Finite Element Analysis Model and Residual Stress Optimization in Rotor Welding Process

2020 ◽  
Vol 143 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhufeng Liu ◽  
Yonghui Xie ◽  
Hao Dang

Abstract In this paper, the finite element method (FEM) is conducted for thermal and mechanical analysis of a half 2D axisymmetric welded rotor model. The temperature results after welding are obtained and supported by the experiment results. Furthermore, the thermal strain and residual stress of the weld are analyzed in detail by considering solid-state phase transformation (SSPT). Besides, parametric optimization method is adopted to optimize the region of large stress distribution. By choosing the weld pass number as the optimized parameter, the area decreases by 5.4% when the optimal pass number is 18. The axial and hoop stress distributions are obtained at the inner and outer surfaces near the weld for the better stress distribution.

2011 ◽  
Vol 314-316 ◽  
pp. 428-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Du ◽  
Dong Po Wang ◽  
Chun Xiu Liu ◽  
Hai Zhang

To simulate preheating and postweld heat treatment of Q345 steel pipe welding, the finite element model was established. The welding process was simulated by method of the ANSYS element birth and death technique. In this paper, to obtain the distribution of the temperature field and stress field in different situations, preheating processes with two different values of temperature and postweld heat treatment process were simulated respectively. The results show that preheating can homogenize residual stress distribution of the weldment and decrease the residual stress. The heat treatment reduces the residual stress in inner and outer walls by 24% and 70% respectively and the stress distribution is more even and stress concentration is reduced.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Savoldelli ◽  
Elodie Ehrmann ◽  
Yannick Tillier

AbstractWith modern-day technical advances, high sagittal oblique osteotomy (HSOO) of the mandible was recently described as an alternative to bilateral sagittal split osteotomy for the correction of mandibular skeletal deformities. However, neither in vitro nor numerical biomechanical assessments have evaluated the performance of fixation methods in HSOO. The aim of this study was to compare the biomechanical characteristics and stress distribution in bone and osteosynthesis fixations when using different designs and placing configurations, in order to determine a favourable plating method. We established two finite element models of HSOO with advancement (T1) and set-back (T2) movements of the mandible. Six different configurations of fixation of the ramus, progressively loaded by a constant force, were assessed for each model. The von Mises stress distribution in fixations and in bone, and bony segment displacement, were analysed. The lowest mechanical stresses and minimal gradient of displacement between the proximal and distal bony segments were detected in the combined one-third anterior- and posterior-positioned double mini-plate T1 and T2 models. This suggests that the appropriate method to correct mandibular deformities in HSOO surgery is with use of double mini-plates positioned in the anterior one-third and posterior one-third between the bony segments of the ramus.


1994 ◽  
Vol 364 ◽  
Author(s):  
X.-L. Wang ◽  
S. Spooner ◽  
C. R. Hubbard ◽  
P. J. Maziasz ◽  
G. M. Goodwin ◽  
...  

AbstractNeutron diffraction was used to measure the residual stress distribution in an FeAl weld overlay on steel. It was found that the residual stresses accumulated during welding were essentially removed by the post-weld heat treatment that was applied to the specimen; most residual stresses in the specimen developed during cooling following the post-weld heat treatment. The experimental data were compared with a plasto-elastic finite element analysis. While some disagreement exists in absolute strain values, there is satisfactory agreement in strain spatial distribution between the experimental data and the finite element analysis.


2016 ◽  
Vol 707 ◽  
pp. 154-158
Author(s):  
Somsak Limwongsakorn ◽  
Wasawat Nakkiew ◽  
Adirek Baisukhan

The proposed finite element analysis (FEA) model was constructed using FEA simulation software, ANSYS program, for determining effects of corrosion fatigue (CF) from TIG welding process on AISI 304 stainless steel workpiece. The FEA model of TIG welding process was developed from Goldak's double ellipsoid moving heat source. In this paper, the residual stress results obtained from the FEA model were consistent with results from the X-ray diffraction (XRD) method. The residual stress was further used as an input in the next step of corrosion fatigue analysis. The predictive CF life result obtained from the FEA CF model were consistent with the value obtained from stress-life curve (S-N curve) from the reference literaturature. Therefore, the proposed FEA of CF model was then used for predicting the corrosion fatigue life on TIG welding workpiece, the results from the model showed the corrosion fatigue life of 1,794 cycles with testing condition of the frequency ( f ) = 0.1 Hz and the equivalent load of 67.5 kN (equal to 150 MPa) with R = 0.25.


