TY - JOUR A1 - Heinze, Christoph A1 - Michael, Thomas A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Schwierigkeiten bei der Anwendung der aktuellen Normung in Bezug auf Mikrorisse in Schweißverbindungen hochfester vergüteter Feinkornbaustähle N2 - Die aktuelle Normung bezüglich mikroskopischer Untersuchungen von Schweißverbindungen und die Zulässigkeit von Mikrorissen sowie deren Definition ist nicht eindeutig. Nach der Darstellung derzeit gültiger Normen im Bereich der Bewertung von Schweißnähten, Qualifizierung von Schweißverfahren und Ausführung von Schweißverbindungen, wird auf Grundlage aktueller Schweißversuche an hochfesten vergüteten Feinkornbaustählen die Problematik von Mikrorissen diskutiert. Offene Punkte und Fragen bzw. Verbesserungsmöglichkeiten werden aufgezeigt und zur Diskussion gestellt. Schließlich wird auf die Klärung des Einflusses von Mikrorissen auf die mechanisch- technologischen Werkstoffkennwerte der Schweißverbindung unter statischer sowie zyklischer Beanspruchung hingewiesen. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neither the latest standardisation with regard to microscopic investigations on welded joints nor the permissibility of microcracks and their definition are unambiguous. According to the representation of currently applicable standards in the fields of the assessment of welds, the qualification of welding processes and the execution of welded joints, the problems associated with microcracks are discussed on the basis of the latest welding tests on high-strength quenched-and-tempered fine-grained structural steels. Not only outstanding points and questions but also improvement possibilities are indicated and opened for discussion. Finally, attention is drawn to the clarification of the influence of microcracks on the mechanical- technological material parameters of the welded joint subjected to both static and cyclic stresses. KW - Festigkeit KW - Hochfester Stahl KW - Normen KW - Rissbildung KW - Schweißnahtfehler KW - Werkstofffragen KW - Strength KW - High-strength steel KW - Standards KW - Crack formation KW - Weld defects KW - Material questions PY - 2012 SN - 0036-7184 VL - 64 IS - 7 SP - 412 EP - 416 PB - Verl. für Schweißen u. Verwandte Verfahren, DVS-Verl. CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-26338 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heinze, Christoph A1 - Michael, Thomas A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Microcrack formation during gas metal arc welding of high-strength fine-grained structural steel N2 - The recent development of high-performance-modified spray arc processes in gas metal arc welding due to modern digital control technology and inverter power sources enables a focused spray arc, which results in higher penetration depths and welding speed. However, microcracks occurred in the weld metal while approaching the process limits of the modified spray arc, represented by a 20-mm double layer DV-groove butt-weld. These cracks were detected in structural steel exhibiting a yield strength level of up to 960 MPa and are neither dependent on the used weld power source nor a consequence of the modified spray arc process itself. The metallographic and fractographic investigations of the rather exceptional fracture surface lead to the classification of the microcracks as hot cracks. The effects of certain welding parameters on the crack probability are clarified using a statistical design of experiment. However, these microcracks do not impact the design specification for toughness in the Charpy V-notch test (absorbed energy at -40 °C for the present material is 30 J). KW - High-strength low-alloy steel KW - Welding KW - Fracture KW - Design of experiments KW - Microcracking PY - 2014 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40195-013-0011-5 SN - 1006-7191 SN - 1000-9442 VL - 27 IS - 1 SP - 140 EP - 148 PB - Springer CY - Shenyang AN - OPUS4-30123 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Lorenz, Stephan A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas A1 - Michael, Thomas A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Posch, G. T1 - Laserstrahl-MSG-Hybridschweißen mit hochlegierten Massiv- und Fülldrahtelektroden T2 - Die Verbindungs Spezialisten 2009 - Große Schweißtechnische Tagung CY - Essen, Deutschland DA - 2009-09-14 KW - Laserstrahl-MSG-Hybridschweißen KW - Hochlegiert KW - 1.4306 KW - AISI 304L KW - Positionsschweißen KW - Metastabiler austenitischer Chrom-Nickel-Stahl KW - Metallurgie PY - 2009 SN - 978-3-87155-584-8 VL - 258 SP - 75 EP - 80 PB - DVS Media GmbH CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-20107 LA - deu 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 - JOUR A1 - Bergmann, A. A1 - Grosser, H. A1 - Graf, B. A1 - Uhlmann, E. