Numerical simulation of weld tab length influence on welding residual stress and distortion of aero-engine disk

Abstract

In order to control the welding residual stress and distortion to the greatest extent, based on the MSC. MARC software platform and adopting the impending critical value methods gradually, the welding residual stress and distortion are calculated through varying the weld tab length values. The results show that different weld tab lengths only have a slight effect on welding residual stress but a significant effect on welding distortion. According to the calculation results with different weld tab lengths, the critical length value for the 100 mm-length TC4 alloy weld for electron beam welding of an integral disk should be 50 mm or so.