ARC WELDING

PRELIMINARY STUDIES
ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PHENOMENON

Electrostatic is phenomenon that charged body take on electric charge and discharge electricity. Plus and minus charged body come near together, gas between them ionize, after that electricity goes through ionized gas to another charged body. Ionized condition depend on degree of humidity, temperature, dust and EM condition. This condition does not only define EM condition. Role of EM simulator

!eha"ior of electric charge before discharge #urrent route and strength after discharge

GUN MODEL
$ %& simplified gun model was de"eloped in order to understand the electrostatic beha"ior and the current flow through the arc using $nsoft products coupled with $nsys 'orkbench.

ELECTROSTATIC ANALYSIS
The electrode is e(cited with )*+ while Electric field shows areas with higher probability of the arc to occur. the pipe is grounded.

HFSS MODEL
The electric field plot show "ery high magnitude, this is e(pected because of the "ery high e(citation deli"ered by $nsoft &esigner. The arc is modeled using a "ery low resistance path ,usually %-- . or less on ionized gas plasmas/, and it allows the current to flow from the gun electrode to the pipe surface. 0urface loss density is the "alue that will be used to generate heat source1flu( in $nsys 'orkbench.

ARC WELDING PRELIMINARY STUDIES

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