Table 7

Summary of the experiments from Ding et al. (2015): multi-bead and multi-layer 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 24 abc  
Cases reported in Figure 25    ab
Deposition parametersMulti-bead✓✓✓✓✓
Multi-layer–––✓✓
Wire feed rate (WFR) [m/min]55555
Travel speed (TS) [mm/s]6.676.676.678.338.33
WFR/TS12.512.512.51010
Obtained bead sizesWidth (w) [mm]9.558.689.447.628.00
Height (h) [mm]2.462.482.372.212.36
h/w0.260.290.250.290.30
Deposited area (Ad) [mm2]14.1314.1314.1311.3111.31
Measured area (Am) [mm2]14.5014.5914.7111.3811.06
Am – Ad [mm2]2.623.254.100.58−2.25
(Am – ad)/ad18.5%23%29%5.1%−19.9%
Parabola modelAp [mm2]15.6614.3514.9211.2312.59
ed10.8%1.6%5.6%−0.8%11.3%
em8%−1.6%1.4%−1.4%13.8%
Cosine modelAp [mm2]14.9613.7014.2410.7212.02
ed5.9%−3%0.8%−5.3%6.2%
em3.2%−6.1%−3.2%−5.8%8.7%
Ellipse modelAp [mm2]18.4416.9017.5613.2214.82
ed30.5%19.6%24.3%16.8%31%
em27.2%15.8%19.4%16.2%34%
Proposed Hermite modelAh [mm2]14.5114.5914.7111.3711.06
Contact angle θ1 [°]3950404040
Contact angle θ2 [°]3950404040
ed2.7%3.3%4.1%0.5%−2.3%
em0.1%0%0%−0.1%0%
Source(s): Table by authors

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