Research Article

Experimental and Numerical Studies on Residual Stress in Wide Butt Welds

Table 3

Element sizes.

Widths (mm)Qty. of weldsSizes of the element near FZ (mm3)Sizes of other elements (mm3)Qty. of elementsQty. of nodes

45124966851472
55145362855273
65196640868124
75237034872649