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ABSTRACT This paper aimed at the investigation of the effect of local temperature field changing on residual stress and angular distortion in weldment. The methods of local temperature changing include bacdside heat welding (BHW), backside cool welding (BCW) and upside cool welding (UCW). In this study , the materials of type 304 stainless steel, 1018 and 1050 carbon steel were used. An autogenous gas tungsten arc welding was utilized. The residual stress were determined by using the hole-drilling strain- gage method of ASTM standard E837. During welding, the thermal cycle of different locations in weldment were recorded. Optical microscrope and Vicker's hardness tester were used to evaluate the metallurgical effect. The experimental results showed that the residual stress increase with the increase of the area involved of temqerature history during welding. The angular distortion decrease with decrease the temperature difference in the thickness direction near the seam. In backside cool welding process, martensite structure was formed in the seam and HAZ in 1050 carbon steel, then the residual stress and angular distortion were reduced. Key words : Welding, Thermal cycle, Phase transformation, Thermal stress, Residual stress, Angular distortion
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