Welding Residual Stress Numerical Simulation of Guyed Mast Earplate Welded Joint

Abstract:

Fatigue damage of guyed mast earplate welded joint is one of the main failure forms of guyed mast under wind load, and the welding residual stress is a important influence on fatigue performance of the welded joints, therefore, accurate welding residual stresses assessment of earplate welded joint is of great significance to the research on fatigue performance of guyed mast earplate welded joint under wind load. In this paper, welding temperature field of earplate welded joint was simulated by using thermal finite element method and the gauss heat source was used as thermal input. Then, welding residual stress of earplate welded joint was simulated by using thermal elastic-plastic finite element method and the temperature field results were used as the load. The welding temperature field simulation results better reflect the locality of heating, mobility of heat source and instantaneity of heating and cooling process during the welding process. The welding residual stress simulation results show that the residual stress peak of earplate welded joint reaches the yield strength of material, and appears at the dangerous point of earplate welded joint under structural external load. This point under influence of the welding residual stress and structure load is likely to be fatigue crack initiation location.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 501-504)
• Pages: 740-743
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.501-504.740
• Online since: January 2014
• Authors: Yi Fei Wang*, Wei Lian Qu, Wen Li Wang, Liang Wang, Bai Feng Ji
• Keywords: Guyed Mast Earplate Welded Joint, Numerical Simulation, Welding Residual Stress, Welding Temperature Field

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