TY - JOUR A1 - Perret, William A1 - Thater, R. A1 - Alber, U. A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Approach to assess a fast welding simulation in an industrial envrionment - application for an automotive welded part N2 - Fusion welding processes are widely used for joining metal structures, such as pipes, ships, and cars. In general, these joining processes offer a very good compromise between reliability, safety, cost and maintenance which are important issues in the current economical context. The negative heat effects of welding, i.e. distortions and residual stresses of the welded parts, are well known and many researches in this field have already been done in the last decades in order to minimize them. On the experimental side, many sophisticated procedures have become state of the art to deal with this problem. On the computational side, the improvement of the simulation algorithms and the computing power enables the simulations of many physical phenomena occurring during the welding process. The implementation of welding simulation techniques is nevertheless not an easy task and often associated with expert knowledge which hinders their global application in an industrial environment. This paper is focused on the industrial requirements of a welding simulation software with special respect to the needs of the automotive industry. The necessary information to run a welding simulation and the expectations of a weld specialist without deep knowledge in numerical methods are investigated. These expectations are tested on an automotive welded assembly with a commercially available welding simulation software designed especially for the needs of the automotive industry. A welding experiment is done and the measured temperature distributions and distortions serve as reference to validate the simulation results. The result quality of the simulations of temperature fields and distortions is in best agreement with experimental data. The workflow is well adapted for the considered industrial requirements and the time-tosolution as well as the computational costs are acceptable, whereas the efficient calibration of the heat input model is still a point which will be further investigated in current and future research works. KW - Welding simulation KW - Distortion KW - Automotive industry KW - Work-flow KW - Time-to-solution KW - Simufact.welding PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s12239-011-0102-0 SN - 1229-9138 VL - 12 IS - 6 SP - 895 EP - 901 PB - KSAE / Springer CY - Seoul / Berlin ; Heidelberg AN - OPUS4-25139 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 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Brauser, Stephan A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - High-energy synchrotron diffraction study of a transformation induced plasticity steel during tensile deformation N2 - Energy-dispersive x-ray diffraction offers the possibility for measurement and evaluation of diffraction spectra containing information of various diffraction lines of all contributing crystalline phases of a material. Combined strain imaging and diffraction analysis was conducted during the tensile test of a low alloyed transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) steel in order to investigate the transformation induced plasticity, strain hardening, and load partitioning effects. Optical strain imaging allowed for determination of localized true strains from three-dimensional deformations measured in situ. High-energy synchrotron radiation has permitted diffraction analysis in transmission mode to gather information from the material interior. Phase-specific stress evolution during loading could be observed applying the sin2ψ technique during certain load steps. The strains of the individual lattice planes were determined in different locations under varying angles between loading and perpendicular direction. Using energy-dispersive methods it was also possible to determine the transformation behaviour during elastic and plastic regime taking into account a large number of diffraction lines. The results show that the approach practised here enables one to pull together macroscopic and phase-specific microscopic material behaviour in order to improve existing models for prediction of complex load situations. KW - EDXRD KW - Transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) KW - Residual stress KW - Synchrotron KW - Martensite transformation PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1177/0309324711403969 SN - 0309-3247 SN - 2041-3130 VL - 46 IS - 7 SP - 581 EP - 591 PB - Sage CY - London AN - OPUS4-24604 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schempp, Philipp A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Cross, C.E. T1 - Weld metal grain refinement of aluminium alloy 5083 through controlled additions of Ti and B N2 - Kornfeinung im Schweißgut kann die mechanischen Eigenschaften der Schweißnaht und die Schweißeignung des Grundwerkstoffs deutlich verbessern. Eine Möglichkeit korngefeintes Schweißgut zu erreichen, ist das Versetzen des Schmelzbades mit kornfeinenden Mitteln. In dieser Studie wird gezeigt wie Titan- und Borzusätze Korngröße und -struktur von WIG-Schweißnähten der Al-Legierung 5083 (Al Mg4,5Mn0,7) beeinflussen. Dazu wurden in einem Gießprozess stäbchenförmige Einlagen hergestellt, die aus Grundwerkstoff und definierten Zusätzen der Kornfeinungslegierung Al Ti5B1 bestanden. Sie wurden als Ersatz für einen Schweißzusatzwerkstoff in einer Nut im Grundwerkstoff untergebracht und im WIG-Verfahren überschweißt. Durch die Steigerung des Titan- und Borgehalts im Schweißgut konnte dessen mittlere Korngröße deutlich verringert werden. Außerdem wurde eine Änderung der Kornstruktur beobachtet. Die Ergebnisse können als Grundlage genutzt werden, um die empfohlene chemische Zusammensetzung von Schweißzusätzen für Lichtbogenschweißen von Aluminium anzupassen. KW - Aluminium-Legierung 5083 KW - Kornfeinung KW - WIG-Schweißen PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.3139/120.110265 SN - 0025-5300 VL - 53 IS - 10 SP - 604 EP - 609 PB - Hanser CY - München AN - OPUS4-24654 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Standards and guidelines for numerical welding simulation PY - 2011 SN - 1001-1382 VL - 459 IS - 9 SP - 5 EP - 8 PB - Jixie Dianzi Gongye Bu * Harbin Hanjie Yanjiusuo AN - OPUS4-24644 LA - zho AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Avilov, Vjaceslav A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Numerical simulation of full-penetration laser beam welding of thick aluminium plates with inductive support N2 - A three-dimensional laminar steady-state numerical model was developed to investigate the influence of an alternating current (ac) magnetic field during high-power full-penetration laser welding on the weld pool dynamics and weld cross section of a 20 mm thick aluminium plate in flat position. Three-dimensional