This study develops a system for effective prediction of residual stresses by the backpropagation algorithm using the neural network. To achieve this goal, a series of experiments were carried out to and measured the residual stresses using the sectional method. With the experimental results, the optional control algorithms using a neural network could be developed in order to reduce the effect of the external disturbances during GMA welding processes. Then the results obtained from this study were compared between the measured and calculated results, weld guality might be controlled by the neural network based on backpropagation algorithm.. This system can not only help to understand the interaction between the process parameters and residual stress, but also improve the quantity control for welded structures.