Different zones of welded joints are subjected to different temperature fields during the process of welding. Furthermore, in multi-pass welding, heating and cooling cycles, which occur due to the overlap of the pass beads, lead to the formation of complex microstructures. A method of evaluating the creep response of a multipass weld based on the micromacro mechanics approach is introduced. Multipass weld microstructures consisting of a columnar zone, which can be related to the microstructure of a single pass weld, and a heat affected zones are considered. To model the microstructure of the multipass weld metal the representative volume element (RVE) method is employed. Numerical tests on one-component loading of the RVEs are performed and creep material properties for equivalent weld material reported for welds with different number of passes.
A method of evaluating creep response of the multipass weld based on the micro-macro mechanics approach is introduced. Multipass weld microstructure that consists from columnar, coarse and fine grained zones is considered. Materials of these constituents assumed to be isotropic. Weld metal properties of inelastic behavior have general type of symmetry and are described by the anisotropic creep constitutive model. To model the microstructure of the multipass weld metal the representative volume element (RVE) is created for CAE Abaqus. Material properties of weld metal grain type zones are taken from the experiments. Numerical tests on uniform loading of the RVE are performed. Creep material properties for equivalent weld material are found for welds with different number of passes. The symmetry type of the creep material properties of multi-pass weld are evaluated for the equivalent weld material. As an example of macro model analysis of the welding, the creep calculation of the cylindrical shell with the welding under the uniform inner pressure is performed.
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