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Computational prediction of out-of-plane welding distortion and experimental investigation - Awarded Central Electricity Generating Board Prize

Camilleri, D. and Comlekci, T. and Gray, T.G.F. (2005) Computational prediction of out-of-plane welding distortion and experimental investigation - Awarded Central Electricity Generating Board Prize. Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, 40 (2). pp. 161-176. ISSN 0309-3247

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Abstract

The main aim of the work was to investigate a simplified finite element simulation of the out-of-plane distortion caused by fusion butt welding. The thermal transient part of the simulation made use of a finite element analysis of the two-dimensional cross-section of the weld joint and the thermoelastic-plastic treatment was based on analytical algorithms describing transverse and longitudinal deformations, leading to predictions of transverse angular deformation and longitudinal contraction force. These results were then applied to a non-linear elastic finite element model to provide predictions of the final angular and overall deformations of the butt-welded plates. The validity of the simulation was investigated via full-scale tests on 4m x 1.4m x 5 mm steel plates, butt welded using a flux-cored Ar-CO2 metal-inert gas process. Thermography and thermocouple arrays were used to validate the thermal transient computations and out-of-plane deformations were measured using displacement transducers for transient deformations and a laser scanning system to measure the profiles of the whole plates before and after welding. The results of six full-scale tests are given and comparison with the simulations shows that the procedure provides good prediction of the angular and overall out-of-plane deformations. Prediction accuracy requires account to be taken of initial shape, gravity loading, and support conditions.

Item type:Article
ID code:4992
Keywords:welding distortion, welding simulation, butt welds, angular deformation, mechanical engineering, engineering design, strain analysis, Mechanical engineering and machinery, Mechanics of Materials, Modelling and Simulation, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mathematics
Subjects:Technology > Mechanical engineering and machinery
Department:Faculty of Engineering > Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Depositing user: Strathprints Administrator
Date deposited:19 Dec 2007
Last modified:10 May 2019 02:05
URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/4992
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