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Stark, R. T1 - Additive Prozesskette zur Instandsetzung von Bauteilen - Aufbau, Reparatur und Modellbildung N2 - Komplexe Bauteile ohne Fügestellen sind die Spezialität additiver Verfahren. Immer deutlicher wird der Wert dieser Technologie für den Turbomaschinenbau, etwa bei der Fertigung von Turbinenschaufeln mit inneren Kühlstrukturen. Wichtig für vorbildgetreue Turbinenkomponenten: Die Technologie ermöglicht die Fertigung von Freiformen und Hinterschnitten, von außen- und innenliegenden filigranen, komplexen Strukturen als Einzelteil - und das in einem einzigen Arbeitsschritt. Des Weiteren benötigen additive Verfahren keine formgebenden Werkzeuge und weisen demnach kürzere Prozessketten im Vergleich zu konventionellen Herstellungsverfahren auf. Wirtschaftliche Vorteile kommen vor allem bei kleinen Losgrößen und Bauteilabmessungen zur Geltung. In diesem Artikel werden am Beispiel einer Turbinenschaufel Schlüsseltechnologien einer additiven Prozesskette gezeigt. Zunächst erfolgt die additive Fertigung einer Turbinenschaufel mittels Selective Laser Melting (SLM). Das Verfahren ermöglicht die Integration innenliegender Kühlkanäle. An dieser Schaufel wird anschließend mittels Laser-PulverAuftragschweißen (LPA) die Reparatur unterschiedlicher Beschädigungen demonstriert. Im nächsten Schritt der Prozesskette bietet ein optischer 3D-Scan der Schaufel die Möglichkeit zur Qualitätskontrolle und zum Vergleich der Bauteilabmessungen mit der Sollgeometrie. PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/latj.201390021 SN - 1613-7728 SN - 1863-9119 VL - 10 IS - 2 SP - 31 EP - 35 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-28066 LA - deu 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 DO - 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 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Gook, Sergej A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey ED - Turichin, G. T1 - Prospects of application of laser-GMA hybrid welding for manufacturing of large diameter longitudinal welded high strength steel pipes T2 - VII. International scientific and technical conference 'Beam technologies & laser application' CY - Saint-Petersburg, Russia DA - 2012-09-18 KW - High strength steel KW - Laser hybrid welding KW - Modified spray arc KW - Longitudinal weld KW - Pipeline PY - 2013 SP - 130 EP - 140 PB - Publishing house SPbSPU AN - OPUS4-28040 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gebhardt, Moritz Oliver A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael ED - Turichin, G. T1 - Laser-MSG-hybrid welding of thick walled precision pipes T2 - VII. International scientific and technical conference 'Beam technologies & laser application' CY - Saint-Petersburg, Russia DA - 2012-09-18 PY - 2013 SP - 235 EP - 247 PB - Publishing house SPbSPU AN - OPUS4-28041 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schneider, André A1 - Avilov, Vjaceslav A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Laser beam welding of aluminium alloys under the influence of an electromagnetic field N2 - During laser beam welding of aluminum alloys an electromagnetic field may favour pore outgassing through the top oxide layer. High frequencies cause a small penetration depth and thus exert a stabilizing effect on the weld surface. The point at which the laser beam between the two magnetic poles hits the workpiece surface is crucial to the influence of the magnetic field on the weld surface roughness. Using analyzed parameters for different laser points of application cause a change in weld surface roughness could be observed. The weld surface roughness could be reduced by 50%. The outgassing effect in terms of a reduction of pores could be observed for all parameter sets investigated. T2 - Lasers in manufacturing conference 2013 CY - Munich, Germany DA - 13.05.2013 KW - Electromagnetically controlled laser beam welding KW - Surface roughness KW - Porosity prevention KW - Aluminium alloys PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2013.03.045 SN - 1875-3892 VL - 41 SP - 4 EP - 11 PB - Elsevier B.V. CY - Amsterdam [u.a.] AN - OPUS4-28147 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brauser, Stephan A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Noack, T. A1 - Jüttner, S. T1 - Einfluss von schweißbedingten Rissen auf die Schwingfestigkeit von Widerstandspunktschweißverbindungen aus hochfestem austenitischen Stahl N2 - Unter den rauen Bedingungen in der Automobilkarosseriefertigung lassen sich schweißbedingte Imperfektionen wie Risse beim Widerstandspunktschweißen von hochfesten Stählen nicht immer vermeiden. Dabei ist der Einfluss solcher Risse auf die Schwingfestigkeit insbesondere von modernen hochfesten austenitischen Stählen derzeit nicht hinreichend bekannt. