TY - JOUR A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Weiß, D. A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Methodology to improve applicability of welding simulation N2 - The objective of this paper is to demonstrate a new simulation technique which allows fast and automatic generation of temperature fields as input for subsequent thermomechanical welding simulation. The basic idea is to decompose the process model into an empirical part based on neural networks and a phenomenological part that describes the physical phenomena. The strength of this composite modelling approach is the automatic calibration of mathematical models against experimental data without the need for manual interference by an experienced user. As an example for typical applications in laser beam and GMA-laser hybrid welding, it is shown that even 3D heat conduction models of a low complexity can approximate measured temperature fields with a sufficient accuracy. In general, any derivation of model fitting parameters from the real process adds uncertainties to the simulation independent of the complexity of the underlying phenomenological model. The modelling technique presented hybridises empirical and phenomenological models. It reduces the model uncertainties by exploiting additional information which keeps normally hidden in the data measured when the model calibration is performed against few experimental data sets. In contrast, here the optimal model parameter set corresponding to a given process parameter is computed by means of an empirical submodel based on relatively large set of experimental data. The approach allows making a contribution to an efficient compensation of modelling inaccuracies and lack of knowledge about thermophysical material properties or boundary conditions. Two illustrating examples are provided. KW - Welding simulation KW - GMA-laser hybrid welding KW - Laser beam welding KW - Neural networks KW - Global optimisation KW - Stochastic search method KW - Inverse heat conduction problem KW - Model prediction PY - 2008 DO - https://doi.org/10.1179/136217108X329322 SN - 1362-1718 SN - 1743-2936 VL - 13 IS - 6 SP - 496 EP - 508 PB - Maney CY - London AN - OPUS4-18300 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Karkhin, Victor A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Simulation of inverse heat conduction problems in fusion welding with extended analytical heat source models N2 - The paper presents bounded volume heat sources and the corresponding functional-analytical expressions for the temperature field. The power density distributions considered here are normal, exponential and parabolic. The sources model real heat sources like the welding arc, laser beam, electron beam, etc., the convection in the weld pool as well as the latent heat due to fusion and solidification. The parameters of the heat source models are unknown a priori and have to be evaluated by solving an inverse heat conduction problem. The functional-analytical technique for calculating 3D temperature fields in butt welding is developed. The proposed technique makes it possible to reduce considerably the total time for data input and solution. It is demonstrated with an example of laser beam welding of steel plates. KW - Laser beam welding KW - Volume heat source KW - Functional-analytical solution KW - Inverse modelling PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11706-011-0137-1 SN - 2095-025X SN - 2095-0268 VL - 5 IS - 2 SP - 119 EP - 125 PB - Springer CY - Secaucus, N.J. AN - OPUS4-24164 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Weiß, D. A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Fast temperature field generation for welding simulation and reduction of experimental effort N2 - The quality of welding processes is governed by the occurring induced distortions yielding an increase in production costs due to necessary reworking. Especially for more complex specimens, it is difficult to evaluate the optimal configuration of welding sequences in order to minimize the distortion. Even experienced welding operators can solve this task only by trial and error which is time and cost consuming. In modern engineering the application of welding simulation is already known to be able to analyse the heat effects of welding virtually. However, the welding process is governed by complex physical interactions. Thus, recent weld thermal models are based on many simplifications. The state of the art is to apply numerical methods in order to solve the transient heat conduction equation. Therefore, it is not possible to use the real process parameters as input for the mathematical model. The model parameters which allow calculating a temperature field that is in best agreement with the experiments cannot be defined directly but inversely by multiple simulations runs. In case of numerical simulation software based on finite discretization schemes this approach is very time consuming and requires expert users. The weld thermal model contains an initial weakness which has to be adapted by finding an optimal set of model parameters. This process of calibration is often done against few experiments. The range of model validity is limited. An extension can be obtained by performing a calibration against multiple experiments. The focus of the paper is to show a combined modelling technique which provides an efficient solution of the inverse heat conduction problem mentioned above. On the one hand the inverse problem is solved by application of fast weld thermal models which are closed form solutions of the heat conduction equation. In