Table 4

Summary of the elaboration of data reported by Xiong et al. (2013) 

Experimental setupGas typeAr 95%, CO2 5%
Gas flow rate [l/min]18
Wire diameter (dw) [mm]1.2
MaterialCopper coated steel
Means of measureLaser vision sensor
Cases reported in Figure 19 ab    
Cases reported in Figure 20   abcd
Deposition parametersMulti-bead––✓✓✓✓
Multi-layer––––––
Wire feed rate (WFR) [m/min]4.44.44444
Travel speed (TS) [mm/s]2.57.5336.56.5
WFR/TS29.39.822.222.210.310.3
Obtained bead sizesWidth (w) [mm]11.767.549.209.207.197.19
Height (h) [mm]3.802.343.713.602.532.53
h/w0.320.310.400.390.350.35
Deposited area (Ad) [mm2]33.1811.0625.1325.1311.6011.60
Measured area (Am) [mm2]32.1410.5126.4028.4712.1010.53
Am – Ad [mm2]−1.04−0.551.273.340.50−1.07
(Am – ad)/ad−3.1%−5%5.1%13.3%4.3%−9.2%
Parabola modelAp [mm2]29.7611.7722.7522.0812.1512.15
ed−10.3%6.4%−9.5%−12.2%4.7%4.7%
em−7.4%12%−13.8%−22.4%0.4%15.4%
Cosine modelAp [mm2]28.4211.2421.7321.0811.6011.60
ed−14.3%1.6%−13.5%−16.1%0%0%
em−11.6%6.9%−17.7%−26%−4.1%10.2%
Ellipse modelAp [mm2]35.0413.8526.7926.0014.3014.30
ed5.6%25.3%6.6%3.5%23.3%23.3%
em9%31.8%1.5%−8.7%18.2%35.8%
Proposed Hermite modelAh [mm2]32.1410.5026.4128.4611.8710.54
Contact angle θ1 [°]674074744646
Contact angle θ2 [°]674074744646
ed−3.1%−5.1%5.1%13.2%2.3%−9.1%
em0%−0.1%0%0%−1.9%0.1%
Source(s): Table by authors

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