Dynamic behaviour of the keyhole in laser welding
- 14 March 1993
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Vol. 26 (3) , 481-486
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/26/3/022
Abstract
The dynamic behaviour of a keyhole in laser welding is studied theoretically. Starting from the stationary state, where the recoil pressure from ablating particles is in equilibrium with the surface tension at the keyhole wall, the collapse time due to a sudden laser shut-down is calculated. The characteristic time constant (r03 rho / gamma )1/2 of the system (r0 is the initial keyhole radius, rho is the density of the melt, gamma is the gamma coefficient of surface tension) which is approximately 0.1 ms for Al, Fe and Cu turns out to be a lower limit of the keyhole closing time. Linear stability analysis of the stationary state reveals that under conditions relevant in practice, the keyhole is expected to perform oscillations with frequencies of several hundred Hertz. The results of this investigation are particularly important for pulsed laser applications.Keywords
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