Effect of vibratory stress relief during welding of thick stainless steel plate
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
- Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Chalk River, ON (Canada)
Residual strains were measured in two welded 25-mm thick plates of type 304 stainless steel by the neutron diffraction technique. The filler metal employed to weld these plates was type 308 stainless steel. One of the two welds was prepared without any vibratory stress relief treatment and the other was vibrated at a frequency below the resonant condition which gives a fraction the resonant amplitude during welding. In both plates the largest residual stress component found in the heat affected zone and in the base metal is along the fusion joint (longitudinal) and is found at the boundary between the weld zone and the heat affected zone. This longitudinal component is 300{plus_minus}50 MPa in tension. The associated normal stress was close to zero and the transverse stress was 80{plus_minus}50 MPa. Variations in residual stresses with thickness through the base metal plate were small. The treated plate and untreated plate showed nearly identical patterns of stress distribution. Differences in the measured stresses between the vibratory-stress-relief treated and the untreated plates fall within the error bars of the stress determination in these particular 25 mm thick 300-type stainless steel plates.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 10122577
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-931234-6; ON: DE94006557
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: American Welding Society international conference on modeling and control of joining processes,Orlando, FL (United States),8-10 Dec 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1993]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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