Two benches built on published welding formulas: a moving heat source that leaves a heat-affected zone on the plate, and a Schaeffler diagram for stainless and dissimilar joints. Every number updates as you change the procedure.
Illustrative. Not a welding procedure or engineering advice.
Carbon and low-alloy steel butt joint. The plate keeps the color of the hottest temperature each point reached.
Macro section, looking along the weld. Rings are peak-temperature isotherms from the thick-plate Rosenthal solution: side A on the left, side B on the right.
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Pick two base metals and a filler. The weld metal lands on the line between the filler and the melted base metal, as far from the filler as the dilution.