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Numerical Simulation and Experimental Study of Welding in Liquid Rocket Engine Pipe

  • Hanyang Shi
  • , Junjie Lv
  • , Qingcheng Zhu
  • , Dahua Du
  • , Jun Wang
  • , Ping Jin
  • National Key Laboratory of Aerospace Liquid Propulsion
  • Beihang University

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Abstract

The liquid rocket engine pipe is mostly welded, which makes it easy to fail under the residual stress and strain after welding. This paper establishes a numerical welding model for liquid rocket engine pipe in order to accurately predict the welding temperature field and structural field, so as to investigate the method of improving the welding quality and mitigating structural failure. The model uses a Gaussian moving hemispherical heat source, which is embedded in the 3-D finite element thermal elastic-plastic coupling analysis through a subprogram. The transient welding temperature, stress and strain distributions are calculated considering the phases of preheating, welding and cooling. Then, the temperatures and residual stresses calculated by the simulation are compared with those of the experiment. It is shown that the numerical model is accurate. Based on the verified welding model, this paper analyses the influence of welding parameters. The results indicate that increasing the heat source power is beneficial to reducing the residual stress on the premise of ensuring the welding quality.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMechanical and Aerospace Engineering - Proceedings of the 15th International Conference, ICMAE 2024
EditorsPasquale Daponte
PublisherIOS Press BV
Pages221-232
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9781643685984
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 Jun 2025
Event15th International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, ICMAE 2024 - Zagreb, Croatia
Duration: 17 Jul 202420 Jul 2024

Publication series

NameAdvances in Transdisciplinary Engineering
Volume71
ISSN (Print)2352-751X
ISSN (Electronic)2352-7528

Conference

Conference15th International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, ICMAE 2024
Country/TerritoryCroatia
CityZagreb
Period17/07/2420/07/24

Keywords

  • Experiment
  • Liquid rocket engine pipe
  • Numerical simulation
  • Residual stress
  • Welding

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