Experimental Studies on Submerged
Arc Welding Process

Kiran, Degala Ventaka; Na, Suck-Joo

doi:2014.32.3.215

J Weld Join > Volume 32(3); 2014 > Article

Review Paper

Journal of Welding and Joining 2014;32(3):215-224.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5781/JWJ.2014.32.3.1 Published online June 30, 2014.

Experimental Studies on Submerged Arc Welding Process

Degala Ventaka Kiran^*, Suck-Joo Na^*,†

Correspondence: Suck-Joo Na,
Email: sjoona@kaist.ac.kr

Abstract

The efficient application of any welding process depends on the understanding of associated process parameters influence on the weld quality. The weld quality includes the weld bead dimensions, temperature distribution, metallurgical phases and the mechanical properties. A detailed review on the experimental and numerical approaches to understand the parametric influence of a single wire submerged arc welding (SAW) and multi-wire SAW processes on the final weld quality is reported in two parts. The first part deals with the experimental approaches which explain the parametric influence on the weld bead dimensions, metallurgical phases and the mechanical properties of the SAW weldment. Furthermore, the studies related to statistical modeling of the present welding process are also discussed. The second part deals with the numerical approaches which focus on the conduction based, and heat transfer and fluid flow analysis based studies in the present welding process. The present paper is the first part.

Key Words: Submerged arc welding process, Statistical modeling, Weld bead dimensions, Metallurgical phases, Mechanical properties