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Modifying the level of mostly detrimental welding residual stresses already during the welding process would be highly attractive as time- and cost-consuming post processing may be prevented. The nature of stress buildup during welding-associated cooling is highly affected by phase transformations. Up to now, it is not clear in which way this is applicable to real component welding exhibiting high shrinkage restraint and complex heat input. In this study, two different low transformation temperature (LTT) alloys have been investigated concerning the stress development in restrained multi-run butt welding in order to evaluate the potential of stress reduction. Pulsed gas metal arc welding (P-GMAW) welding was executed on a testing facility designed to simulate real lifelike restraint conditions of component weldments. The effect of reduced MS-temperatures and the heat control on the globally acting stresses was monitored by in-situ measurement of the reaction forces during welding fabrication. Additional local residual stress measurements allowed analyzing global as well as local loading of the welded construction. Although phase transformation has a significant influence on unloading the joint during each weld pass, the reaction stress upon cooling to room temperature seems to be determined mainly by the heat input. On the surface, low longitudinal residual stresses were observed in case of LTT whereas transverse residual stresses are less affected.
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The authors would like to especially acknowledge the German Research Foundation (DFG) for funding parts of this work (KA 1807/4-1, GI 376/4-1), Lincoln Electric Europe for provision of welding consumables and EWM AG for the support.
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Dixneit, J., Kromm, A., Hannemann, A. et al. In-situ load analysis in multi-run welding using LTT filler materials. Weld World 60, 1159–1168 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-016-0373-1
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