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wurde daher der Einfluss von Schweißrissen verschiedener Lage und Ausbildung untersucht. Dabei konnte durch die Analyse der normierten Steifigkeitsverläufe von Proben sowie durch die Gegenüberstellung der Versagensschwingspielzahlen nachgewiesen werden, dass die spritzerfrei erzeugten Oberflächenrisse im Zentrum, im Übergangsbereich sowie im Randbereich der Schweißlinse keinen negativen Einfluss auf die Schwingfestigkeit des hier untersuchten hochfesten austenitischen Werkstoffs haben. Proben, die mit Schweißspritzern hergestellt wurden und Risse im Randbereich aufweisen, zeigen deutliche höhere Versagensschwingspielzahlen als rissfreie Referenzproben. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the rough conditions in the fabrication of automobile bodies, it is not always possible to avoid welding-induced imperfections such as cracks during the resistance spot welding of highstrength steels. In this respect, the influence of such cracks on the fatigue strength particularly of modern high-strength austenitic steels is not sufficiently well-known at present. The influence of welding cracks with various positions and formations was therefore investigated within the framework of this paper. In this case, the analysis of the standardised stiffness courses of specimens and the comparison of the numbers of failure stress cycles served to prove that the surface cracks produced without any spatter in the centre, interfacial region and peripheral region of the weld nugget do not have any negative influence on the fatigue strength of the high-strength austenitic material investigated here. Specimens which were manufactured with welding spatter and exhibit cracks in the peripheral region show considerably higher numbers of failure stress cycles than crack-free reference specimens. KW - Festigkeit KW - Hochfester Stahl KW - Rissbildung KW - Widerstandspressschweißen KW - Werkstofffragen KW - Fahrzeugbau PY - 2012 SN - 0036-7184 VL - 64 IS - 1-2 SP - 28 EP - 31 PB - Verl. für Schweißen u. Verwandte Verfahren, DVS-Verl. CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-25623 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heinze, Christoph A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Numerical calculation of residual stress development of multi-pass gas metal arc welding N2 - In various applications, welding-induced residual stresses have a substantial impact on the integrity of welded constructions. Tensile residual stress can promote stress-corrosion cracking, brittle fracture, and reduces the fatigue life in service, as well as influences component design due to critical stress concentrations within the component. In the present paper, a six bead multi-pass gas metal arc weld of 20 mm thick structural steel S355J2+N is experimentally and numerically investigated. The studies include transient 2D and 3D numerical calculations which consider temperature-dependent material properties, phase transformations, 'thermal' tempering, transformation plasticity, volume change due to phase transformation, an elastic–plastic material model, and isotropic strain hardening. The experimentally determined and calculated residual stresses are in a good agreement. Furthermore, the influence of the preheat and interpass temperature on welding-induced residual stresses is shown in the present investigation. KW - Welding simulation KW - Gas metal arc welding KW - Welding-induced residual stress KW - Multi-pass welding KW - Sensitivity analysis PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2011.08.011 SN - 0143-974x VL - 72 SP - 12 EP - 19 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-25629 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tölle, Florian A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Reduction of residual stresses in laser beam welds by means of defocused laser beams N2 - Longitudinal residual stresses in beam welds ranging at the value of the local yield strength can diminish the lifespan of components. To extend the service life of welds special methods of welding residual stress reduction were developed earlier which are however not effective for beam welds in complex component geometries. Application of beam welding sources for postwelding heat treatment of components has become a flexible tool for reducing longitudinal stresses in beam welds. Such