REPORT ON INVESTIGATION OF DISTORTION REMOVAL IN WELDED STRUCTURES.

Abstract

System models were constructed of mild steel and HY-80 steel plates to approximate plate and stiffener construction in ship fabrication. Flame heating temperature and point of application were varied in the experiments. Welding procedures, water quench rate and flame heating processes were maintained constant. In this study it was shown that flame straightening of HY-80 Steel Structures is less effective in reducing weld distortion, whereas, for mild steel the process is effective. Also, varying the point of heat application has varying effects on the amount of distortion removal. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 1969
Accession Number
AD0695502

Entities

People

  • Koichi Masubuchi
  • R. A. Walsh

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coast Guard
  • Construction
  • Distortion

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Metallurgy
  • Structural Dynamics.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.