addition, a global optimization algorithm allows an automated calibration of the weld thermal model. This technique is able to provide a temperature field automatically that fits the experimental one with high accuracy within minutes on ordinary office computers. This fast paradigm permits confirming the application of welding simulation in an industrial environment as automotive industry. On the other hand, the initial model weakness is compensated by calibrating the model against multiple experiments. The unknown relationship between model and process parameters is approximated by a neural network. The validity of the model is increased successively and enables to decrease experimental effort, For a test case, it is shown that this approach yields accurate temperature fields within very short amount of time for unknown process parameters as input data to the model contributing to the requirement to construct a substitute system of the real welding process. KW - Heat flow KW - Neural networks KW - Simulating KW - Temperature KW - Welding PY - 2011 SN - 0043-2288 SN - 1878-6669 VL - 55 IS - 09-10 SP - 83 EP - 90 PB - Springer CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-24603 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heinze, Christoph A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Babu, S. S. T1 - Dependency of martensite start temperature on prior austenite grain size and its influence on welding-induced residual stresses N2 - Austenite grain growth during welding is a critical factor for controlling weld microstructure in addition to nominal composition and thermal cycles. Recently, experimental data suggesting a decrease in martensite start temperature with a decrease in prior austenite grain size has been published. However, the actual sensitivity of this phenomenon on residual stresses evolution in the heat-affected zone has not been investigated, yet. Therefore, a numerical model was modified to consider this phenomenon. Numerical simulations were performed for welding of a low-alloy structural steel with minimum yield strength of 355 MPa (S355J2+N) and a heat-resistant steel P91 or 9Cr–1Mo, respectively. The results clarify the influence of prior austenite grain size on the residual stress development and show the importance martensite transformation temperatures and final martensite fraction. Consequently, the residual stress evolution of P91, which completely transforms to martensite while cooling, based on the enhanced model leads to maximum stress differences of 200 MPa in the heat-affected zone. KW - Prior austenite grain size KW - Martensite start temperature KW - Welding-induced residual stress KW - Numerical simulation KW - Gas metal arc welding PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2012.11.058 SN - 0927-0256 VL - 69 SP - 251 EP - 260 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-27633 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sproesser, G. A1 - Chang, Y.-J. A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Finkbeiner, M. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Energy efficiency and environmental impacts of high power gas metal arc welding N2 - Single-wire gas metal arc welding (SGMAW) and high power tandem GMAW (TGMAW) are evaluated with respect to energy efficiency. The key performance indicator electrical deposition efficiency is applied to reflect the energy efficiency of GMAW in different material transfer modes. Additionally, the wall-plug efficiency of the equipment is determined in order to identify the overall energy consumption. The results show that energy efficiency can be increased by 24% and welding time is reduced over 50% by application of the tandem processes. A comparative life cycle assessment of a 30-mm-thick weld is conducted to investigate the influences of the energy efficiency on the environmental impacts. The environmental impacts on the categories global warming potential, acidification potential, eutrophication potential, and photochemical ozone creation potential can be reduced up to 11% using an energy-efficient TGMAW process. KW - Tandem gas metal arc welding KW - Life cycle assessment (LCA) KW - Energy efficiency KW - High power welding PY - 2017 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-017-9996-7 SN - 0268-3768 SN - 1433-3015 VL - 91 IS - 9-12 SP - 3503 EP - 3513 PB - Springer CY - London AN - OPUS4-39564 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schaumann, P. A1 - Schürmann, K. A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Experimental investigations on the fatigue resistance of automatically welded tubular X-joints for jacket support structures N2 - The development within the offshore wind sector towards more powerful turbines combined with increasing water depth for new wind parks is challenging both the designer as well as the manufacturer of bottom fixed support structures. Besides XL-monopiles, the market developed an innovative and economic jacket support structure which is based on automatically manufactured tubular joints combined with standardized pipes. Besides the improvements for a serial manufacturing process the automatically welded tubular joints show a great potential in terms of fatigue resistance e.g. due to a smooth weld geometry without sharp notches. However, these benefits are not considered yet within the fatigue design process of automatically manufactured jacket substructures according to current standards due to the lack of suitable S-N curves. Therefore, 32 axial fatigue tests on single and double-sided automatically welded tubular X-joints have been performed to