@inproceedings{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00016845, author = {HIROHATA, M. and ITOH, Y.}, month = {Sep}, note = {A series of numerical analyses was carried out for investigating an applicability of shell elements on a simulation of deformation and residual stress generated by a butt welding of thin steel plates. A heat input model for considering the temperature distribution in the thickness direction of the shell elements was proposed. The validity of the heat input model was verified by comparing the analytical results with the experimental results or the other analytical results using the solid elements. Furthermore, it was confirmed that the computing time by using the shell elements was around 8 % of that by the solid elements. These results indicated that simulations of welding deformation and residual stress of large steel structures became considerably easier by using the shell elements., The Thirteenth East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction, September 11-13, 2013, Sapporo, Japan (EASEC-13)}, title = {NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF WELDING DEFORMATION AND RESIDUAL STRESS BY FEM WITH SHELL ELEMENTS}, year = {2013} }