Table 6

Summary of the experiments from Ding et al. (2015): single bead cases

Experimental setupGas typeAr 82%, CO2 18%
Gas flow rate [l/min]22
Wire diameter (dw) [mm]1.2
MaterialCopper coated steel
Means of measure3D laser profiler (0.002 resolution)
Cases reported in Figure 23 a1b1a2b2a3b3a4b4
Deposition parametersMulti-bead––––––––
Multi-layer––––––––
Wire feed rate (WFR) [m/min]55555555
Travel speed (TS) [mm/s]3.334.175.005.836.677.508.339.17
WFR/TS252016.714.312.511.1109.1
Obtained bead sizesWidth (wav) [mm]12.4511.3310.369.679.068.738.067.67
Height (hav) [mm]3.283.002.742.562.502.212.172.09
h/w0.260.260.260.260.280.250.270.27
Deposited area (Ad) [mm2]28.2722.6218.8916.1714.1412.5511.3110.29
Measured area (Am) [mm2]27.4922.1418.2515.7514.1712.1210.769.81
Am – Ad [mm2]−0.78−0.485.015.005.005.005.005.01
(Am – ad)/ad−2.8%−2.1%26.5%30.9%35.4%39.8%44.2%48.7%
Parabola modelAp [mm2]27.2222.6618.9216.5015.1012.8611.6610.69
ed−3.7%0.2%0.2%2%6.8%2.5%3.1%3.8%
em−1%2.4%3.7%4.8%6.6%6.1%8.4%8.9%
Cosine modelAp [mm2]26.0021.6418.0715.7614.4212.2811.1310.21
ed−8.1%−4.3%−4.3%−2.6%2%−2.2%−1.6%−0.8%
em−5.4%−2.3%−1%0.1%1.8%1.3%3.5%4%
Ellipse modelAp [mm2]32.0626.6822.2819.4317.7815.1513.7312.58
ed13.4%18%18%20.2%25.8%20.6%21.4%22.3%
em16.6%20.5%22.1%23.4%25.5%25%27.7%28.3%
Proposed Hermite modelAh [mm2]27.5022.1318.2515.7514.1612.1210.779.81
Contact angle θ1 [°]5146444241404240
Contact angle θ2 [°]5146444241404240
ed−2.7%−2.2%−3.4%−2.6%0.2%−3.5%−4.8%−4.7%
em0%−0.1%0%0%−0.1%0%0.1%0%
Source(s): Table by authors

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