determine a new hot spot stress related S-N curve. Based on these constant amplitude fatigue tests a new S-N curve equal to a FAT 126 curve was computed which implicitly includes the benefits of the automatically welding procedure. T2 - EERA Deep Wind 2020 CY - Trondheim, Norway DA - 15.01.2020 KW - Notch stress approach KW - Fatigue tests KW - Automated manufacturing KW - Tubular X-joints KW - Structural stress approach PY - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-518509 DO - https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1669/1/012022 VL - 1669 SP - 012022 PB - IOP Publishing Ltd AN - OPUS4-51850 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fabry, Çağtay A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Hirthammer, Volker A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Recommendations for an Open Science approach to welding process research data N2 - The increasing adoption of Open Science principles has been a prevalent topic in the welding science community over the last years. Providing access to welding knowledge in the form of complex and complete datasets in addition to peer-reviewed publications can be identified as an important step to promote knowledge exchange and cooperation. There exist previous efforts on building data models specifically for fusion welding applications; however, a common agreed upon implementation that is used by the community is still lacking. One proven approach in other domains has been the use of an openly accessible and agreed upon file and data format used for archiving and sharing domain knowledge in the form of experimental data. Going into a similar direction, the welding community faces particular practical, technical, and also ideological challenges that are discussed in this paper. Collaboratively building upon previous work with modern tools and platforms, the authors motivate, propose, and outline the use of a common file format specifically tailored to the needs of the welding research community as a complement to other already established Open Science practices. Successfully establishing a culture of openly accessible research data has the potential to significantly stimulate progress in welding research. KW - Welding KW - Research data management KW - Open science KW - Digitalization KW - Weldx KW - Open source PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-529332 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-021-01151-x SN - 1878-6669 SN - 0043-2288 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - Springer CY - Heidelberg AN - OPUS4-52933 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Winterkorn, René A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Wire arc additive manufacturing with novel Al-Mg-Si filler wire - Assessment of weld quality and mechanical properties N2 - Wire arc additive manufacturing enables the production of near-net shape large-volume metallic components leveraging an established industrial base of welding and cladding technology and adapting it for layer-wise material deposition. However, the complex relationship between the process parameters and resulting mechanical properties of the components still remains challenging. In case of high-strength Al-Mg-Si aluminum alloys, no commercial filler wires are yet available due the high susceptibility of solidification cracking as well as the necessary efforts to obtain acceptable mechanical properties. To address this need, we evaluated a novel filler wire based on AlMg0.7Si doped with a Ti5B1 master alloy to foster fine equiaxed grains within the deposited metal. The correlation between the process parameters and component quality was examined by analyzing the size and distribution of pores as well as the grain morphology. Furthermore, we evaluated the influence of different post-weld heat treatment strategies to achieve mechanical properties corresponding to the reference wrought material. We demonstrated that fine equiaxed grains in the weld metal reduced the susceptibility of solidification cracking significantly. The novel AlMg0.7Si-TiB (S Al 6063-TiB) filler wire facilitated wire arc additive manufacturing of high-strength aluminum components with mechanical properties that were almost as superior as the corresponding wrought base material. KW - Wire arc additive manufacturing KW - Precipitation hardening aluminum alloys KW - AlMg0.7SiTiB filler wire KW - Grain refinement KW - Mechanical properties PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-538327 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/met11081243 SN - 2075-4701 VL - 11 IS - 8 SP - 1 EP - 13 PB - MDPI CY - Basel AN - OPUS4-53832 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Strobl, Dominic A1 - Unger, Jörg F. A1 - Ghnatios, C. A1 - Klawoon, Alexander A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Robens-Radermacher, Annika T1 - Efficient bead-on-plate weld model for parameter estimation towards effective wire arc additive manufacturing simulation N2 - Despite the advances in hardware and software techniques, standard numerical methods fail in providing real-time simulations, especially for complex processes such as additive manufacturing applications. A real-time simulation enables process control through the combination of process monitoring and automated feedback, which increases the flexibility and quality of a process. Typically, before producing a whole additive manufacturing structure, a simplified experiment in the form of a beadon-plate experiment is performed to get a first insight into the process and to set parameters suitably. In this work, a reduced order model for the transient thermal problem of the bead-on-plate weld simulation is developed, allowing an efficient model calibration and control of the process. The proposed approach applies the proper generalized decomposition (PGD) method, a popular model order reduction technique, to decrease the computational effort of each model evaluation required multiple times in parameter estimation, control, and optimization. The welding torch is modeled by a moving heat source, which leads to difficulties separating space and time, a key ingredient in PGD simulations. A novel approach for separating space and time is applied and extended to 3D problems allowing the derivation of an efficient separated representation of the temperature. The results are verified against a standard finite element model showing excellent agreement. The reduced order model is also leveraged in a Bayesian model parameter estimation setup, speeding up calibrations and ultimately leading to an optimized real-time simulation approach for welding experiment using synthetic as well as real measurement data. KW - Proper generalized decomposition KW - Model order reduction KW - Hardly separable problem KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Model calibration KW - Wire arc additive manufacturing PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-596502 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-024-01700-0 SN - 0043-2288 SP - 1 EP - 18 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-59650 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Life Cycle Assessment of Fusion Welding Processes - A Case Study of Resistance Spot Welding Versus Laser Beam Welding N2 - The high amount of resource consumption of fusion welding processes offers the potential to reduce their environmental impact. While the driving forces are known froma qualitative perspective, the quantitative assessment of the crucial parameters is not a trivial task. Therefore, herein, a welding-specific methodology to utilize life cycle assessment as a tool for evaluating the environmental impact of fusion welding processes is presented. In this context, two welding processes, resistance spot welding and laser beam welding, are analyzed for two different use cases. These comprise the welding of shear test specimens and a cap profile made of electrogalvanized sheets of DC 05þ ZE (1.0312) as representative of an automotive application. For both welding processes, the main influences on the resulting environmental impact categories are evaluated and compared. The requirements for ecological efficient welding processes are discussed and implemented. KW - Resistance spot welding KW - Carbon dioxide footprint KW - Environmental impact categories KW - Laser beam welding KW - Life cycle assessment PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-566458 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202101343 SN - 1438-1656 VL - 24 IS - 6 SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-56645 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Weiss, D. A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - A methodology for the fast temperature field generation for welding simulation T2 - 17th International Conference "Computer Technology in Welding and Manufacturing" CY - Cranfield, UK DA - 2008-06-18 KW - Welding simulation KW - Temperature field generation KW - Short calculation time KW - Multiple experiments KW - Inverse heat conduction problem KW - Neural networks PY - 2008 SN - 978-1-903761-07-6 SP - 1 EP - 12 PB - TWI CY - Cambridge AN - OPUS4-18290 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schempp, Philipp A1 - Cross, C.E. A1 - Häcker, Ralf A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Influence of grain size on mechanical properties of aluminium GTA weld metal N2 - Grain refinement is an important possibility to enhance the mechanical properties such as strength, ductility and toughness of aluminium weld metal. In this study, grain refinement was achieved through the addition of commercial grain refiner Al Ti5B1 to gas tungsten arc weld metal of the aluminium alloys 1050A (Al 99.5) and 5083 (Al Mg4.5Mn0.7). The grain refiner additions led to a significant reduction of the weld metal mean grain size (Alloy 1050A, 86 %; Alloy 5083, 44 %) with a change in grain shape from columnar to equiaxed. Tensile tests showed for Alloy 5083 that the weld metal's ductility can be increased through grain refinement. No improvement in weld metal strength (i.e. yield strength and ultimate tensile strength) was observed. Furthermore, tear tests with notched specimens revealed that the resistance against initiation and propagation of cracks in the weld metal can be enhanced through grain refinement. The toughness was observed to increase clearly by grain refinement in weld metal of commercial pure Al (Alloy 1050A). In Alloy 5083 weld metal, the toughness was not improved through grain refinement, likely because of a semi-continuous network of brittle intermetallic phases that facilitate crack propagation. KW - GTA welding KW - Aluminium KW - Grain size KW - Tensile tests KW - Dynamic fracture tests PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-013-0026-6 SN - 0043-2288 SN - 1878-6669 VL - 57 IS - 3 SP - 293 EP - 304 PB - Springer CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-28065 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schempp, Philipp A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Tang, Z. A1 - Seefeld, T. A1 - Cross, C.E. ED - Babu, S. S. ED - Bhadeshia, H.K. ED - Cross, C.E. ED - David, S.A. ED - DebRoy, T. ED - DuPont, J.N. ED - Koseki, T. ED - Liu, S. T1 - Influence of alloy and solidification parameters on grain refinement in aluminium weld metal due to inoculation N2 - Refinement of the weld metal grain structure can improve the mechanical properties of the weld and decrease the susceptibility to solidification cracking of the weld metal. In this study, commercial Al Ti5B1 grain refiner was used to refine the microstructure of LB (laser beam) and GTA (gas tungsten arc) aluminum welds by inoculation. The grain refiner additions led to a significant decrease in the weld metal mean grain size whereby a transition from columnar to equiaxed grain structure (Columnar to Equiaxed Transition, CET) was observed. The development of both grain size and shape depended upon the base metal (Al alloys 1050A, 5083 and 6082) and upon the welding process. The GTA welding process allowed a more pronounced and a more efficient refinement than in LB welds. Furthermore, the influence of the solidification conditions on the CET was investigated through temperature measurements in the weld metal. The temperature profiles revealed a faster solidification of LB welds than in GTA welds. The results from the temperature measurements were also used to estimate (according to an existing model) the critical thermal gradient at which the CET occurs. T2 - 9th International conference on trends in welding research CY - Chicago, Illinois, USA DA - 04.06.2012 KW - Aluminium KW - LBW KW - GTAW KW - Grain refinement KW - Alloy 1050A KW - Alloy 5083 KW - Alloy 6082 KW - Al Ti5B1 PY - 2013 SN - 978-1-62708-998-2 SP - 98 EP - 107 PB - ASM international AN - OPUS4-27907 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Chang, Y.-J. A1 - Sproesser, G. A1 - Neugebauer, S. A1 - Wolf, K. A1 - Scheumann, R. A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Finkbeiner, M. T1 - Environmental and social life cycle assessment of welding technologies N2 - Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) are applied in evaluating possible social and environmental impacts of the state-of-art welding technologies, such as Manual Metal Arc Welding (MMAW), Manual Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), Automatic GMAW and Automatic Laser-Arc Hybrid Welding (LAHW). The LCA results indicate that for 1 meter weld seam, MMAW consumes the largest amount of resources (like filler material and coating on electrodes) and energy, which contributes to comparatively higher environmental impacts in global warming potential, acidification, photochemical ozone creation potential and eutrophication than other chosen processes. With regard to social aspects, the health issues and fair salary are under survey to compare the relative potential risk on human health caused by fumes in different welding technologies, and to indicate the sufficiency of current salary of welders in Germany. The results reflect that the wage status of welders is still fair and sufficient. The manual processes bring much higher potential risk of welders’ health than the automatic processes, especially MMAW. KW - Fair salary KW - Human health KW - Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) KW - Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) KW - Welding PY - 2015 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2014.07.084 SN - 2212-8271 VL - 26 SP - 293 EP - 298 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam [u.a.] AN - OPUS4-33036 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schempp, Philipp A1 - Cross, C.E. A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Influence of solute content and solidification parameters on grain refinement of aluminum weld metal N2 - Grain refinement provides an important possibility to enhance the mechanical properties (e.g., strength and ductility) and the weldability (susceptibility to solidification cracking) of aluminum weld metal. In the current study, a filler metal consisting of aluminum base metal and different amounts of commercial grain refiner Al Ti5B1 was produced. The filler metal was then deposited in the base metal and fused in a GTA welding process. Additions of titanium and boron reduced the weld metal mean grain size considerably and resulted in a transition from columnar to equiaxed grain shape (CET). In commercial pure aluminum (Alloy 1050A), the grain-refining efficiency was higher than that in the Al alloys 6082 and 5083. Different welding and solidification parameters influenced the grain size response only slightly. Furthermore, the observed grain-size reduction was analyzed by means of the undercooling parameter P and the growth restriction parameter Q, which revealed the influence of solute elements and nucleant particles on grain size. KW - Aluminium KW - GTA welding KW - Grain refinement KW - Alloy 1050A KW - Alloy 5083 KW - Alloy 6082 KW - Al Ti5B1 PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-013-1649-3 SN - 1073-5623 SN - 1543-1940 VL - 44A IS - 7 SP - 3198 EP - 3210 PB - The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society CY - Warrendale AN - OPUS4-28656 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Karkhin, Victor A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael ED - Halmoy, E. T1 - Simulation of the temperature field in laser beam welding by inverse technique N2 - This paper presents volume heat sources and the corresponding functional analytical Solutions for the transient temperature field. The considered energy distributions are normal, exponential and parabolic. The method follows the common approach in Computational Welding Mechanics (CWM) to account for the physics of the welding process and the