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A Study on Minimizing Welding Deformation of Joints for the Sealing of Emission After-Treatment Structure.

Sung-Wook KangWangho YunHwanjin KimJaewoong KimChangwook JiKwangjin LeeJaehwang KimHong-Lae JangKwangsan Chun
Published in: Materials (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)
As the environmental pollution issue has recently become significant, environmental regulations in Europe and the United States are being strengthened. Thus, there is a demand for the quality improvement of emission after-treatment systems to satisfy the strengthened environmental regulations. Reducing the amount of welding heat distortion by optimization of the welding order of each part could be a solution for quality improvement since the emission after-treatment system consists of many parts and each assembly is produced by welding individual ones. In this research, a method to derive a welding sequence that effectively minimizes welding deformation was proposed. A two-stage simulation was performed to obtain the optimal welding sequence. In the first stage, the welding sequence was derived by analyzing the number of welding groups in each assembly of a structure. The derived welding sequence was verified by performing a thermal elasto-plastic analysis and comparing it with the experimental results.
Keyphrases
  • quality improvement
  • human health
  • risk assessment
  • heavy metals
  • heat stress
  • life cycle