Study on the effect of heat-input on the thickness of the heat-affected zone of the SUS316L steel welded joint by numerical simulation

Dinh Toai Vu1, , Van Long Do2
1 Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
2 The Central College of Transport No.2, Hai Phong, Vietnam

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Abstract

The thickness of the heat-affected zone (HAZ) has a great influence on the strength of the welded joint, so one of the important tasks is to control the HAZ to a small enough level, through using the suitable heat-input (qd). In this study, the authors use SYSWELD software to compute and build a relationship between the heat-input and the thickness of the heat-affected zone in the plate thickness direction to find the right heat-input for researched welding joint. The simulation results show that when welding the root pass with qd > 552 J/mm and the cap pass with 754 J/mm < qd < 1066 J/mm, the thickness of HAZ were increased with a linear function.

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