Research Article

Experimental and Numerical Studies on Residual Stress in Wide Butt Welds

Table 4

Simulation results.

Weld width (mm) ⁢Transverse residual stress of location 1⁢Longitudinal residual stress of location 1
Test (MPa)Prediction (MPa)Test-to-prediction ratioTest (MPa)Prediction (MPa)Test-to-prediction ratio

45129.3110.61.17156.4150.51.04
55161.5148.71.09194.1201.20.96
65194.9190.21.02271.1264.31.03
75224.8225.80.99341.5330.11.03
Mean1.071.02
Cov0.070.03