heat treatment in a specific transversal distance to the weld by a defocused beam results in huge stress reductions depending on the used process parameters. Experimental results for ferritic and austenitic steels reveal weld stress reductions to up to compressive stresses. For different materials and diverse material thicknesses special process parameter regions have to be used in this procedure. At a transmission component this procedure shows a stress reduction by >300 MPa. KW - Post-welding heat treatment KW - Stress reduction KW - Residual stress KW - Beam welding PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1179/1362171812Y.0000000019 SN - 1362-1718 SN - 1743-2936 VL - 17 IS - 5 SP - 381 EP - 385 PB - Maney CY - London AN - OPUS4-26000 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Chen, Ji A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Wu, Chuan Song A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Predicting the influence of groove angle on heat transfer and fluid flow for new gas metal arc welding processes N2 - This article studies the three dimensional transient weld pool dynamics and the influence of groove angle on welding of low carbon structural steel plates using the ForceArc® process. The deformation of the weld bead is also calculated with an accurate coupling of the heat transfer with fluid flow through continuity, momentum and the energy equations combined with the effect of droplet impingement, gravity, electromagnetic force, buoyancy, drag forces and surface tension force (Marangoni effect). Different angles of V groove are employed under the same welding parameters and their influence on the weld pool behavior and weld bead geometry is calculated and analyzed, which is needed for subsequent calculations of residual stress and distortion of the workpiece. Such a simulation is an effective way to study welding processes because the influence of all welding parameters can be analyzed separately with respect to heat transfer, weld pool dynamic, and microstructure of the weld. Good agreement is found between the predicted and experimentally determined weld bead cross-section and temperature cycles. It is found that the main flow pattern is more or less the same although the groove angle increases, but it will evoke larger amount of fluid to flow downward to get deeper penetration. KW - Numerical simulation KW - Gas metal arc welding KW - Weld pool dynamics KW - Fluid flow KW - V groove PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.08.046 SN - 0017-9310 VL - 55 IS - 1-3 SP - 102 EP - 111 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-26001 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Weber, Gert A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Spot welding and weldbonding of high strength steels for lightweight auto body manufacturing T2 - EUROJOIN 8 - 8th European conference CY - Pula, Croatia DA - 2012-05-24 KW - Spot welding KW - Weldbonding KW - High strength steels KW - Process reliability KW - Mechanical properties of joints PY - 2012 SP - 633 EP - 643 AN - OPUS4-26383 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tölle, Florian A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Backhaus, A. A1 - Olschok, S. A1 - Reisgen, U. T1 - Mechanische Entlastung zur Eigenspannungsreduzierung in Strahlschweißnähten durch Anwendung eines defokussierten Strahls - Teil 1: Spannungsabbaumechanismus an linearen Strahlschweißnähten N2 - Schweißzugeigenspannungen in Strahlschweißnähten auf Höhe der lokalen Werkstoffstreckgrenze können die Bauteileigenschaften sowie deren Lebensdauer beeinflussen. Die Nutzung der Schweißquelle für eine nachträgliche Behandlung der geschweißten Bauteile bietet eine kostengünstige und flexible Methode zur Reduzierung dieser Spannungen. Dabei wird durch einen oszillierenden defokussierten Elektronen- bzw. Laserstrahl der Werkstoff beidseitig der Schweißnaht auf mehrere hundert Grad Celsius erwärmt, um dort zusätzliche Zugspannungsbereiche hervorzurufen. Die so erzeugten Längszugspannungszonen führen zu einer mechanischen Entlastung der Schweißnaht. Experimentelle Messungen zeigen, dass die Längseigenspannungen in der Schweißnaht mit diesem Verfahren um bis zu 70% reduziert werden können. Hierbei wurde neben der experimentellen Untersuchung dieses Verfahrens an Linearnähten an 5 mm dicken Blechen des Werkstoffs S355J2+N auch eine umfassende Analyse der Einflüsse der Verfahrensparameter auf die Spannungsreduktion mittels FEMSimulation durchgeführt. Anhand der Ergebnisse wird der Entlastungsmechanismus diskutiert. