Effect of preheating temperature on post-weld residual stress of dissimilar steel plates

Sa？etak Based on the numerical simulation software Visual-Environment, the numerical calculation and analysis of residual stress field under different preheating temperatures for Q345/2Cr13 dissimilar plate welding were carried out in this paper. The effects of different preheating temperatures on post-weld residual stress were mainly studied. The results showed that different preheating temperatures have little effect on the lateral residual stress, while the longitudinal residual stress and the initial and end of the weld have greater impacts. For residual stress difference between the two base metals should not be too high, the dissimilar plate welding should adopt a moderate preheating temperature