TY - THES A1 - Pittner, Andreas T1 - A Contribution to the Solution of the Inverse Heat Conduction Problem in Welding Simulation N2 - The present thesis provides a contribution to the solution of the inverse heat conduction problem in welding simulation. The solution strategy is governed by the need that the phenomenological simulation model utilised for the direct solution has to provide calculation results within short computational time. This is a fundamental criterion in order to apply optimisation algorithms for the detection of optimal model parameter sets. The direct simulation model focuses on the application of functional-analytical methods for solving the corresponding partial differential equation of heat conduction. In particular, volume heat sources with a bounding of the domain of action are applied. Besides the known normal and exponential distribution, the models are extended by the introduction of parabolically distributed heat sources. Furthermore, the movement on finite specimens under consideration of curved trajectories has been introduced and solved analytically. The calibration of heat source models against experimental reference data involves the simultaneous adaptation of model parameters. Here, the global parameter space is searched in a randomised manner. However, an optimisation pre-processing is needed to get information about the sensitivity of the weld characteristics like weld pool dimension or objective function due to a change of the model parameters. Because of their low computational cost functional-analytical models are well suited to allow extensive sensitivity studies which is demonstrated in this thesis. For real welding experiments the applicability of the simulation framework to reconstruct the temperature field is shown. In addition, computational experiments are performed that allow to evaluate which experimental reference data is needed to represent the temperature field uniquely. Moreover, the influence of the reference data like fusion line in the cross section or temperature measurements are examined concerning the response behaviour of the objective function and the uniqueness of the optimisation problem. The efficient solution of the inverse problem requires two aspects, namely fast solutions of the direct problem but also a reasonable number of degrees of freedom of the optimization problem. Hence, a method was developed that allows the direct derivation of the energy distribution by means of the fusion line in the cross section, which allows reducing the dimension of the optimisation problem significantly. All conclusions regarding the sensitivity studies and optimisation behaviour are also valid for numerical models for which reason the investigations can be treated as generic. T3 - BAM Dissertationsreihe - 85 KW - Analytical Solution KW - Global Optimisation KW - Neural Networks KW - Welding KW - Temperature Field PY - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-733 SN - 978-3-9815134-9-1 SN - 1613-4249 VL - 85 SP - 1 EP - 213 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-73 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 U6 - 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 - JOUR A1 - Syed, A.A. A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - De, A. T1 - Modeling of gas metal arc welding process using an analytically determined volumetric heat source N2 - High peak temperature and continuous deposition of electrode droplets in the weld puddle inhibit real-time monitoring of thermal cycles and bead dimensions in gas metal arc welding. A three-dimensional numerical heat transfer model is presented here to compute temperature field and bead dimensions considering a volumetric heat source to account for the transfer of arc energy into the weld pool. The heat source dimensions are analytically estimated as function of welding conditions and original joint geometry. The deposition of electrode material is modeled using deactivation and activation of discrete elements in a presumed V-groove joint geometry. The computed values of bead dimensions and thermal cycles are validated with the corresponding measured results. A comparison of the analytically estimated heat source dimensions and the corresponding numerically computed bead dimensions indicate that the former could rightly serve as the basis for conduction heat transfer based models of gas metal arc welding process. KW - Gas metal arc welding KW - Heat conduction KW - Volumetric heat source KW - Experimental validation PY - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2355/isijinternational.53.698 SN - 0915-1559 SN - 1347-5460 VL - 53 IS - 4 SP - 698 EP - 703 PB - ISIJ AN - OPUS4-28074 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Analysis of head and fluid flow phenomena of double-sided V-groove welds of high-strength low alloy steel T2 - 10th International Seminar "Numerical Analysis of Weldability" CY - Seggau-Graz, Austria DA - 2012-09-24 PY - 2012 AN - OPUS4-28684 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Potenzial der Schweißsimulation bei fügetechnischen Fragestellungen T2 - Treffen des DVS Beziksverband Berlin, BAM CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2012-10-31 PY - 2012 AN - OPUS4-28678 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Potentials of welding simulation in joining technologies T2 - Seminar "Welding Simulation" im Rahmen des SFB 1026 "Sustainable Manufacturing" der TU Berlin CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2013-06-13 PY - 2013 AN - OPUS4-28679 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Schnelle numerische Methode für die effiziente Temperaturfeldberechnung in bauteilnahen Geometrien und Mehrlagenschweißen T2 - Workshop "Anwendungsnahe Schweißsimulation" des DVS, RWTH Aachen CY - Aachen, Germany DA - 2013-05-23 PY - 2013 AN - OPUS4-28680 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Angewandte Schweißsimulation in der Forschung T2 - Industrieworkshop "Schweißsimulation in der industriellen Praxis", Produktionstechnisches Zentrum Berlin CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2013-02-20 PY - 2013 AN - OPUS4-28681 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Schweißeignungsuntersuchungen an hochfesten Feinkornbaustählen beim Einsatz modifizierter Sprühlichtbogenprozesse T2 - Workshop "Lichtbogenphysik", Otto von Guericke Universität CY - Magdeburg, Germany DA - 2013-02-12 PY - 2013 AN - OPUS4-28682 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Global Optimisation and Sensitivity Analysis Utilised For Welding Simulation T2 - 2nd International Symposium on Computer-Aided Welding Engineering CY - Jinan, China DA - 2012-08-23 PY - 2012 AN - OPUS4-28683 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -