T-welded structures of aluminum alloy are increasingly used in automotive, railway vehicles, aerospace and bridges. However, compared with the simple joint, the T-joint of aluminum alloy is more difficultly welded due to its complex temperature distribution and fluid flow mode in the weld pool. Whether using laser welding or the conventional arc welding process, aluminum alloy T-wleded joint is more prone to welding defects such as crack, pore, undercutting, joint softening, and so on. As a

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... ising joining technology, laser+gas metal arc welding (laser+GMAW) hybrid welding not only combines the advantages of laser welding with those of GMAW, but also overcomes their shortcomings, thus having great potential to achieve high efficiency and high quality welding of aluminum alloy T-joint. So far, however, there is a lack of fundamental investigations involving mathematical modelling and understanding of the hybrid welding process of aluminum alloy T-joint. As key * AE Ø º¹ 2009DFR50170