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Title: Displacement analysis of a bend plate test with mechanical loading and laser heating

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/565425· OSTI ID:565425

The surface displacment of a steel plate caused by a permanent deformation as a result of local yielding was modeled by a finite element analysis. The local yielding occurs when a small area of the plate is heated by a laser beam. The calculated displacments are in good agreement with the preliminary experimental data obtained using a bend specimen with laser heating at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. It has been shown computuationally and optically that the relative displacments are less than 1mm near the laser heated area of the specimen. The results demonstrate that the experimental approach is a feasible technique for determining the residual stress under multiaxial stress field.

Research Organization:
Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC09-96SR18500
OSTI ID:
565425
Report Number(s):
WSRC-TR-97-00294; ON: DE98051503
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Sep 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English