resulting temperature field by phenomenological models for heat conduction. Therefore, the used heat source models are apparent heat sources that incorporate the real heat input as well as the fluid flow in the weld pool and the latent heat connected with phase transformations. The heat source models provide welding characteristics like thermal cycle and Fusion line in the cross section within short computational time. Consequently, inverse techniques on basis of optimisation algorithms enable the adaptation of the models to the experimental data efficiently. Furthermore, the direct evaluation of the energy distribution for the experimental fusion line in the cross section is demonstrated which enhances the numerical optimisation by reducing the number of unknown model Parameters and providing a reasonable initial guess within the model parameter space. The proposed temperature field models are validated with real laser beam welding experiments. T2 - 13th Conference on laser materials processing in the nordic countries CY - Trondheim, Norway DA - 27.06.2011 KW - Volume heat source KW - Inverse modelling KW - Functional analysis KW - Laser beam welding PY - 2011 SP - 223 EP - 234 AN - OPUS4-24165 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Su, H. A1 - Wu, Chuan Song A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Simultaneous measurement of tool torque, traverse force and axial force in friction stir welding N2 - Simultaneous measurement of the tool torque, traverse force and axial force during friction stir welding process is of great significance to the understanding of the underlying process mechanism and the optimizing of the process parameters. Different from the traditional measurement methods using load cell or rotating component dynamometer, an indirect but economical methodology is used in this study for the simultaneous measurement of the traverse force, axial force and tool torque by monitoring the output torques of the servo motors and main spindle three-phase AC induction motor inside the FSW machine. The values of the traverse force, axial force and tool torque are determined under different welding conditions, and the influencing factors are examined. The measured results in friction stir welding of AA2024-T4 aluminum alloys at different combinations of tool rotation speed and welding speed lay foundation for process optimization. KW - Friction stir welding KW - Measurement KW - Traverse force KW - Axial force KW - Tool torque PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2013.09.001 SN - 0278-6125 SN - 1526-6125 VL - 15 IS - 4 SP - 495 EP - 500 PB - Elsevier Ltd. CY - Dearborn, Mich., USA AN - OPUS4-29688 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schempp, Philipp A1 - Cross, C.E. A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Solidification of GTA aluminium weld metal: Part 2 - Thermal conditions and model for columnar-to-equiaxed transition KW - Aluminium KW - Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) KW - Columnar to equiaxed transition (CET) KW - Thermal analysis PY - 2014 SN - 0043-2296 SN - 0096-7629 VL - 93 IS - March SP - 69-s - 77-s PB - American Welding Society CY - New York, NY AN - OPUS4-30415 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schempp, Philipp A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Grain structure in aluminium TIG welds N2 - The microstructure of a fusion weld has great influences on the susceptibility of the base material to hot cracking and on the mechanical properties of the weld. Small, globulitic grains are necessary for increased strength, ductility and toughness and for a low inclination to hot cracking instead of large, oblong grains. This study reports on the factors which exert the main influences on such grain refinement in the weld. Thus, the influences of the thermal conditions, the chemical composition of the weld metal and the number and type of solidification nuclei on the microstructure were classified for the TIG welding of three different aluminium alloys. PY - 2014 SN - 1612-3433 VL - 13 IS - 3 SP - 177 EP - 181 PB - DVS - German Welding Society CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-30806 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Neubert, S. A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Numerical Sensitivity Analysis of TRIP-Parameter K on Weld Residual Stresses and Weld Distortion N2 - A combined experimental numerical approach is applied for a sensitivity analysis of the transformation induced plasticity (TRIP)-parameter K on welding residual stresses and welding distortion for the welding of the low-alloyed high-strength S960QOL with the high-alloyed hig-strength filler material CN13-4-IG. A thermo-mechanical FE model of a real GMA welding process was experimentally validated against termperature field, X-Ray stress measurments and optical distortion measurement. Within the sensititvity analysis K was varied and the influence on the calculated welding residual stresses and welding distortion is evaluated by performing corresponding FEA. The correct order of K magnitude is necessary in order to reproduce the residual stresses qualitatively and quantitatively. For the sufficient reproducing of the welding distortion the transformation induced plasticity can be neglected. T2 - 11th International Seminar - Numerical Analysis of Weldability CY - Graz, Austria DA - 27.09.2015 KW - TRIP PY - 2016 SN - 978-3-85125-490-7 SN - 2410-0544 SP - 361 EP - 383 PB - Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz CY - Graz AN - OPUS4-38904 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -