Experimental and Numerical Studies on Residual Stress in Wide Butt Welds

The presence of residual stress in steel members can significantly compromise the stiffness and fatigue life of steel structural components. This influence becomes more serious for the wide butt welds in the construction of large-sized steel members due to the different residual stress distribution...

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Main Authors: Yang Ding, Zhe Liu, Jia-Bao Yan, Liang Zong
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1384305
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Liang Zong
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description The presence of residual stress in steel members can significantly compromise the stiffness and fatigue life of steel structural components. This influence becomes more serious for the wide butt welds in the construction of large-sized steel members due to the different residual stress distribution from the normal size butt welds. This paper experimentally studied the residual stress in the wide butt welds through an 8-experiment test program. High residual stress was produced during the wide butt welding and this stress was observed to be even higher than the yield strength of the steel. Moreover, this residual stress in the steel plate was firstly compressive and then transferred into tensile stress with the increase in the distance away from the butt weld line. The magnitude of the residual stress increased with the increase in the width of the welding seams. This paper also developed a finite element model by SYSWELD to simulate the residual stress produced by the wide butt welding. The accuracy of the FE simulation was checked by the reported test results. In order to reduce the residual stress, the ultrasonic peening method was adopted. The analysis results indicated that ultrasonic peening method effectively reduced the residual stress caused by the wide butt welding during the construction.
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spelling doaj-art-2ace0c6ced75469db02d8daff5d235d82025-02-03T05:57:07ZengWileyAdvances in Materials Science and Engineering1687-84341687-84422017-01-01201710.1155/2017/13843051384305Experimental and Numerical Studies on Residual Stress in Wide Butt WeldsYang Ding0Zhe Liu1Jia-Bao Yan2Liang Zong3Department of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, ChinaDepartment of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, ChinaDepartment of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, ChinaDepartment of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, ChinaThe presence of residual stress in steel members can significantly compromise the stiffness and fatigue life of steel structural components. This influence becomes more serious for the wide butt welds in the construction of large-sized steel members due to the different residual stress distribution from the normal size butt welds. This paper experimentally studied the residual stress in the wide butt welds through an 8-experiment test program. High residual stress was produced during the wide butt welding and this stress was observed to be even higher than the yield strength of the steel. Moreover, this residual stress in the steel plate was firstly compressive and then transferred into tensile stress with the increase in the distance away from the butt weld line. The magnitude of the residual stress increased with the increase in the width of the welding seams. This paper also developed a finite element model by SYSWELD to simulate the residual stress produced by the wide butt welding. The accuracy of the FE simulation was checked by the reported test results. In order to reduce the residual stress, the ultrasonic peening method was adopted. The analysis results indicated that ultrasonic peening method effectively reduced the residual stress caused by the wide butt welding during the construction.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1384305
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title Experimental and Numerical Studies on Residual Stress in Wide Butt Welds
title_full Experimental and Numerical Studies on Residual Stress in Wide Butt Welds
title_fullStr Experimental and Numerical Studies on Residual Stress in Wide Butt Welds
title_full_unstemmed Experimental and Numerical Studies on Residual Stress in Wide Butt Welds
title_short Experimental and Numerical Studies on Residual Stress in Wide Butt Welds
title_sort experimental and numerical studies on residual stress in wide butt welds
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1384305
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