Effect of strain hardening constitutive relations on weld residual stress simulation of dissimilar metal weld

Jian Chen, Gaoqiang Chen, Xinghua Yu, Zhili Feng, Paul Crooker

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Abstract

Weld residual stress (WRS) in dissimilar metal welds (DMWs) has been identified as an important driver for primary water stress corrosion cracking, which is observed in nuclear power plant safety-related components. In this work, a newly developed dynamic strain hardening rule is implemented in finite element (FE) thermal-mechanical model to simulate the residual stress distribution in a dissimilar metal weld studied in a recent NRC/EPRI Round Robin study. This new dynamic strain hardening constitutive rule takes into account the effect of dynamic recovery and recrystallization at elevated temperatures on the strain hardening behavior during welding. Weld residual stresses calculated using the new dynamic strain hardening rule are compared to those with the conventional strain hardening ones (isotropic and kinematic), as well as the experimental measurement data. The new dynamic strain hardening rule results in improvements in WRS prediction.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMaterials and Fabrication
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
ISBN (Electronic)9780791856994, 9780791856994, 9780791856994, 9780791856994
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
EventASME 2015 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, PVP 2015 - Boston, United States
Duration: Jul 19 2015Jul 23 2015

Publication series

NameAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP
Volume6A-2015
ISSN (Print)0277-027X

Conference

ConferenceASME 2015 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, PVP 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBoston
Period07/19/1507/23/15

Funding

This research is sponsored by Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). Mr. Paul Crooker is the program manager at EPRI. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC05-00OR22725.

FundersFunder number
U.S. Department of EnergyDE-AC05-00OR22725
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Electric Power Research Institute

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