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Residual tensile welding stresses in beam welds at the level of the local yield strength of the material may influence the properties of components as well as their service lives. The utilisation of the welding source for the subsequent treatment of the welded components offers a cost-favourable and flexible method of reducing these stresses. In this respect, an oscillating defocused electron or laser beam serves to heat the material on both sides of the weld up to several hundred degrees Celsius in order to induce additional tensile stress regions there. The longitudinal tensile stress zones produced in this way lead to the mechanical relief of the weld. Experimental measurements show that the longitudinal residual stresses in the weld can be reduced by up to 70% with this process. In this case, not only was the experimental investigation into this process conducted on linear welds on 5 mm thick sheets made of the S355J2+N material but a comprehensive analysis of the influences of the process parameters on the stress reduction was also made by means of FEM simulation. The relief mechanism is discussed on the basis of the results. KW - Elektronenstrahlschweißen KW - Laserstrahlschweißen KW - Simulation und Berechnung KW - Spannungen KW - Wärmebehandlung KW - Electron beam welding KW - Laser welding KW - Simulation and calculation KW - Stresses KW - Heat treatment PY - 2012 SN - 0036-7184 VL - 64 IS - 6 SP - 332 EP - 340 PB - Verl. für Schweißen u. Verwandte Verfahren, DVS-Verl. CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-26340 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brauser, Stephan A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Noack, T. A1 - Jüttner, S. T1 - Influence of welding-induced cracks on the fatigue strength of resistance-spot-welded joints made of high-strength austenitic steel N2 - In the rough conditions in the fabrication of automobile bodies, it is not always possible to avoid welding-induced imperfections such as cracks during the resistance spot welding of high-strength steels. In this respect, the influence of such cracks on the fatigue strength particularly of modern high-strength austenitic steels is not sufficiently well-known at present. The influence of welding cracks with various positions and formations was therefore investigated within the framework of this paper. In this case, the analysis of the standardised stiffness courses of specimens and the comparison of the numbers of failure stress cycles served to prove that the surface cracks produced without any spatter in the centre, interfacial region and peripheral region of the weld nugget do not have any negative influence on the fatigue strength of the high-strength austenitic material investigated here. Specimens which were manufactured with welding spatter and exhibit cracks in the peripheral region show considerably higher numbers of failure stress cycles than crack-free reference specimens. PY - 2012 SN - 1612-3433 VL - 11 IS - 4 SP - 232 EP - 235 PB - DVS - German Welding Society CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-26346 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tölle, Florian A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Backhaus, A. A1 - Olschok, S. A1 - Reisgen, U. T1 - Mechanische Entlastung zur Eigenspannungsreduzierung in Strahlschweißnähten durch Anwendung eines defokussierten Strahls - Teil 2: Qualifizierung für komplexe Nahtgeometrien N2 - Schweißzugeigenspannungen in Strahlschweißnähten auf Höhe der lokalen Werkstoffstreckgrenze können die Bauteileigenschaften sowie deren Lebensdauer negativ beeinflussen. Die Nutzung der Schweißquelle für eine nachträgliche Behandlung der geschweißten Bauteile bietet eine kostengünstige und flexible Methode zur Reduzierung dieser Spannungen. Dabei wird durch einen oszillierenden defokussierten Elektronen- bzw. Laserstrahl, der Werkstoff beidseitig der Schweißnaht auf mehrere hundert Grad Celsius erwärmt, um dort zusätzliche Zugspannungsbereiche hervorzurufen. Die so erzeugten Längszugspannungszonen führen zu einer mechanischen Entlastung der Schweißnaht. Experimentelle Messungen der Längseigenspannungen an linearen Elektronen- und Laserstrahlschweißnähten im ersten Teil des Beitrags zeigten, dass die Spannungen mit diesem Verfahren um bis zu 70% reduziert werden können. In weiteren experimentellen Untersuchungen wird dieses Verfahren für kompliziertere Schweißnahtgeometrien getestet. An axialen sowie radialen Rundnähten an ferritischen Werkstoffen konnten ebenfalls hohe Spannungsreduktionen von über 50% erzielt werden. Zudem wurde dieses Verfahren mit einer für das Schweißen üblichen Laserstrahlschweißoptik ohne Scan-Funktion geprüft. Hierbei zeigte das Wärmebehandeln in zwei Arbeitsschritten noch größere Spannungsreduktionen im Vergleich zur Anwendung einer Laserstrahlscanneroptik zur quasisimultanen Wärmebehandlung auf beiden Seiten der Schweißnaht. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Residual tensile welding stresses in beam welds at the level of the local yield strength of the material may influence the properties of components as well as their service lives. The utilisation of the welding source for the subsequent treatment of the welded components offers a cost-favourable and flexible method of reducing these stresses. In this respect, an oscillating defocused electron or laser beam serves to heat the material on both sides of the weld up to several hundred degrees Celsius in order to induce additional tensile stress regions there. The longitudinal tensile stress zones produced in this way lead to the mechanical relief of the weld. Experimental measurements of the longitudinal residual stresses on linear electron and laser beam welds in the first part of the article showed that the stresses can be reduced by up to 70% with this process. In further experimental investigations, this process is tested for more complicated weld geometries. It was also possible to achieve great reductions in the stresses (over 50%) on both axial and radial circular welds on ferritic materials. Moreover, this process was tested with laser beam welding optics which are customary for welding and do not perform a scanning function. In this respect, the heat treatment in two work steps showed even greater reductions in the stresses in comparison with the application of laser beam scanner optics for quasi-simultaneous heat treatment on both sides of the weld. KW - Elektronenstrahlschweißen KW - Laserstrahlschweißen KW - Simulation und Berechnung KW - Spannungen KW - Wärmebehandlung KW - Electron beam welding KW - Laser welding KW - Simulation and calculation KW - Stresses KW - Heat treatment PY - 2012 SN - 0036-7184 VL - 64 IS - 7 SP - 406 EP - 411 PB - Verl. für Schweißen u. Verwandte Verfahren, DVS-Verl. CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-26339 LA - deu 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 - Quiroz Penaranda, Vanessa A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Comparison between CO2- and Nd: YAG-laser beam welding of high-strength CrMnNi steels for the automotive industry N2 - IIW-2326 Austenitic and austenitic-ferritic CrMnNi-stainless steels are suitable materials in the transport and automotive industry due to their high corrosion resistance and high strength that allows weight and cost savings. This study focuses on the laser weldability of a commercial lean duplex and an austenitic high manganese stainless steel. The impact of different laser sources, i.e. a 5 kW CO2- and a 4 kW Nd:YAG-laser, and of the main process parameters on the resulting weld quality will be investigated. One important aspect will concern the appearance of weld defects such as pores and hot cracks. The factors causing such internal imperfections will be analysed in order to find effective methods for preventing them. Weld microstructure and the associated corrosion and mechanical properties will be assessed with different techniques and adequate process parameters for high quality welds will be determined. The advantages and limitations of the applied welding processes will be evaluated for future applications. KW - Laser beam welding KW - Stainless steel KW - Austenitic KW - Duplex KW - Weld microstructure KW - Pores KW - Cracks KW - Corrosion KW - Tensile strength PY - 2012 SN - 0043-2288 SN - 1878-6669 VL - 56 IS - 11/12 SP - 129 EP - 142 PB - Springer CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-27911 LA - eng 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 - Magnets improve quality of high-power laser beam welding KW - Laser beam welding KW - Electromagnetic weld pool control KW - Marangoni effect PY - 2013 SP - 30 EP - 32 AN - OPUS4-28655 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 - JOUR A1 - Thater, Raphael A1 - Perret, William A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Alber, U. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Industrial application of welding temperature field and distortion visualization using FEA KW - Numerical welding simulation KW - Temperature field KW - Distortion KW - Industrial application KW - Automotive assembly PY - 2010 SN - 0387-4508 VL - 39 IS - 2 SP - 232 EP - 234 CY - Osaka, Japan AN - OPUS4-24354 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Tikhomirov, D. A1 - Eßer, G. