Modelling of process parameters in explosive cladding of mildsteel and aluminium

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