• TECHNOLOGIES

    Large-scale distortion analysis of the welding and thermal straightening process chain

    Machines. Technologies. Materials., Vol. 19 (2025), Issue 2, pg(s) 57-61

    An coupled analytic-numerical model for calculation of distortions arising by welding fabrication is introduced. Target of the analytical model is the calculation of the inherent strains after the local thermal-mechanical influence of the welding or thermal straightening process. Following the fabrication processing chart the strains are loaded on an elastic FE-model of the structure and the residual stresses and distortions of the whole structure are calculated. The consideration of welding and thermal straightening scenarios, inclusively the assembling stages, is done by taking into consideration the intermediate variation of the strain state in the FE-model of the structure at every processing step. The important physical relations are demonstrated. The model is intended to be used for solving industrial tasks, i.e. intending acceptable precision and calculation time as well as low simulation costs.

  • TECHNOLOGIES

    Large-scale distortion analysis of the welding and thermal straightening process chain

    Machines. Technologies. Materials., Vol. 19 (2025), Issue 1, pg(s) 25-29

    An coupled analytic-numerical model for calculation of distortions arising by welding fabrication is introduced. Target of the analytical model is the calculation of the inherent strains after the local thermal-mechanical influence of the welding or thermal straightening process. Following the fabrication processing chart the strains are loaded on an elastic FE-model of the structure and the residual stresses and distortions of the whole structure are calculated. The consideration of welding and thermal straightening scenarios, inclusively the assembling stages, is done by taking into consideration the intermediate variation of the strain state in the FE-model of the structure at every processing step. The important physical relations are demonstrated. The model is intended to be used for solving industrial tasks, i.e. intending acceptable precision and calculation time as well as low simulation costs.