简介:Therestraintintensity(RI)ofthepipelinegirthweldingjointwasinvestigatedusingfiniteelementmethodandexperimentalmethodtopredictthecoldcrackingsusceptibilityofpipelinesteel.ThedistributionofRIalongthegirthweldwasinvestigatedtostudytheinfluenceofweldingpositionontheRI.Subsequently,theeffectsofouterdiameter(OD)andwallthicknessofpipelineontheRIwerestudiedwithABAQUSsoftware.TheresultsshowthattheRIisalmostindependentofweldingposition.TheRIincreasedwiththeincreasingwallthicknessbutdecreasedwiththeincreasingOD.ApredictionmodelofRIwasdevelopedbasedontheeffectsoftheODandthewallthickness.IthasbeenfoundthatthepredictedRIswereingoodagreementwiththeexperimentalvalues.ThemaximumfractionalerrorbetweenthepredictedRIandtheexperimentalvalueswasjustabout10%.Itwasindicatedthattheerrorsweremainlycausedbytheheterogeneousoftheweldbead.
简介:Theout-of-planedeformationisaseriousprobleminthin-plateweldedjoint,anditisdifficulttoreduceorcontrolthedistortionduringweldingprocess.Externalrestraintisregardedasaneffectivemethodtomitigatethedistortion,anditiswidelyusedintheactualmanufacturingprocess.Inordertoinvestigatetheinfluenceofexternalrestraintonweldingdeformationinthinplatejoints,athermo-elastic-plasticfiniteelementmethodbasedonABAQUSsoftwarewasdevelopedtocalculatewelding-induceddeformation.Meanwhile,weldingdeformationinthethin-platejointswasmeasuredbyexperiments.Throughcomparingthenumericalresultswiththemeasureddata,theeffectivenessofthedevelopedcomputationalapproachwasverified.Basedonthesimulatedandexperimentalresults,thegenerationmechanismoftheout-of-planedeformationinthinplatebead-onjointwasdiscussed,andtheinfluenceofexternalrestraintonthefinalweldingdeformationwasclarified.