape and size of the TMAZ. Again, comparison with the<br />

macrosections shows good agreement.<br />

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