TY - CONF A1 - Pavlov, V. A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Volvenko, S. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Bakir, Nasim T1 - Investigation of solidification cracking susceptibility of type 316L stainless steel during laser beam welding using an in-situ observation technique T2 - Lasers in Manufacturing Conference 2017 N2 - Laser welding is a widely established manufacturing process in many industry sectors. Solidification cracking as well as the weldability of materials is still since many years a highly contentious issue, particularly regarding the causes of the hot crack formation. Many of studies have been conducted to determine the critical conditions of occurrence of the solidification cracking. In this study a 2D in-situ observation technique in conjunction with laser diodes as the illuminating source has been employed to measure the arising strain field during the laser beam welding process. For the first time the employed technique enabled the in-situ measurement of the transient strain field at the surface of the workpiece directed to the laser beam in the critical range, where the solidification cracking normally occurs. Thus the critical threshold strain values at high temperatures characterizing transition from crack free to crack concomitant welding process could be deduced. T2 - Lasers in Manufacturing Conference 2017 CY - Munich, Germany DA - 26.06.2017 KW - Laser beam Welding KW - Optical measurement technique KW - Critical strain KW - Solidification cracking PY - 2017 SP - 1 EP - 7 AN - OPUS4-41175 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -