Field of research:
Fabrication Effects on Structural Behaviour; Load Carrying Behaviour
Duration:
01.03.2001 – 28.02.2004
Project leader:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. W. Fricke
Funded by:
DFG
ABSTRACT:
A direct approach, which can be used during the design process, to account for the effect of welding residual stress and deformation due to multi-pass welding on the buckling strength of HY-80 spherical shell under hydrostatic loading is presented in this study. It is based on a direct numerical calculation of the residual stress and deformation during the welding process, including metallurgical phase change, which are taken as initial condition for a nonlinear buckling analysis. It is shown, that the effect of welding residual stress and deformation on the buckling strength is rather small for the R/t-ratio considered (R/t = 100).