TY - JOUR A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Meng, Xiangmeng A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Investigating defects caused by narrow pool shapes in deep penetration welding N2 - Laser beam welding is a widely used joining technique in many industrial applications. This is mainly due to its many unique advantages, especially compared to conventional arc welding processes. These advantages include, among others, highly concentrated energy deposition, low total heat input and a capacity to penetrate deep into the material while causing only small welding distortions. However, at the same time, the small dimension of the laser spot, high solidification rates, and small dimensions of the weld pool itself can provoke issues regarding the assembly tolerances of the workpiece, the hot-cracking phenomena, as well as keyhole-induced bubbles escaping from the melt. Weld pool shapes in laser beam welding are elongated at the external, free surfaces under the action of the main driving forces in the melt – such as recoil pressure and surface tension forces – while being shorter in the internal areas of the weld pool. This leads to a regular solidification sequence from the internal zones toward the free surfaces, e.g. from the bottom to the top in partial penetration welding. However, in recent studies reported in the literature and seen in the experimental and numerical investigations of BAM Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung in Berlin, it was found that an internal narrowing phenomenon can occur that is often accompanied by a distinct bulging of the weld bead in deeper zones. As the internal behaviour of the melt during the process is hardly optically accessible, several numerical models and experimental techniques were established to visualise the mechanisms of the formation of the bulging and the narrowing phenomenon and to reveal the consequences on the solidification sequence, pore formation, and filler metal dilution. KW - Weld pool shape KW - Laser beam welding KW - Solidification PY - 2022 SN - 1759-0752 IS - 57 SP - 28 EP - 29 PB - Europa Science CY - Cambridge, UK AN - OPUS4-56995 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Meng, Xiangmeng A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Evaluation of narrowed weld pool shapes and their effect on resulting potential defects during deep penetration laser beam welding N2 - This study presents mechanisms of the evolution of a narrowed region in the weld pool center during deep penetration laser beam welding. In numerous numerical studies presented in this study, it was also found that the local reduction of the weld pool size can cause detrimental effects on the melt flow behavior and the resulting properties of the welds. A particularly large influence of this effect was identified in three aspects. Firstly, the local variation of the solidification sequence of the weld pool causes an increase in the hot-cracking susceptibility due to a locally delayed solidification. Secondly, it was proven that a change in the local length and width of the weld pool is associated with an adverse impact on the potential flow routes of the molten material that induces stronger local variations of its solidification. Thus, the element mixing, e.g. during the welding with filler materials, is blocked. This leads to a non-homogeneous chemical composition of the final weld and can cause undesired effects on the final material properties. Finally, another observed effect is related to the reduced ability of process pores to reach the top surface. As this type of porosity is usually produced around the keyhole tip, the change of the fluid flow regime above this area plays a significant role in determining the final path of the pores until the premature solidification in the middle of the weld pool captures them. This study summarizes mainly numerical results which were supported by selected experimental validation results. T2 - International Congress of Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics 2022 CY - Orlando, FL, USA DA - 17.10.2022 KW - Weld pool shape KW - Laser beam welding KW - Solidification KW - Porosity KW - Numerical process simulation PY - 2022 SP - 1 AN - OPUS4-56532 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Meng, Xiangmeng A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Evaluation of narrowed weld pool shapes and their effect on resulting potential defects during deep penetration laser beam welding N2 - This study presents mechanisms of the evolution of a narrowed region in the weld pool center during deep penetration laser beam welding. In numerous numerical studies presented in this study, it was also found that the local reduction of the weld pool size can cause detrimental effects on the melt flow behavior and the resulting properties of the welds. A particularly large influence of this effect was identified in three aspects. First, the local variation of the solidification sequence of the weld pool causes an increase in the hotcracking susceptibility due to a locally delayed solidification. Second, it was proven that a change in the local length and width of the weld pool is associated with an adverse impact on the potential flow routes of the molten material that induces stronger local variations of its solidification. Thus, the element mixing, e.g., during the welding with filler materials, is blocked. This leads to a nonhomogeneous chemical composition of the final weld and can cause undesired effects on the final material properties. Finally, another observed effect is related to the reduced ability of process pores to reach the top surface. As this type of porosity is usually produced around the keyhole tip, the change of the fluid flow regime