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - General standard for welding simulation N2 - Für die Abgrenzung der Anwendbarkeit verschiedener Methoden der numerischen Schweißsimulation sowie für die Vereinheitlichung der Voraussetzungen und der durchzuführenden Schritte bei der Simulation sind normative Regelwerke für den Anwender erforderlich. Da es derzeit noch keine normähnlichen Dokumente auf diesem Gebiet gibt, wurde vom Deutschen Institut für Normung e.V. DIN in Zusammenarbeit mit der Forschungsvereinigung des DVS Deutscher Verband für Schweißen und verwandte Verfahren e.V. ein Arbeitsausschuss gegründet, welcher sich mit der Erarbeitung der entsprechenden Dokumente befasst. Der vorliegende Beitrag konzentriert sich auf die Vorstellung der neuen DIN Spec 32534-1, welche die grundlegenden Simulations-Schritte erläutert und ihre Anwendungsfelder sowie die Schlüsselbegriffe spezifiziert. Des Weiteren wurde eine allgemein gültige Simulationsstruktur erarbeitet, welche als Empfehlung für den Auftraggeber und den Auftragnehmer bei der Formulierung und Abwicklung eines Dienstleistungsauftrages sowie für den Neueinstieg in die Schweißsimulation dienen soll. Schließlich wird ein Ausblick auf die weiteren Themenfelder des Arbeitsausschusses sowie auf die internationalen Aktivitäten auf diesem Gebiet gegeben. N2 - For differentiating the applicability of various numerical welding simulation methods as well as unifying the prerequisites and the steps to be taken in simulation, normative codes are required for the user. Since any standard-like documents are currently still lacking in this field, the DIN German Institute for Standardization in partnership with the Research Association of DVS German Welding Society have set up a standards committee dealing with the preparation of respective documents. This article focuses on the presentation of the new DIN Spec 32534-1 explaining the major simulation steps and specifying the application fields and the key terms of welding simulation. In addition, a generally valid simulation structure has been established which is intended to serve as a recommendation for customers and suppliers in formulating and handling a service order as well as for persons who start doing welding simulation for the first time. It additionally gives an overview of the other subject areas dealt with in the standards committee as well as of the international activities in this field. PY - 2011 UR - 10.3139/120.110257 SN - 0025-5300 VL - 53 IS - 9 SP - 522 EP - 527 PB - Hanser CY - München AN - OPUS4-24355 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weber, Gert A1 - Thommes, H. A1 - Gaul, H. A1 - Hahn, O. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Mechanical properties of weldbonded joints of advanced high strength steels N2 - In lightweight car body shell mass production, due to requirements on vehicle weight reduction and carbon dioxide emissions, joining of advanced high strength steels (AHSS) with different joining procedures and especially hybrid bonding techniques is becoming more and more important. One of these hybrid bonding techniques is the combination of resistance spot welding and adhesive bonding called weldbonding. One of the important advantages of weldbonded joints in comparison to resistance spot welded joints are the enhanced mechanical properties. To guarantee sufficiently high quality conditions regarding the strength of the weldbonded joints, the influences of the applied adhesive systems and of different base metal combinations are studied. This is carried out for both non-corrosive and corrosive environments and for the choice of different joining parameters settings. In particular, the mechanical behaviour of the weldbonded joints is investigated under quasi-static, impact and fatigue loads. Furthermore, the energy absorption of the weldbonded joints for both non-corrosive and corrosive environments is studied. It is shown that the weldbonded joints possess higher mechanical strengths in all load cases (quasi-static, impact and fatigue). Corrosive attack affects weldbonded joints, and the quasi-static strength is reduced. Resistance spot welded joints are not affected by the corrosive attack, but even after several weeks of corrosive attack, the quasi-static strength of weldbonded joints remains higher than that of resistance spot welded joints. KW - Weldbonded joints KW - Corrosion KW - Mechanical strength KW - Fracture behaviour KW - Fatigue KW - Crash behaviour PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1163/016942411X580090 SN - 0169-4243 SN - 1568-5616 VL - 25 IS - 18 SP - 2369 EP - 2389 PB - VNU Science Press CY - Utrecht AN - OPUS4-24513 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Tölle, Florian