Most welding processes are characterized by a large number of variables, many of them related to each other by complex and mostly unknown relationships. This makes it rather difficult to develop mathematical models, to simulate different aspects of welding, and to preview the results of a welding procedure beforehand. As a result, a great number of empirical, or semi-empirical, equations have been developed by many authors since welding has been of some industrial importance. Many of those models can be useful to welding professionals but they are generally scattered in many different papers and in other publications. In this paper, an attempt is make to put together some equations related with different aspects of the welding technology. It is expected that this could assist welding professionals to resolve some problems in their daily work. The meaning of the different terms in those equations, their units, and values of some of the constants present are shown. Equations are grouped according with their application and, when it was possible, an attempt was made to unify the terminology and units used by the different authors.
Welding; Equations; Modeling