above this area plays a significant role in determining the final path of the pores until the premature solidification in the middle of the weld pool captures them. This study summarizes mainly numerical results that were supported by selected experimental validation results. T2 - International Congress of Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics 2022 CY - Orlando, FL, USA DA - 17.10.2022 KW - Weld pool shape KW - Laser beam welding KW - Solidification KW - Porosity KW - Element distribution KW - Numerical process simulation PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-56335 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Meng, Xiangmeng A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Evaluation of narrowed weld pool shapes and their effect on resulting potential defects during deep penetration laser beam welding N2 - This study presents mechanisms of the evolution of a narrowed region in the weld pool center during deep penetration laser beam welding. In numerous numerical studies presented in this study, it was also found that the local reduction of the weld pool size can cause detrimental effects on the melt flow behavior and the resulting properties of the welds. A particularly large influence of this effect was identified in three aspects. First, the local variation of the solidification sequence of the weld pool causes an increase in the hot-cracking susceptibility due to a locally delayed solidification. Second, it was proven that a change in the local length and width of the weld pool is associated with an adverse impact on the potential flow routes of the molten material that induces stronger local variations of its solidification. Thus, the element mixing, e.g., during the welding with filler materials, is blocked. This leads to a non-homogeneous chemical composition of the final weld and can cause undesired effects on the final material properties. Finally, another observed effect is related to the reduced ability of process pores to reach the top surface. As this type of porosity is usually produced around the keyhole tip, the change of the fluid flow regime above this area plays a significant role in determining the final path of the pores until the premature solidification in the middle of the weld pool captures them. This study summarizes mainly numerical results that were supported by selected experimental validation results. KW - Weld pool shape KW - Laser beam welding KW - Solidification KW - Porosity KW - Numerical process simulation PY - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-557759 SN - 1042-346X VL - 34 IS - 4 SP - 1 EP - 7 PB - Laser Institute of America CY - Orlando, Fla. AN - OPUS4-55775 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - THES A1 - Thomas, Maximilian T1 - Verbesserung der Übertragbarkeit von Erstarrungsrissprüfungen nach dem MVT-Verfahren durch Digitalisierung der Probenauswertung N2 - Zur Prüfung der Erstarrungsrissanfälligkeit von Werkstoffen existiert eine Vielzahl von Prüfverfahren, die jedoch oft nur in ihren Grundzügen standardisiert sind. Ein Beispiel ist der an der Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung entwickelte und angewendete Modifizierte Varestraint-/Transvarestraint-Test (MVT), der eine von vielen Umsetzungen des Varestraint-Verfahrensprinzips darstellt. Hierbei werden durch Biegung während des Schweißens gezielt Erstarrungsrisse erzeugt und anschließend lichtmikroskopisch vermessen. Die Ergebnisse von Varestraint-Prüfungen charakterisieren jedoch nicht allein das Werkstoffverhalten, sondern sind in hohem Maße von der Konstruktion der jeweiligen Prüfmaschine sowie den verwendeten Prüfparametern abhängig. Dies erschwert die Vergleichbarkeit von Ergebnissen, welche nicht unter exakt identischen Bedingungen ermittelt wurden, und kann darüber hinaus zu einer ungenauen oder unvollständigen Bewertung des Werkstoffverhaltens führen. Die vorliegende Arbeit widmet sich zunächst der detaillierten Ausgestaltung der geometrischen Zusammenhänge rund um die Ausbreitung von Erstarrungsrissen während der Varestraint-Prüfung. Mit Blick auf Prokhorovs Technological Strength Theory und die sich daraus ergebenden erstarrungsrisskritischen Temperaturen wird anschließend eruiert, wie aus den Anfangs- und Endkoordinaten der entstandenen Risse auf das charakteristische Erstarrungsrissverhalten geschlossen werden kann. Die daraus entwickelte Bewertung der Rissanfälligkeit ist weitestgehend von den Prüfparametern und weiteren verfahrensspezifischen Einflüssen entkoppelt, wodurch eine deutlich bessere Übertragbarkeit der Ergebnisse gewährleistet ist. Zur Erprobung der neu entwickelten Bewertungsansätze wurden zunächst MVT-Prüfungen an mehreren hochlegierten, martensitischen Schweißzusatzwerkstoffen, sowie am Nickelbasiswerkstoff Alloy 602 CA durchgeführt. So konnten einerseits verschiedene Legierungen hinsichtlich ihres Erstarrungsrissverhaltens charakterisiert und Empfehlungen für die schweißtechnische Fertigung generiert werden. Zum anderen dienten die Proben zur vollständigen Konzipierung, Entwicklung und Validierung einer digitalen Auswertemethodik. Die eigens programmierte Software ermöglicht die schnelle und praxisgerechte Auswertung von MVT-Proben, und implementiert dabei zusätzlich die zuvor entwickelten, prozessunabhängigen Bewertungsansätze. Als Ergebnis konnten kritische Dehnraten identifiziert werden,ab deren Überschreitung die betrachteten Werkstoffe unter den verwendeten Prüfbedingungen gesteigerte Erstarrungsrissanfälligkeiten aufweisen. So ergibt sich ein direkter Zusammenhang zwischen MVT-Prüfergebnissen und der Technological Strength Theory von Prokhorov. Die Bewertung des Werkstoffverhaltens anhand der kritischen Dehnraten erwies sich gegenüber den üblicherweise betrachteten