Optimizing Fusion Zone Grain Size, Hardness and Tensile Strength of Micro Plasma Arc Welded Titanium (Ti-6Al-4V) Alloy Using Grey Relational Analysis

Authors

  • A. Sunny Kumar
  • T.V. Hanumantha Rao
  • V.V. Kesava Rao

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37591/joma.v5i2.1180

Keywords:

Grey relational analysis, micro plasma arc welding, titanium

Abstract

In the present work, Titanium (Ti-6Al-4V) alloy sheet of 0.5 mm thick is butt welded using Micro Plasma Arc Welding. Welding input parameters like peak current, base current, pulse rate and pulse width are considered and output responses like fusion zone grain size, hardness and ultimate tensile strength of the welded joint are considered. Taguchi L25 orthogonal matrix is adopted by considering four factors and five levels of weld input parameters. Main plots are drawn to understand the variation of output responses with a variation of weld input parameters. Mathematical models are developed using MINITAB software considering linear function. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) is carried out at 95% confidence level. Grey Relational Analysis is carried out by minimizing grain size and maximizing hardness and ultimate tensile strength to find the optimal combination of weld input parameters. The order of importance of weld input parameters is also identified.

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2018-09-04

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2018)

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