Shrinkage Effects in Bead-on-Plate Welds in 5083 Aluminium

摘要

This report describes in detail experimental work carried out at Cambridge, for the A.M.T.E., on weld shrinkage effects in 5083 aluminum plates in thicknesses of 8 and 12 mm. The procedure was to lay a central weld down each specimen and measure both longitudinal and transverse shrinkages. Only single- and multi-pass bead-on-plate welds are given in the report. The results are used to compare with the theoretical predictions, and hence to derive empirical relationships between the parameters which characterize the shrinkage of the weld and the applied welding conditions.