Author(s):  
Shivdayal Patel ◽  
B. P. Patel ◽  
Suhail Ahmad

Welding is one of the most used joining methods in the ship industry. However, residual stresses are induced in the welded joints due to the rapid heating and cooling leading to inhomogenously distributed dimensional changes and non-uniform plastic and thermal strains. A number of factors, such as welding speed, boundary conditions, weld geometry, weld thickness, welding current/voltage, number of weld passes, pre-/post-heating etc, influence the residual stress distribution. The main aim of this work is to estimate the residual stresses in welded joints through finite element analysis and to investigate the effects of boundary conditions, welding speed and plate thickness on through the thickness/surface distributions of residual stresses. The welding process is simulated using 3D Finite element model in ABAQUS FE software in two steps: 1. Transient thermal analysis and 2. Quasi-static thermo-elasto-plastic analysis. The normal residual stresses along and across the weld in the weld tow region are found to be significant with nonlinear distribution. The residual stresses increase with the increase in the thickness of the plates being welded. The nature of the normal residual stress along the weld is found to be tensile-compressive-tensile and the nature of normal residual stress across the weld is found to be tensile along the thickness direction.


2014 ◽  
Vol 496-500 ◽  
pp. 590-593
Author(s):  
Guan Nan Chu ◽  
Qing Yong Zhang ◽  
Guo Chun Lu

In order to improve the load-carrying properties of pressure structure, a new method to improve the external bearing limit is put forward and residual stress is used. Based on finite element analysis, finite element models of cylinder pressure structure of submersible vehicle are established to produce hoop residual stress in the process of outward expansion. According to a lot of data of simulation experiments, the result indicates that hoop residual stress is compressive on the outer surface of the pipe and the hoop stress keeps tensile on the inside surface. This kind of stress distribution is helpful to the cylinder structure and can improve its bearing capacity of external pressure. Moreover, the rules of the residual stress are got. The influences of physical dimension, yield strength of material and the expansion rate to the stress distribution are analyzed. The measures to produce the stress distribution are also presented.


Author(s):  
Jinya Katsuyama ◽  
Koichi Masaki ◽  
Kunio Onizawa

Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) have been observed in reactor coolant pressure boundary piping system at nuclear power plants. When an SCC is found, the structural integrity of piping should be assessed according to a fitness-for-service rule. However, the rule stipulates the assessment procedures for crack growth and failure only for a simple structure such as cylindrical or plate-wise structure. At the present, the methodology even of an SCC growth evaluation for a geometrically complicated piping such as saddle-shaped weld joints has not been established yet. This may be because analyses on the weld residual stress distribution which affects the SCC growth behavior around such portion are difficult to conduct. In this study, we established a finite element analysis model for a saddle-shaped weld joint of pipes. The residual stress distributions produced by the tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding were calculated based on thermal-elastic-plastic analysis with moving and simultaneous heat source models. Analysis results showed complicated weld residual stress distributions, i.e., residual stresses in both hoop and radial directions were tensile at the inner surface near the nozzle corner in branching pipe. SCC growth simulation based on S-version finite element method (S-FEM) using the weld residual stress distributions in saddle-shaped weld joint was also performed. We confirmed an applicability and the accuracy of S-FEM to saddle-shaped weld joint.


1993 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 300-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Nishimura

New equations for calculating residual stress distribution are derived from the theory of elasticity for tubes. The initial distribution of the stresses including the shearing stress is computed from longitudinal distributions of residual stresses measured by the X-ray methods at the surface after removal of successive concentric layers of material. For example, the residual stresses of a steel tube quenched in water were measured by the X-ray diffraction method. The new method was also applied to a short tube with hypothetical residual stress distribution. An alternative finite element analysis was made for a verification. The residual stresses computed by finite element modeling agreed well with the hypothetical residual stresses measured. This shows that good results can be expected from the new method. The equations can also be used for bars by simple modification.


Author(s):  
Qian Li ◽  
Weidong Zhu ◽  
Lixin Zhang ◽  
Minghai Yuan

Buckling destabilization and wrinkling of an ethylene-propylene-diene monomer automobile weather-strip seal in assemblage and its structural optimization were studied in this paper. First, an innovative approach that traces buckling bifurcation paths was developed based on an arc-length method, and algorithmic parameters of the method were defined. A finite element analysis model of the automobile weather-strip seal in assemblage was then developed and analyzed using the arc-length method. The maximum buckling load, the deformation of the seal, and the thickness decrease of the lower tube wall in the critical region where it was prone to wrinkle were obtained by this finite element analysis method. Finally, an optimization seal structure was proposed and analyzed, and the deformations and the thickness decrease of the original and optimal structures in the critical regions were compared. The analysis conclusion implies that the optimal structure is more stable. The proposed analysis and optimization method can shorten the product design cycle, improve the structural stability, and decrease the design and trial-product cost considerably.


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