TY - CONF A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Thomas, Maximilian A1 - Liepold, Philipp A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas A1 - Gibmeier, J. T1 - Increasing the Significance of Varestraint Tests through Improved Crack Evaluation N2 - The contribution describes a newly developed software tool for crack identification and selection in Modified Varestraint Transvarestraint (MVT) testing. From the digital crack information, in addition to the classical results, such as Total Crack Length (TCL) and Maximum Crack Length (MCL), advanced evaluations can be applied, taking into account the loading and welding parameters. A numerical parameter study is conducted to demonstrate how the isolated variation of individual welding and loading parameters, affects the crack lengths that can potentially be expected based on the machine specifics. An alternative crack criterion is presented that evaluates the crack formation in relation to the machine behavior. Some examples demonstrate the possibilities and limitations of the approach. The criterion can be used to compare and transfer the results of different varestraint test variants. T2 - IIW Annual Assembly, Comission II-C CY - Singapore DA - 17.07.2023 KW - Solidification cracking KW - Varestraint-Test PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-57984 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -