TY - GEN A1 - Kaisheva, Darina A1 - Bokuchava, Gizo A1 - Papushkin, Igor A1 - Genchev, Gancho Vladimirov A1 - Doynov, Nikolay A1 - Ossenbrink, Ralf A1 - Michailov, Vesselin A1 - Petrov, Peter T1 - Determination of residual stresses in fiber laser welded stainless steel joints by neutron diffraction method T2 - Proc. SPIE 11047, 20th International Conference and School on Quantum Electronics: Laser Physics and Applications N2 - This study presents an experimental results of residual stress states in stainless steel plate samples with size 100 x 50 x 10 mm welded using a high-power fiber laser. The technological parameters of the welding process were: laser power Q = 15 kW; laser spot size = 0.65 mm; welding speed V = 3 m/min; 4 m/min; 5 m/min, using 30 L/min of protective Ar gas. The neutron diffraction method was used to determine the residual stresses in the bulk of the material. The neutron experiments were performed on the FSD diffractometer at the IBR-2 pulsed reactor in the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research - Dubna, Russian Federation. The measured residual stress distributions exhibit maxima at weld seam centers. As expected, for all specimens the residual stress is falling down in regions distant from the weld zone. Maximal residual stress value of 492 MPa was observed for sample welded with speed of V = 5 m/min. KW - Diffraction KW - Laser welding KW - Metals KW - Fiber laser KW - Laser processing KW - Laser applications KW - Sensors Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2516421 CY - Nessebar ER -