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Volume 5, Issue 2(Suppl) Adv Automob Eng 2016
ISSN: 2167-7670, AAE an open access journal
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December 01-02, 2016 Valencia, Spain
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Application of ultrasonic testing for quality evaluation of Magnetically Impelled Arc But Welded drive
shafts of motor vehicles
Kustron P, Piwowaraczyk T, Korzeniowski M and Sokołowski P
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
The article presents contemporary ultrasonic methods that can be applied to evaluate the quality of transmission drive components
of motor vehicles. The issues of non-destructive analysis of discontinuities in manufactured drive shafts, consisting currently of
thin-walled tubes, were investigated in this study. The driveshaft elements were joined by using innovative method calledMagnetically
Impelled Arc But Welding (MIAB). For many years a major challenge for engineers working with ultrasonic techniques was joining
of thin-walled components (having thickness below 3 mm). In addition of this limitation, the problem of variable geometry of
the weld flash on the weld perimeter was highlighted. To reduce the impact of mentioned factors the pseudo-surface waves (also
known as lateral waves) have been applied in this study. For optimal parameters selection of the ultrasonic beam propagation and
understanding the physical-acoustic phenomena, the Finite Elements Method modeling was performed also. The phenomena of
wave transformation on medium boundary and reflections from artificial flaw have been analyzed. The results of numerical analysis
were confirmed by experimental research. Manufactured MIAB welding joints were tested by ultrasonic method with using designed
experiment setup. Selected configurations with various shapes, dimensions and process variables have been investigated. The results
confirm the usefulness of ultrasonic methods for quality evaluations of butt welds made by MIAB welding parts transmission shafts
of motor vehicles.
Biography
Kustron P is an Assistant Professor at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology. He professionally works with welding technology and FEM analysis of welded
joints. He is Specialist in the field of destructive and non-destructive tests. He is actively cooperating with automotive industry in modeling and analysis techniques of
manufacturing methods.
Kustron P et al., Adv Automob Eng 2016, 5:2(Suppl)