Review of welding residual stress stiffening effect on vibrational characteristics of structures using damage approach and vibratory stress relief implementation

Abstract

There is a huge amount of research and study on the quality, parameter manipulation, material selection etc. of welding to develop optimized results for specific applications. To have a profound understanding of the process, and to investigate and verify various parameters which affect the quality of the welding process, experts use analytical, numerical and experimental methods. The major concern regarding the welding procedure is welding defect, which can affect the integrity of the welded structure. Various nondestructive structural health monitoring methods and modal analysis techniques have been employed to study and improve the strength and quality of the welded structure. Modal analysis is one of the most accurate and commercial techniques to track down the damage within the structures. It uses natural frequency, damping factors and modal shapes to observe the structural and material defects in details. There have been noticeable developments in this area and lots of studies have been conducted applying this technique to put welding procedure under rigorous scrutiny to improve its efficiency. While modal analysis is a tool to identify structural integrity of the components, vibration can affect the nature of the metal and change the mechanical properties in some cases. Mechanical vibration and Ultrasonic as low and high frequency oscillations respectively, are able to change the microstructure of the structures so that dislocations move, hence the stress trapped within will redistribute. This redistribution can lead to residual stress reduction up to a level. In this review paper, all remarks above are considered, defined and accurately studied through various cases in order to address different application of vibratory stress relief and recent achievement in this field.