<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Welding is a complex technological process in which local heating takes place up to the melting point of the connecting and the additional material. Phase and crystallization processes are a strong non-linear function of the cooling rate. This non-linear function multiplies the complexity of the numerical simulation and optimization of the welding process. Lately, optimization with genetic algorithm has become the trend to optimize systems that behave in a non-linear manner and contain a number of local extremes. Genetic algorithm is therefore a method by which we seek an absolute extreme. It is a method which seeks a solution to near absolute extreme. In this paper the use of the genetic algorithm for welding process optimization is described.</p></abstract>

Welding is a complex technological process in which local heating takes place up to the melting point of the connecting and the additional material. Phase and crystallization processes are a strong non-linear function of the cooling rate. This non-linear function multiplies the complexity of the numerical simulation and optimization of the welding process. Lately, optimization with genetic algorithm has become the trend to optimize systems that behave in a non-linear manner and contain a number of local extremes. Genetic algorithm is therefore a method by which we seek an absolute extreme. It is a method which seeks a solution to near absolute extreme. In this paper the use of the genetic algorithm for welding process optimization is described.

Optimization of Welding Process using a Genetic Algorithm

Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics

Strojnícky časopis - Journal of Mechanical Engineering

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Welding is a complex technological process in which local heating takes place up to the melting point of the connecting and the additional material. Phase and...

Optimization of Welding Process using a Genetic Algorithm

Published Online: May 19, 2018

Page range: 17 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scjme-2018-0014

Keywords
Optimization, welding, genetic algorithm, finite element method

© 2018 Élesztős Pavel et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Optimization of Welding Process using a Genetic Algorithm

Published Online: May 19, 2018

Page range: 17 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scjme-2018-0014

KeywordsOptimization, welding, genetic algorithm, finite element method

© 2018 Élesztős Pavel et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Optimization, welding, genetic algorithm, finite element method