Analysis of the coefficient of linear relationship, generated by the exponential heating during the welding process for an A36 steel plate

The present study presents the relationship of temperature and deformation as well as the analysis of heat transfer and deformation produced during welding of a steel plate. The method consists of strategically welding a base metal plate (A-36) with a high-hardness filler material to obtain an overall increment in wear resistance. However, the thermal cycles generated during welding produced deformation, thus changing the flatness of the plate. Different sequences of welding were applied to obtain a relationship between the heat transfer and deformation. A filler material was applied to 100 holes (1/2” diameter and 8 mm depth) in a ½” steel plate. The temperature and deformation were measured for 3 different welding sequences. Plate 1 reached a final mean temperature of 467 °C and deformation of 0.016”, plate 2 reached 472.9 °C and -0.008”, and plate 3 reached 354.2 °C and 0.020”. The results indicate that the deformation is not function of the final temperature, instead the deformation is function of the slope of the curve temperature vs deformation. The behavior of the curve temperature vs deformation is linear for all cases studied, confirming the findings of the lowest deformation for plate 2 which exhibited the lowest slope.