The joining process of thick specimens are always accomplished by fusion welding. Residual stresses attributed to welding pose significant problems in accurate fabrication of structures because those stresses heavily induce brittle fracturing and degrade the buckling strength of welded structures. Residual stresses during welding are unavoidable and their. This study employs finite element techniques of thermal-structure couple-field model to analyze the thermomechanical behavior and evaluate residual stresses in a thick plate with a multi-pass welding process. The effects of weld bead profile on residual stresses are also discussed.