Control of welding distortion in thin-plate fabrication : design support exploiting computational simulation / Tom Gray, Duncan Camilleri, Norman McPherson.
Publication Info.
Sawston, Cambridge, UK : Woodhead Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier, [2014]
Online resource; title from title screen (Books24x7.com, viewed November 14, 2015).
Summary
The intense temperature fields caused by heat sources in welding frequently lead to distortions and residual stresses in the finished product. Welding distortion is a particular problem in fabricating thin plate structures such as ships. This bo