Gesamtrisslängen als deutlich zuverlässiger. Zusammenfassend konnte gezeigt werden, dass die digitale Auswertung eine sinnvolle Verbesserung der analogen Standardauswertung darstellt. N2 - A multitude of testing procedures exist for the assessment of the solidification cracking susceptibilities of metal alloys. Many of these tests are only standardised on a very basic level. This also applies to the Modified Varestraint-/Transvarestraint Test (MVT), which was developed at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) and is one of many variants of the original Varestraint test. Its functional principle is the bending of flat specimens during welding. Any solidification cracks formed during the procedure are quantified in a later step using optical light microscopy. However, the test results don’t exclusively characterise the analysed material, but also greatly depend on the design of the testing rig, as well as the applied testing parameters. This complicates the comparison of results obtained under different circumstances, and furthermore can lead to an inaccurate or insufficient assessment of the material characteristics. The present work elaborates the geometrical aspects of solidification crack initiation and propagation during Varestraint testing. Applying Prokhorov’s Technological Strength Theory and the ensuing Brittleness Temperature Range, it is then determined how the start and end points of solidification cracks can be used to characterise the materials solidification cracking susceptibility. Ultimately, these insights are developed into a standard of evaluation which aims to eliminate the influence of testing parameters and characteristics, helping to greatly improve the comparability of Varestraint testing results. To test the newly developed standard of evaluation, MVT tests were carried out on several high-alloyed martensitic steels, as well as on the nickel-based Alloy 602 CA. On the one hand, the obtained results provide detailed characterisations of the solidification cracking susceptibilities of different materials as well as guidelines for their use in welding processes. On the other hand, the specimens were used for conception and validation of a novel, digital examination procedure. The software developed for this purpose allows for fast and practice-oriented examination of MVT specimens. At the same time, the new software implements the previously developed standard of evaluation to eliminate the influence of testing parameters. As a result, critical strain rates could be identified, which indicate the transition towards increased solidification cracking susceptibility under the respective circumstances. In this way, a direct connection between MVT test results and Prokhorov’s Technological Strength Theory can be drawn. Compared to the Total Crack Length, which is usually given as a test result, critical strain rates were found to be a more reliable characteristic. In summary, the newly developed procedures were proven to be a meaningful improvement of the current, analogue standard procedure. T3 - BAM Dissertationsreihe - 171 KW - Heißriss KW - Erstarrungsriss KW - Schweißen KW - Varestraint Test KW - Digitalisierung KW - Hot crack KW - Solidification KW - Welding KW - Varestraint test KW - digitalisation PY - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-553800 SN - 1613-4249 VL - 171 SP - 1 EP - 160 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-55380 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Wang, Lei A1 - Hoyt, J. J. T1 - Corrigendum to ‘Layering misalignment and negative temperature dependence of interfacial free energy of B2-liquid interfaces in a glass forming system’ [Acta Mater. 219 (2021) 117259] N2 - The authors regret that one funding number was missing. LW acknowledges financial supports from project DA 1655/1-2 within the SPP 1713 program by DFG. The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused. KW - Missing acknowledgment KW - Glass forming KW - Solidification PY - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2021.117525 VL - 219 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-54083 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Karkhin, V. A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Mathematical modeling of the geometrical differences between the weld end crater and the steady-state weld pool N2 - The geometrical characteristics of the weld end crater are commonly used as a means of validating numerical results in welding simulations. In this paper, an analytical model is developed for calculating the cooling stage of the welding process after the moving energy source is turned off. Solutions for various combinations of heat sources and heated bodies are found. It is shown that after turning off the Energy source, additional melting of the base material in the longitudinal direction may occur due to the overheated liquid metal. The developed technique is applied to complete-penetration keyhole laser beam welding of 2 mm thick austenitic stainless-steel plate 316L at a Welding speed of 20 mm/s and a laser power of 2.3 kW. The results show a theoretical increase in the weld end crater length of up to 19% compared to the length of the steady-state weld pool. It is found that at the moment of switch off, the weld end crater center, where solidification of the liquid metal ends, is shifted from the heat source axis toward the weld pool tail. The solidification rate and the direction of crystallization of the molten material during the welding process and those in the weld end crater differ significantly. A good agreement between the computational results and the welding experiments is achieved. KW - Weld end crater KW - Steady-state weld pool KW - Mathematical modeling KW - Solidification KW - Laser