A simple estimating method for reduction of welding residual stresses in thick welded joint from stress-relief annealing. Part 1: Development of the analytical method for relaxation tests and its applicability
- Osaka Univ., Ibaraki, Osaka (Japan). Joint and Welding Research Inst.
Stress-relief annealing (SR treatment) is often applied to relieve welding residual stresses in the fabrication process of pressure vessels etc. This study aims at development of an efficient method as simple as hand calculation to estimate reduction of residual stresses of very thick welded joint by SR treatment. In this first report, an estimating method is developed for relaxation tests, in uniaxial stress state, at changing and constant temperatures because the stress relaxation phenomenon is very similar to that observed in the SR treatment of a joint. Using the various relations between stress and strains in the relaxation tests, estimating equations are formulated in order to simply calculate the change of the stress. The results obtained by applying the equations are compared with the highly accurate analytical result based on the finite element method. Both results show such a good coincidence that the appropriateness of the adopted method is confirmed. In the next report, this method is extended to SR treatment of a very thick welded joint, of which the stress state and boundary condition are very complex.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 390218
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Vol. 118, Issue 3; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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