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THE effect of residual stress and microstructure on distortion in thin welded steel plates

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Martyn Lightfoot, Professor George Bruce

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Abstract

The current trend in ship construction is to reduce the thickness of the ship panels, in order to minimize weight and maximize vessel speed. The ship panels of interest consist of 4 mm thick butt welded plates. This reduction in panel thickness may lead to excessive plate distortion during welding, resulting in significant additional costs during assembly. A ferritic-pearlitic DH-36 steel is used, in which phase transformations during welding may affect the distortion and stress states observed. Two large plates, representative of ship panels, have been butt welded using a metal inert gas (MIG) process. The temperature histories have been recorded during welding and the resulting distortion profile has been obtained using digital photography. Neutron diffraction measurements have been performed to determine the residual stress state in the plates before welding, due to e.g. processing and laser cutting, and after butt welding of the plates. Reference matchsticks from the weld, heat affected zone (HAZ) and parent plate have been taken from similar locations in nominally identical plates and measured to obtain the strain/stress free lattice parameter, a0. A Rietveld analysis has been performed on the diffraction data. Post welding, hardness surveys have indicated the microstructural variation in the weld, parent plate and HAZ. Results from these on-going studies are presented which identify the key factors responsible for thin plate distortion. Copyright © 2007 by ASME.

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Author(s): Davies CM, Lightfoot MP, O'Dowd NP, Wimpory RC, Dye D, Bruce GJ, Beres M, Oliver E, Nikbin KM

Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)

Publication status: Published

Conference Name: ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference

Year of Conference: 2008

Pages: 851-858

Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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ISBN: 0791842843

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