Definition of Locked-up Stresses around a Rectilinear Welding Seam

In article one of the ways of modelling of the locked-up stresses caused by imposing of a welding seam in a plate is described. These stresses are caused by residual deformations of welding seams. In the settlement scheme the welding seam is presented in the form of an element by the thickness equal to the thickness of a plate, inserted in it with a longitudinal and cross-section tightness. The field of locked-up stresses around the welding seam experiences longitudinal and cross-section shrinkage under cooling and it is defined in work with the use of complex potentials of the theory of elasticity. (paper)