Numerical investigation on the variation of welding stresses after material removal from a thick titanium alloy plate joined by electron beam welding

作者：Liu, Chuan^*; Zhang, Jianxun; Wu, Bing; Gong, Shuili

来源：Materials and Design, 2012, 34: 609-617.

DOI：10.1016/j.matdes.2011.05.014

• Non-ferros metals and alloys
• Machining
• Welding

The stress modification after material removal from a 50 mm thick titanium alloy plate jointed by electron beam welding (EBW) was investigated through the finite element method (FEM). The welding experiment and milling process were carried out to experimentally determine the stresses induced by EBW and their modification after local material removal. The modification of as-welded stresses due to the local material removal method and the whole layer removal method was discussed with the finite element analysis. Investigated results showed that with less materials removal from the top, the stresses on the bottom surface remain almost unchanged; after material removal from the top and bottom part, the transverse stress on the newly-formed surface decreases significantly as compared to the as-welded stresses at the same locations: however, the stress modification only occurs at the material removal region in the case of local region removal method; the longitudinal stress decreases with the whole layer removal method while remains almost unchanged with the local region removal method.

• 出版日期2012-2
• 单位中国航空工业集团公司北京航空制造工程研究所; 西安交通大学