Comparative study of welding stress measured by ray method and stress release method

In the construction machinery, the weight of the welded structural parts accounts for 60%-75% of the weight of the whole machine, and the high residual stress in the welded joint causes deformation, brittle fracture, fatigue failure and stress corrosion cracking of the steel structure, etc. It is extremely important to understand the residual stress distribution in the welded structure to ensure the safety and reliability of the welded steel structure.

The commonly used test methods for residual internal stress of welded structures can be divided into two categories according to their principles: stress release mechanical measurement and non-destructive physical measurement. Due to the combination of the electrical measurement method of the electric strain gauge and the mechanical method, the destructive property of the mechanical method is greatly reduced; the X-ray diffraction measurement method is more commonly used in the physical method. In this paper, the similarities and differences between the measurement results of the two measurement methods are compared and discussed theoretically.

1 Experimental process

The base metal is a 500MPa grade 15MnVN normalized low alloy high strength steel with a thickness of 20mm. It is semi-automatic CO2 gas shielded welding and H04Mn2SiTiA for welding wire. The joint size is shown in Figure 1. The joint is welded under the condition that the spot is restrained by the positioning welding. After grinding and electropolishing at each measuring point, the residual stress is measured by XYL-75 type X-ray stress tester, and then the stress release method is used at the same point (double Grid strain) measures stress. The measurement positions are respectively the longitudinal centerline of the weld as shown in Fig. 1, the fusion line and the B line perpendicular to the weld.

2 Results analysis

The experimental results are shown in Fig. 2, the stress parallel to the longitudinal direction of the weld is denoted by σL, and the transverse stress perpendicular to the weld is denoted by σT. It can be seen from Fig. 2(a) and (b) that the residual stress measured by the two methods is quite consistent except for the heat affected zone of the weld. This shows that the accuracy of stress measurement by X-ray diffraction is at the same level as the stress relief method. On the weld and the fusion line, there are significant differences between the two methods, as shown in Figure 2(c)(d). In the longitudinal direction of the weld, except for the two ends and its vicinity, the value of the stress and the residual stress measured by the stress release method is approximately equal to the yield limit, and the stress value measured by the X-ray method does not reach the yield limit.

The reason for this phenomenon is: the tensile plastic deformation of the weld and the heat affected zone caused by the uneven temperature field distribution during the cooling process after welding. At this time, the metal is formed by the ferrite phase α and the pearlite phase θ. The yield limit and the Yang modulus of the pearlite are higher than that of the ferrite, and each phase in the weld is deformed. The principle is shown in Fig. 3. Since ferrite is the matrix, and the stress is measured by X-ray, the stress value is determined by measuring the change of the interplanar spacing. Therefore, the stress value measured by the X-ray method is only the weight corresponding to the ferrite phase and the pearlite phase. average value. For this reason, the cynicism stress values ​​measured in the weld and heat affected zone are inconsistent by the two methods.

It must be noted that the stress measured by the X-ray method is not the stress in the steel but the stress of the ferrite phase. If the substrate is not plastically deformed, the stress that is not obtained by the ray method can be regarded as the stress in the steel. The residual stress value in the weld zone can be calculated by appropriately correcting the stress value measured by the X-ray method.

3 Conclusion

The residual stress measured by the X-ray method on the welded joint base material is in good agreement with the results measured by the mechanical method, and there are some differences in the residual stress values ​​measured by the two methods in the weld zone. It can be explained that the baseline stress in the steel is the stress at which the ferrite and the pearlite are in equilibrium.

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