heat transfer, fluid dynamics including phase transition and electromagnetic field partial differential equations were solved iteratively with the commercial finite element software COMSOL Multiphysics using temperature-dependent material properties up to evaporation temperature. Thermocapillary convection at the weld pool surfaces, natural convection and latent heat of solid–liquid phase transition were taken into account in this model. Solidification was modelled by the Carman–Kozeny equation for porous media morphology. The ac magnet was mounted on the root side of the weld specimen. The magnetic field was aligned perpendicular to the welding direction. The flow pattern in the melt and thus also the temperature distribution were significantly changed by the application of oscillating magnetic fields. It was shown that the application of an ac magnetic field to laser beam welding allows for a prevention of the gravity drop-out. The simulation results are in good qualitative agreement with the experimental observations. KW - Electromagnetic weld pool support KW - Laser beam welding KW - Lorentz force KW - Marangoni stresses KW - Natural convection PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/45/3/035201 SN - 0022-3727 SN - 1361-6463 VL - 45 IS - 3 SP - 035201-1 - EP - 035201-13 PB - IOP Publ. CY - Bristol AN - OPUS4-25286 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ullner, Christian A1 - Brauser, Stephan A1 - Subaric-Leitis, Andreas A1 - Weber, Gert A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Determination of local stress-strain properties of resistance spot-welded joints of advanced high-strength steels using the instrumented indentation test N2 - For spot-welded joints, the resistance to mechanical stress depends on the local strength properties and gradients in the weld area. The commonly used methods for investigating the stress–strain behaviour across the weld area are connected with a high level of sample preparation and with considerable limitations in local resolution. A promising method for determining locally resolved stress–strain curves is the instrumented indentation test in connection with the method of representative stress and strain (RS) and the method of artificial neural networks (NNs). The stress–strain properties of the weld nugget and the base metal determined by these two methods are compared and discussed, additionally in relation to the stress–strain curves obtained from the tensile test. The measured Vickers hardness across the weld area is compared with the evaluated local stress–strain properties. Three steels used in automobile manufacturing are investigated: mild steel DC04 and two advanced high-strength steels (TRIP steel HCT690T and martensitic steel HDT 1200M). The results of the two methods (RS and NN) show good correspondence for the base metal area but some significant differences for the weld nugget. Comparing the data across the weld area, no evidence of the presence of residual stress (which would influence the results) was found. KW - Ortsaufgelöst KW - Lokale Spannungs-Dehnungskurven KW - Punktschweißverbindung KW - Instrumentierte Eindringprüfung PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-011-5936-3 SN - 0022-2461 SN - 1573-4803 VL - 47 IS - 3 SP - 1504 EP - 1513 PB - Springer Science + Business Media B.V. CY - Norwell, Mass. AN - OPUS4-25276 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Petrovskii, V.N. A1 - Uspenskii, S.A. A1 - Shcheglov, Pavel A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Investigation of a vapor-plasma welding torch induced by a high-power ytterbium fiber laser KW - Laser welding KW - Condensation KW - Diagnostic of the torch PY - 2011 SN - 2079-5629 VL - 2 IS - 2 SP - 159 EP - 165 PB - MAIK Nauka AN - OPUS4-24811 LA - rus AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Shcheglov, Pavel A1 - Uspenskii, S.A. A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Petrovskii, V.N. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Yermachenko, V. M. T1 - Plume attenuation of laser radiation during high power fiber laser welding N2 - The results of an in-situ plume-laser interaction measurement during welding of mild steel with a 5 kW ytterbium fiber laser are reported. A measurement of the attenuation of probe laser beam passing through the plume has allowed to estimate the plume characteristics like the size of the extinction area and the spatial distribution of the extinction coefficient. The power loss of the fiber laser radiation propagating through the whole plume length was calculated. Together with a measured temporal characteristics of extinction the result indicates a significant decreasing of the laser radiation stability, which can lead to the formation of the macroscopic welding defects. KW - Laser welding KW - Plume KW - Beam attenuation KW - Particles PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/lapl.201110010 SN - 1612-2011 VL - 8 IS - 6 SP - 475 EP - 480 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-24812 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tölle, Florian A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Backhaus, A. A1 - Olschok, S. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Reisgen, U. T1 - Welding residual stress reduction by scanning of a defocused beam N2 - The residual stresses in narrow electron or laser beam welds with high stress gradients are decreased without any contact surfaces or additional equipment by applying the welding beam after welding in a defocused mode for heating the material regions in a certain distance from the weld on both sides. In case of electron beam application, the beam is positioned and focused by the electromagnetic coil with high frequency. In case of laser beam application a laser scanner optics enables fast positioning by an optomechanic beam deflection, while defocusing of the laser beam is obtained by increasing the distance between scanner optics and workpiece. Dependent on the component geometry and on the beam power different process parameters are used. The adjustable process parameters are the radius and the power of the defocused beam and the transversal and longitudinal distances between the welding and the defocused beam. The mechanism and the influence of the process parameters are investigated by FEM-simulation and a number of experiments on a ferritic steel S355J2+N with 5 mm thickness. FEM-simulation is used to reduce the matrix of process parameters for the experiments. The best experimental result shows a stress reduction of about 70%. KW - Residual stresses KW - Stress reduction KW - High energy beam welding KW - Post-weld heat treatment KW - Laser scanner optics PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2011.07.019 SN - 0924-0136 SN - 1873-4774 VL - 212 IS - 1 SP - 19 EP - 26 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-24787 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -