Investigation on the effect of mechanical vibration in mild steel weld pool

Abstract

This study presents a new concept of a vibratory welding setup which can transfer the mechanical vibrations in the weld zone during Shielded Metal Arc welding (SMAW) process and can also produce the resonance frequency of 300 Hz. In the present investigation mild steel plates of 6 mm thickness has been butt welded using both conventional and vibratory welding conditions. Microstructure and the mechanical properties of the butt welded joints were evaluated, and the results were compared. Further, in order to optimize the process parameters of vibratory welding technique Taguchi and analysis of variance (ANOVA) technique have been adopted. The responses considered for analysis are hardness, ultimate tensile strength (UTS) and impact strength. The result of the study indicates that by applying the vibratory treatment during welding process the mechanical properties such as hardness, tensile strength and impact strength have been enhanced. Lastly, the obtained results are correlated from the results in the past researches.