Abstract
The butt-welding process of 390 mm 20MnMoNb super-thick plates for manufacturing the tube-sheet of a large scale ethylene oxide reactor was simulated by finite element program-ABAQUS. The residual stress and deformation in the welded tube-sheet are obtained. The welding grove was double U-shape and it was welded on both sides by turning over the tube-sheet continuously with a travelling crane. The effect of the turning numbers on the residual stress and deformation was investigated. The results show that angular deformation occurred in the tube-sheet and large tensile residual stresses is generated in the weld and the heat affect zone closed to the external surfaces of the tube-sheet, while compressive residual stress inside the tube-sheet. Both the residual stress and deformation decreased with the turning number increasing. When the turn number was above seven, the effect gets weakened gradually.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 13-16+24 |
| Journal | Hanjie Xuebao/Transactions of the China Welding Institution |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| State | Published - Oct 2012 |
Keywords
- Deformation
- Super-thick plate
- Turn number
- Welding residual stress