Singular Thermal Residual Stress Field near the Interface Corner of Bonded Dissimilar Materials

2005 ◽  
Vol 134 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 387-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nan-Ling Peng ◽  
Juan Yang ◽  
Min-Zhong Wang
2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (7) ◽  
pp. 1195-1212
Author(s):  
B. Lennart Josefson ◽  
R. Bisschop ◽  
M. Messaadi ◽  
J. Hantusch

Abstract The aluminothermic welding (ATW) process is the most commonly used welding process for welding rails (track) in the field. The large amount of weld metal added in the ATW process may result in a wide uneven surface zone on the rail head, which may, in rare cases, lead to irregularities in wear and plastic deformation due to high dynamic wheel-rail forces as wheels pass. The present paper studies the introduction of additional forging to the ATW process, intended to reduce the width of the zone affected by the heat input, while not creating a more detrimental residual stress field. Simulations using a novel thermo-mechanical FE model of the ATW process show that addition of a forging pressure leads to a somewhat smaller width of the zone affected by heat. This is also found in a metallurgical examination, showing that this zone (weld metal and heat-affected zone) is fully pearlitic. Only marginal differences are found in the residual stress field when additional forging is applied. In both cases, large tensile residual stresses are found in the rail web at the weld. Additional forging may increase the risk of hot cracking due to an increase in plastic strains within the welded area.


2015 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 761-764 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kang Li ◽  
Xue-song Fu ◽  
Rui-dong Li ◽  
Wen-long Zhou ◽  
Zhi-qiang Li

2010 ◽  
Vol 107 (5) ◽  
pp. 054904
Author(s):  
Da Xu ◽  
Xuesong Liu ◽  
Ping Wang ◽  
Jianguo Yang ◽  
Wei Xu ◽  
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