@misc{SanthanakrishnanBalakrishnanSeidlitz, author = {Santhanakrishnan Balakrishnan, Venkateswaran and Seidlitz, Holger}, title = {Potential repair techniques for automotive composites: A review}, series = {Composites Part B: Engineering}, journal = {Composites Part B: Engineering}, number = {145}, issn = {1359-8368}, doi = {10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.03.016}, pages = {28 -- 38}, abstract = {Composite materials have gained popularity in automotive industries due to its lightweight potential, good damping behaviour as well as high strength and stiffness properties. Based on the increase in usage of composites, there is a growing interest for a repair technique in the automotive industry. Along with these raise in demand there comes a need for an all-inclusive review article and the objective of this article is to address this need. Two repair techniques, namely scarfing repair and injection repair, have the potential to be used in automotive industry. This paper compiles the various research work done in this field of repairing along with various processing steps associated with it. Further this paper reviews the non-destructive technique that can be used for damage identification and repair assessment.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SeidlitzKukeTsombanis, author = {Seidlitz, Holger and Kuke, Felix and Tsombanis, Nikolas}, title = {Advanced joining technology for the production of highly stressable lightweight structures, with fiber-reinforced plastics and metal}, series = {3rd International MERGE Technologies Conference (IMTC), Chemnitz, 2017}, volume = {1}, booktitle = {3rd International MERGE Technologies Conference (IMTC), Chemnitz, 2017}, number = {2}, doi = {10.21935/tls.v1i2.76}, pages = {54 -- 67}, abstract = {Organic sheets made of fiber-reinforced thermoplastics can make a crucial contribution to increase the lightweight potential of a technical design. They show high specific strength- and stiffness properties as well as good damping characteristics, while being able to show a higher energy absorption capacity than comparable metal constructions. In addition, organic sheets provide good recycling capabilities. Nowadays, multi-material designs are an established way in the automotive industry to combine the benefits of metal and fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP). Currently used technologies for the joining of organic sheets and metals in large-scale production are mechanical joining and adhesive technologies. Both require large overlapping areas to achieve the desired joint strength and stiffness of the technical design. Additionally, mechanical joining is usually combined with "fiber-destroying" pre-drilling and punching processes. This will disturb the force flux at the joint zone by causing unwanted fiber- and inter-fiber failure and inducing critical notch stresses. Therefore, the multi-material design with fiber-reinforced thermoplastics and metals needs optimized joining techniques that don't interrupt the force flux, so that higher loads can be induced and the full benefit of the FRP material can be used. This article focuses on the characterization of a new joining technology, based on the Cold Metal Transfer (CMT) welding process, that allows to join organic sheets and metals in a load path optimized design. This is achieved by realigning the fibers around the joint zone by the integration of a thin metal pin. The alignment of the fibers will be similar to load paths of fibers inside structures found in nature. A tree with a knothole is always going to align its fibers in principle stress direction. As a result of the bionic fiber design, high joining strengths can be achieved. The increase of the joint strength compared to blind riveting was performed and proven with stainless steel and orthotropic reinforced composites in tensile shear-tests, based on the DIN EN ISO 14273.}, language = {en} } @misc{SanthanakrishnanBalakrishnanSeidlitzWeiss, author = {Santhanakrishnan Balakrishnan, Venkateswaran and Seidlitz, Holger and Weiß, Sabine}, title = {Layup Configuration Effect on Notch Residual Strength in Composite Laminates}, series = {Materials}, volume = {11}, journal = {Materials}, number = {2}, issn = {1996-1944}, doi = {10.3390/ma11020308}, pages = {12}, abstract = {The current trend shows an increasing demand for composites due to their high stiffness to weight ratio and the recent progress in manufacturing and cost reduction of composites. To combine high strength and stiffness in a cost-effective way, composites are often joined with steel or aluminum. However, joining of thermoset composite materials is challenging because circular holes are often used to join them with their metal counterparts. These design based circular holes induce high stress concentration around the hole. The purpose of this paper is to focus on layup configuration and its impact on notch stress distribution. To ensure high quality and uniformity, the holes were machined by a 5 kW continuous wave (cw) CO2 laser. The stress distribution was evaluated and compared by using finite element analysis and Lekhnitskii's equations. For further understanding, the notch strength of the laminates was compared and strain distributions were analyzed using the digital image correlation technique.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{FritzscheKloshekDietzetal., author = {Fritzsche, Sebastian and Kloshek, Alexander and Dietz, Eric and Michailov, Vesselin and Seidlitz, Holger and Ossenbrink, Ralf}, title = {SLM gefertigte Verbindungsknoten f{\"u}r Leichtbaurahmenelemente}, series = {DVS Congress 2018 : Große Schweißtechnische Tagung, DVS-Studentenkongress, Vortr{\"a}ge der Veranstaltungen in Friedrichshafen am 17. und 18. September 2018}, booktitle = {DVS Congress 2018 : Große Schweißtechnische Tagung, DVS-Studentenkongress, Vortr{\"a}ge der Veranstaltungen in Friedrichshafen am 17. und 18. September 2018}, number = {264}, publisher = {DVS Media GmbH}, address = {D{\"u}sseldorf}, isbn = {978-3-96144-036-8}, abstract = {SLM gefertigte Verbindungsknoten f{\"u}r Leichtbaurahmenelemente}, language = {de} }