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A prediction of residual stress in heavy plate butt welds

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A prediction of residual stresses in heavy plate butt welds is proposed based on a literature survey. The stresses were found to range from the yield strength of the material in tension at the weld toe to about 40 pct of yield strength in compression near the center of the plate in directions both parallel and perpendicular to the weld fusion line. Also, due to the thickness of the plate, some stresses in the through thickness direction were found. The stresses are predicted to fall to parent metal stresses in about one and one half to two plate thicknesses.

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  1. Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, 16802, University Park, PA

    C. O. Ruud & P. S. Dimascio

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Ruud, C.O., Dimascio, P.S. A prediction of residual stress in heavy plate butt welds. JMES 3, 62–65 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02833530

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