《Effect of strain hardening and strain softening on welding distortion and residual stress of A7N01T4 aluminum alloy by simulation analysis》.pdfVIP

J. Cent. South Univ. Technol. (2010) 17: 666−673 DOI: 10.1007/s11771−010−0538−9 Effect of strain hardening and strain softening on welding distortion and residual stress of A7N01-T4 aluminum alloy by simulation analysis 1 1 1, 2 YAN De-jun( 闫德俊) , LIU Xue-song(刘雪松) , LI Jun(李军) , 1 1 YANG Jian-guo(杨建国) , FANG Hong-yuan(方洪渊) 1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding Production Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China; 2. Zhejiang Yinlun Machinery Company Limited, Tiantai 317200, China © Central South University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 Abstract: The effect of strain hardening and strain softening behavior of flow stress changing with temperature on welding residual stress, plastic strain and welding distortion of A7N01-T4 aluminum alloy was studied by finite simulation method. The simulation results show that the weld seam undergoes strain hardening in the temperature range of 180−250 ℃, however, it exhibits strain softening at temperature above 250 ℃ during welding heating and cooling process. As a result, the strain hardening and strain softening effects counteract each other, introducing slightly influence on the welding residual stress, residual plastic strain and distortion. The welding longitudinal residual stress was determined by ultrasonic stress measurement method for the flat plates of A7N01-T4 aluminum alloy. The simula