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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-A.2015.39.10.979

Stress Distributions at the Dissimilar Metal Weld of Safety Injection Nozzles According to Safe-end Length and SMW Thickness  

Kim, Tae-Jin (Dept. of Mechanical System Design Engineering, Seoul Nat'l Univ. of Science and Technology)
Jeong, Woo-Chul (Dept. of Mechanical System Design Engineering, Seoul Nat'l Univ. of Science and Technology)
Huh, Nam-Su (Dept. of Mechanical System Design Engineering, Seoul Nat'l Univ. of Science and Technology)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A / v.39, no.10, 2015 , pp. 979-984 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the present paper, we evaluate the effects of the safe-end length and thickness of the similar metal weld (SMW) of safety injection nozzles on stress distributions at the dissimilar metal weld (DMW). For this evaluation, we carry out detailed 2-D axisymmetric finite element analyses by considering four different values of the safe-end length and four different values of the thickness of SMW. Based on the results obtained, we found that the SMW thickness affects the axial stresses at the center of the DMW for the shorter safe-end length; on the other hand, it does not affect the hoop stresses. In terms of the safe-end length, the values of the axial and hoop stresses at the inner surface of the DMW center increase as the safe-end length increases. In particular, for the cases considered in the present study, the stress distributions at the DMW center can be categorized according to certain values of safe-end length.
Keywords
Welding Residual Stress; Dissimilar Metal Weld; Similar Metal Weld; Primary Water Stress Corrosion Cracking; Nozzle; Finite Element Analysis;
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