TY - GEN A1 - Coniglio, Nicolas A1 - Cross, Carl Edward ED - Carl E. Cross, ED - John C. Lippold, ED - Böllinghaus, T. ED - Herold, H. T1 - Weld parameter and minor element effects on solidification crack initiation in Aluminium T2 - Hot cracking phenomena in welds II N2 - Earlier work has established that a critical amount of 4043 filler is required to avoid solidification cracking when arc-welding 6060 aluminium, depending upon local strain conditions. For example, when the mushy zone behind the weld pool experiences a tensile strain from combined thermal and shrinkage stresses, the possibility exists for crack initiation. For a greater rate of strain, it has been determined that a greater 4043 dilution (i.e. higher weld metal silicon content) is required to avoid crack initiation. Making use of the Controlled Tensile Weldability (CTW) test and local strain extensometer measurements, a boundary has been established between crack and no-crack conditions for different local strain rates and filler dilutions, holding all other welding parameters constant. Using this established boundary as a line of reference, additional parameters have now been examined and their influence on cracking has been characterized. These parameter influences have included studies of weld travel speed, weld pool contaminants (Fe, O, and H), and grain refiner additions (TiAl3 + Boron). Each parameter has been independently varied and its effect on cracking susceptibility quantified in terms of a critical strain rate required to initiate cracking for a given 4043 filler dilution. T2 - Hot cracking phenomena in welds II CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2006-03-05 KW - Aluminium Alloys KW - Solidification Cracking KW - Weld Defect KW - Hot Cracking KW - Crack Initiation KW - Critical Strain Rate KW - Parameter Effects KW - Minor Elements PY - 2008 SN - 978-3-540-78627-6 SP - 277 EP - 310 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-18323 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -