scholarly journals Effect of Welding Residual Stress on Along-Wind Fatigue Life of Welded Joints in Guyed Mast

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Weilian Qu ◽  
Min Wang ◽  
Qiang Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Stress Field ◽  
Structural Steel ◽  
Welded Joints ◽  
Welded Joint ◽  
Welding Residual Stress ◽  
Wind Effect ◽  
Induced Stress ◽  
Guyed Mast

On the premise of only considering along-wind effect on guyed mast, the influence of welding residual stress on the fatigue life of welded joints is evaluated in this paper. Since the sum of residual stress and along-wind-induced dynamic stress exceeds the yield strength of structural steel, the effect of residual stress relaxation is included in the numerical analysis. The multiscale finite element analysis of guyed mast is developed in order to capture accurately stress field distribution of welded joint for the “welding-wind-induced” case in which both residual stress and along-wind-induced stress are taken into consideration, and the stress response characteristics at fatigue critical point of welded joints are pointed out. It is found that the “welding-wind-induced” stress field of welded joint can be approximately considered as multiaxial proportional loading state and hence the stress-based von Mises criterion can be adopted to evaluate the fatigue life of welded joints. Based on the S-N curve of stress fatigue life for welded specimens with structural steel commonly used in guyed masts, the fatigue damage of key welded joints is predicted, and as a consequence, the influence of welding residual stress on the fatigue life of welded joints is discussed.

Welding Residual Stress's Numerical Simulation and Relieving of Guyed Mast Earplate Joint Substructure

2011 ◽  
Vol 216 ◽  
pp. 218-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Li Wang ◽  
Wei Lian Qu ◽  
Jie He
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Residual Stress ◽  
Temperature Field ◽  
Stress Field ◽  
Residual Stresses ◽  
Welding Residual Stress ◽  
Welding Stress ◽  
Welding Temperature ◽  
Joint Properties ◽  
Guyed Mast

The dynamic stress-strain and welding residual stress during welding are the significant factors which lead to welded cracking and debasement of the joint properties. Therefore, the welding residual stresses are still very importang problems.A large number of guyed mast accidents study shows that the welded joints of earplate and shaft were easily to be destroyed. Therefore, the accurate assessment of the guyed maste earplate joint substructure’s welding residual stress is of great significance. The theory and method of simulation of the welding temperature field and welding stress field by finite element method is first introduced, and then the earplate substructure refine model is established which was up to the welding numerical simulation. Based on ANSYS software’s APDL language to apply the welding heat source load, we can get and save the welding temperature field results at each time. Conversing the thermal analysis element into structure element to finish the caculation of the welding stress field. Eventually by adopting the elimination remnant technology to remove the part of welding residual stresses, we can got the final welding residual stress in different relieving proportion.

scholarly journals Notch effect of welded joint

2018 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 21003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimír Chmelko ◽  
Matúš Margetin ◽  
Michal Harakal’
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Weld Joint ◽  
Welded Joints ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Welded Joint ◽  
Base Material ◽  
Notch Effect ◽  
Internal Defects ◽  
Technological Factors

In general, the welded joints are multifactorial notches. This study is focused to separate the geometrical influence (when the weld can be seen on the surface) and technological factors (internal defects of the weld, structural changes of the material and residual stress) on its fatigue life. Proposed methodology of this separation comes out from the cyclic test of three specimens – group with existing weld, group without weld joint (base material) and another group where was removed outer geometry of the weld.

scholarly journals Influence of Surface Ultrasonic Rolling on Microstructure and Corrosion Property of T4003 Ferritic Stainless Steel Welded Joint

Metals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1081 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pengtao Liu ◽  
Runze Yu ◽  
Xinhuan Gao ◽  
Guanzhen Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Corrosion Resistance ◽  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Welded Joints ◽  
Welded Joint ◽  
Weld Zone ◽  
Surface Hardness ◽  
Joint Surface ◽  
Deformation Layer

In this paper, the effect of surface ultrasonic rolling treatment (SURT) on surface properties of T4003 cold metal transfer (CMT) welded joints was studied. Surface topography and microstructure changes of the welded joint surface before and after SURT were observed by optical microscope and scanning electron microscope. The hardness and residual stress distribution of welded joint were measured by a microhardness tester and X-ray diffractometer. The change of corrosion resistance of welded joints was studied by electrochemical polarization curve measurement. The results show that surface roughness (Ra) of the weld zone, heat affect zone (HAZ), and base metal after SURT was reduced to 0.320 μm, 0.156 μm, and 0.227 μm, respectively, and surface morphology became smooth. The plastic deformation layer and working hardening layer were formed at the welded joint. The degree of plastic deformation of the weld zone was more serious than that in the base metal, and grains in weld zone was obviously refined. The thickness of plastic deformation layer was about 100 μm. The surface hardness in the weld zone was highest, which is about 420 HV. The refinement of grains and the increase of surface hardness can improve the fatigue life of welded joint. After SURT, the residual stress in the welded joint changes from residual tensile stress to residual compressive stress, which can also improve fatigue life of the welded joint. Surface corrosion resistance of welded joints after SURT was improved due to smooth surface and the formation of fine grains layer.

Welding Residual Stress Numerical Simulation of Guyed Mast Earplate Welded Joint

2014 ◽  
Vol 501-504 ◽  
pp. 740-743
Author(s):  
Yi Fei Wang ◽  
Wei Lian Qu ◽  
Wen Li Wang ◽  
Liang Wang ◽  
Bai Feng Ji
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Residual Stress ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Temperature Field ◽  
Heat Source ◽  
Welded Joint ◽  
Welding Residual Stress ◽  
Welding Temperature ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Guyed Mast

Fatigue damage of guyed mast earplate welded joint is one of the main failure forms of guyed mast under wind load, and the welding residual stress is a important influence on fatigue performance of the welded joints, therefore, accurate welding residual stresses assessment of earplate welded joint is of great significance to the research on fatigue performance of guyed mast earplate welded joint under wind load. In this paper, welding temperature field of earplate welded joint was simulated by using thermal finite element method and the gauss heat source was used as thermal input. Then, welding residual stress of earplate welded joint was simulated by using thermal elastic-plastic finite element method and the temperature field results were used as the load. The welding temperature field simulation results better reflect the locality of heating, mobility of heat source and instantaneity of heating and cooling process during the welding process. The welding residual stress simulation results show that the residual stress peak of earplate welded joint reaches the yield strength of material, and appears at the dangerous point of earplate welded joint under structural external load. This point under influence of the welding residual stress and structure load is likely to be fatigue crack initiation location.

scholarly journals An Energy-Based Approach for Fatigue Life Estimation of Welded Joints without Residual Stress through Thermal-Graphic Measurement

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chengji Mi ◽  
Wentai Li ◽  
Xuewen Xiao ◽  
Filippo Berto
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Welded Joints ◽  
Thermal Evolution ◽  
Surface Characteristics ◽  
Welding Residual Stress ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Linear Temperature ◽  
Fatigue Life Estimation ◽  
Intrinsic Dissipation

The traditional methodologies for fatigue life assessment of welded joints strongly depend on geometries and surface characteristics, as well as time. In this paper, an energy-based approach, independent of structures though thermal-graphic measurement, was presented to predict life expectancy of welded joints, via limited number of tests. In order to eliminate the thermal elastic effect caused by the welding residual stress, annealing was first conducted on welded specimens. Both monotonic and cyclic tests for welded joints were implemented. Then, based on the thermal evolution of welded joints measured by the quantitative thermo-graphic method, an energy-based approach, taking the linear temperature evolution and the intrinsic dissipation into account, was employed on the fatigue life prediction of flat butt-welded joints. The estimated results showed good agreement with the experimental ones, and the energy tolerance to failure E c for different stress amplitudes was found to be constant.

Finite Element Analyses of Residual Stresses in Typical Welded Joints Used in Nuclear Power Plants and Comparisons With Experiments

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dean Deng ◽  
Kazuo Ogawa ◽  
Nobuyoshi Yanagida ◽  
Koichi Saito
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Residual Stress ◽  
Residual Stresses ◽  
Welded Joints ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Butt Joint ◽  
Welding Residual Stress ◽  
Dissimilar Metal ◽  
Water Reactors

Recent discoveries of stress corrosion cracking (SCC) at nickel-based metals in pressurized water reactors (PWRs) and boiling water reactors (BWRs) have raised concerns about safety and integrity of plant components. It has been recognized that welding residual stress is an important factor causing the issue of SCC in a weldment. In this study, both numerical simulation technology and experimental method were employed to investigate the characteristics of welding residual stress distribution in several typical welded joints, which are used in nuclear power plants. These joints include a thick plate butt-welded Alloy 600 joint, a dissimilar metal J-groove set-in joint and a dissimilar metal girth-butt joint. First of all, numerical simulation technology was used to predict welding residual stresses in these three joints, and the influence of heat source model on welding residual stress was examined. Meanwhile, the influence of other thermal processes such as cladding, buttering and heat treatment on the final residual stresses in the dissimilar metal girth-butt joint was also clarified. Secondly, we also measured the residual stresses in three corresponding mock-ups. Finally, the comparisons of the simulation results and the measured data have shed light on how to effectively simulate welding residual stress in these typical joints.

Dynamic evolution of welding residual stress field under noncontact electromagnetic force

2010 ◽  
Vol 107 (5) ◽  
pp. 054904
Author(s):  
Da Xu ◽  
Xuesong Liu ◽  
Ping Wang ◽  
Jianguo Yang ◽  
Wei Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Stress Field ◽  
Electromagnetic Force ◽  
Welding Residual Stress ◽  
Dynamic Evolution ◽  
Residual Stress Field
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