beam welding PY - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2351/7.0000068 VL - 32 IS - 2 SP - 022024-1 EP - 022024-6 PB - AIP Publishing AN - OPUS4-50767 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Karkhin, Victor T1 - Геометрические различия между кратером шва и сварочной ванной T1 - Geometric differences between end crater and weld pool N2 - Приведено аналитическое решение задачи теплопроводности после прекращения действия подвижного источника теплоты для различных комбинаций источника и свариваемого тела. Показано, что после выключения источника возможно дополнительное плавление основного металла за счет перегретого жидкого металла сварочной ванны. Например, при лазерной сварке со сквозным проплавлением стальной пластины толщиной 2 мм длина кратера шва может быт на 19% больше установившейся длины сварочной ванны. Установлено, что центр кратера, в котором заканчивается затвердевание жидкого металла, смещен в сторону хвостовой части кратера относительно оси теплового источника в момент прекращения его действия. Скорость и направление кристаллизации металла сварочной ванны и кратера различны. N2 - A functional-analytical solution of the problem of heat conduction after the moment of switch-off of the moving heat source is presented. Different combinations of heat sources and heated bodies are considered. It is demonstrated that an additional melting of the base metal is possible after the switch-off due to the overheated weld pool metal. For example, in laser beam keyhole welding of a 2 mm thick steel plate, the crater can be 19% longer than the weld pool. It is found that the crater centre, where the solidification of the liquid metal ends, is displaced from the heat source axis at the moment of switch-off towards the weld pool tail. The rate and the direction of crystallization of the molten metal in the weld pool and the end crater differ significantly. KW - сварочная ванна KW - кратер шва KW - плавление, KW - кристаллизация, KW - температурное поле KW - функция теплонасыщения KW - Weld pool KW - End crater KW - Melting KW - Solidification KW - Temperature field KW - Heat saturation function PY - 2019 SN - 2071-5234 SP - 19 EP - 23 PB - National Agency for Control and Welding CY - Moscow AN - OPUS4-50289 LA - rus AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Bakir, Nasim A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Na, S.-J. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - On the search for the origin of the bulge effect in high power laser beam welding N2 - The shape of the weld pool in laser beam welding plays a major role to understand the dynamics of the melt and its solidification behavior. The aim of the present work was its experimental and numerical investigation. To visualize the geometry of the melt pool in the longitudinal section a butt joint configuration of 15 mm thick structural steel and transparent quartz glass was used. The weld pool shape was recorded by means of a high-speed video camera and two thermal imaging MWIR and VIS cameras. The observations show that the dimensions of the weld pool vary depending on the depth. The regions close to the surface form a teardrop shaped weld pool. A bulge-region and its temporal evolution were observed approximately in the middle of the depth of the weld pool. Additionally, a transient numerical simulation was performed until reaching a steady state to obtain the weld pool shape and to understand the formation mechanism of the observed bulging phenomena. A fixed keyhole with an experimentally obtained shape was used to represent the full-penetration laser beam welding process. The model considers the local temperature field, the effects of phase transition, thermo-capillary convection, natural convection and temperature-dependent material properties up to evaporation temperature. It was found that the Marangoni convection and the movement of the laser heat source are the dominant factors for the formation of the bulging-region. Good correlation between the numerically calculated and the experimentally observed weld bead shapes and the time-temperature curves on the upper and bottom surface were found. KW - Bulging effect KW - High power laser beam welding KW - Process simulation KW - Solidification KW - Hot cracking PY - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2351/1.5096133 SN - 1042-346X SN - 1938-1387 VL - 31 IS - 2 SP - 022413-1 EP - 022413-7 PB - AIP Publishing AN - OPUS4-47848 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stelling, Karen A1 - Michael, Thomas A1 - Schobbert, Helmut T1 - Solidification behaviour and weldability of austenitic steels in laser and hybrid welding N2 - Within the framework of an AiF (The German Federation of Industrial Research Associations) project, investigations were conducted into the solidification behaviour of various high-alloy austenitic steels in laser and laser-GMA hybrid welding. For comparison purposes, reference was made to pure gas metalarc welding tests. It was possible to raise the welding speeds in hybrid welding compared with the individual gas metal-arc (GMA) and laser welding processes. The central subjects of the investigations were the type of solidification and the connected hot cracking behaviour during welding. In this respect, particular attention was paid not only to the kinetic effects during solidification which may be caused by the high solidification rates in laser and hybrid welding but also to their consequences. KW - Welding KW - Austenitic stainless steel KW - Solidification KW - Laser KW - Hybrid welding PY - 2007 SN - 1612-3433 VL - 6 IS - 3 SP - 171 EP - 175 PB - DVS - German Welding Society CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-15068 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -