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will reduce the computation time considerably and allow the L/G template to be applied to
investigation of optimal welding sequences.

6 CONCLUSION
The above results illustrate that the L/G template can be applied to welding distortion prediction in
large-scale industrial welding applications and that it can account for the effect of welding sequence.
Thus, the basic capability needed for a welding response prediction tool has been established.
Although, no experiments were made to validate the results, it is safe to conclude that the predicted
level of magnitude is the same as the level observed for the application in production.

Acknowledgments
The author sincerely thanks Professor Dr. Techn, J0rgen Juncher Jensen, MEK, DTU for inspiration
and ideas concerning the present work.
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