MODELING OF PROCESS PARAMETERS IN EXPLOSIVE CLADDING OF MILDSTEEL ANDALUMINUM

Explosive cladding is best known for its capability to join a wide var iety of both similar and dissimilar combinations of metals that cannot be joined by other methods. To make effective use of explosive claddi ng it is essential that a high degree of confidence be achieved in pre dicting the wavy interface geometry (amplitude and wave length) to att ain an acceptable bonding. Factorial technique has been used to design the experiments. Regression analysis is used to develop the models an d Analysis of variance method is used to study the main and interactio n effect of process parameters on wavy interface geometry. The adequac y of the developed models have been checked by calculating correlation co-efficient. These models can be effectively used to predict the wav y interface geometry in terms of process parameters.