Through-wall welding residual stress profiles for dissimilar metal nozzle butt welds in pressurized water reactors

Tae Kwang Song, Ji Soo Kim, Chang Young Oh, Yun Jae Kim, Chi Yong Park, Kyoung Soo Lee

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    Abstract

    This paper provides approximate expressions for through-wall welding residual stresses in dissimilar metal nozzle butt welds of pressurized water reactors. An idealized shape of nozzle is proposed, based on which systematic elastic-plastic thermo-mechanical finite element analyses are conducted by varying the thickness and radius of the nozzle and the length of the safe-end. Based on the results, a through-wall welding residual stress profile for dissimilar metal nozzle butt welds is proposed by modifying the existing welding residual stress profile for austenitic pipe butt welds in the R6 procedure.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)624-641
    Number of pages18
    JournalFatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures
    Volume34
    Issue number8
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2011 Aug

    Keywords

    • dissimilar metal nozzle butt welds
    • finite element analysis
    • pressurised water reactors
    • through-wall welding residual stress profile

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Materials Science
    • Mechanics of Materials
    • Mechanical Engineering

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