锂电池非对称薄壳激光焊接熔池流动数值模拟研究

Numerical Simulation of Melt Pool Flow in Laser Welding of Asymmetric Thin-Shell Lithium Battery Casings

  • 摘要: 针对0.3mm的非对称薄壳体激光焊接中,为了解决工艺窗口难以明确的问题,建立基于FLUENT UDF移动高斯旋转体热源的热流固耦合模型,通过对比分析熔池流动与否两种情况下的温度场、应力场分布差异,揭示非对称几何约束下熔池内部驱动力影响机制的内在规律。结果表明对于非对称极薄结构,熔池内部考虑流动时,表面张力梯度驱动力(即Marangoni效应)呈主导作用,峰值温度和温度梯度较不考虑流动时更小;并且由于非对称约束下的热量传递差异,温度场的分布偏移更为显著,横向残余应力升高。此外,将实验结果与数值模拟的计算结果比较,考虑熔池流动焊缝截面尺寸误差更小,更符合实际情况,验证了熔池流动对精度评估的重要性。并且经参数优化,焊接速度高于现有的高功率脉冲激光。

     

    Abstract: To clarify the process window in laser welding of asymmetric thin-shell structures with a thickness of 0.3 mm, a thermal-fluid-solid coupling model was developed based on a moving Gaussian rotating volumetric heat source implemented via FLUENT UDF. By comparing and analyzing the differences in temperature and stress field distributions with and without molten pool flow, the intrinsic mechanisms governing the driving forces inside the molten pool under asymmetric geometric constraints were revealed. The results show that for asymmetric ultra-thin structures, when molten pool flow is considered, the surface tension gradient driving force, i.e., the Marangoni effect, plays a dominant role, and the peak temperature and temperature gradient are lower than those without considering flow. Moreover, owing to differences in heat transfer under asymmetric constraints, the shift in temperature field distribution becomes more pronounced, and the transverse residual stress increases. Furthermore, comparison between experimental and numerical simulation results indicates that the weld cross-sectional dimensional error is smaller when molten pool flow is considered, which agrees better with actual conditions and verifies the importance of molten pool flow for accuracy evaluation. In addition, after parameter optimization, the welding speed is higher than that of existing high-power pulsed lasers.

     

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