A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Backhaus, A. A1 - Olschok, S. A1 - Reisgen, U. T1 - Eigenspannungsreduzierung in Elektronen- und Laserstrahlschweißnähten mittels nachlaufender Wärmefelder durch schnelle Strahldefokussierung und -ablenkung N2 - Schweißeigenspannungen - im Besonderen infolge von Strahlschweißprozessen - annähernd der werkstoffspezifischen Streckgrenze können durch eine mögliche Spannungsrelaxation oder verstärkte Spannungsrisskorrosion lebensdauerreduzierende Konsequenzen mit sich ziehen. Aus diesem Grund wurden viele Verfahren entwickelt, welche diese Eigenspannungen reduzieren können. Jedoch sind diese Verfahren kostenintensiv oder nur für breite Schweißnähte und einfache Bauteilgeometrien anwendbar. Die in dieser Arbeit dargestellte Methode nutzt den Schweißstrahl für den Schweißprozess sowie in defokussierter Form für eine thermische Nachbehandlung des Bauteils. Hierfür läuft der defokussierte Strahl durch hochfrequente Strahlablenkung beidseitig der Schweißnaht mit einer bestimmten zeitlichen Distanz dem Schmelzbad nach und wird zum Aufheizen dieser Materialbereiche genutzt. Mit dieser Prozedur ist es möglich die Spannungen in schmalen Schweißnähten mit großen Spannungsgradienten im Vergleich zu anderen spannungsreduzierenden Verfahren ohne Kontaktflächen oder zusätzlichem Equipment effizient zu reduzieren. Abhängig von der Bauteilgeometrie und der Strahlleistung können unterschiedliche Prozessparameter für dieses Verfahren angewandt werden. Es werden die Mechanismen der Eigenspannungsreduzierung in diesem Prozess und deren Abhängigkeit von den Prozessparametern anhand von Ergebnissen aus FEM-Simulationen diskutiert. Zudem wird in einer Reihe von experimentellen Ergebnissen die Anwendbarkeit von bereits für lineare Schweißnähte ermittelte Verfahrensparameter auf axiale und radiale Rundnähte nachgewiesen. Hierbei zeigen die besten experimentellen Ergebnisse für Elektronenstrahl- sowie für Laserstrahlschweißnähte Spannungsreduktionen größer als 90 %. T2 - DVS Congress 2011 - Große Schweißtechnische Tagung CY - Hamburg, Deutschland DA - 27.09.2011 PY - 2011 SN - 978-3-87155-267-0 VL - 275 SP - 465 EP - 471 PB - DVS Media GmbH CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-24545 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heinze, Christoph A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Effect of heat source configuration on the result quality of numerical calculation of welding-induced distortion N2 - The results of numerical welding simulations strongly depend on its temperature field. In the present paper, the temperature field of a pulsed gas metal arc weld of structural steel S355J2+N (ASTM A572 Gr. 50) with a thickness of 5 mm is experimentally and numerically investigated. In the case of temperature field validation, volumetric Gauss and double-ellipsoid Goldak heat sources are applied. Additionally, different heat source configurations, including adaptations of thermal conductivity, are analyzed regarding their influence on the calculation of welding-induced distortion. The investigations clarify the influence of heat source configurations on the calculated results, thus, contribute to an improved prediction of welding-induced distortion. KW - Welding simulation KW - Heat source calibration KW - Gas metal arc welding KW - Sensitivity analysis KW - Distortion KW - Schweißsimulation KW - Verzug KW - Wärmequellenkonfiguration KW - Sysweld KW - Heat source configuration PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simpat.2011.09.004 SN - 1569-190X VL - 20 IS - 1 SP - 112 EP - 123 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam [u.a.] AN - OPUS4-24684 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brauser, Stephan A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - In-situ analysis of solid state phase transformation in TRIP-aided steels by synchrotron diffraction N2 - Energy dispersive synchrotron diffraction (EDXRD) analysis and 3 dimensional digital image correlations were conducted to investigate the stress and strain effected transformation behavior during tensile loading of low alloyed TRansformation Induced Plasticity (TRIP) steel. This technique allowed for phase specific stress measurement during certain tensile load steps in the elastic and also plastic regime. Additionally the simultaneous determination of the load dependent phase content was realized. The results show that the martensite transformation starts only after exceeding the overall yield point and is finished before reaching the uniform elongation, whereas a large portion of the austenite remains unchanged in the structure. Furthermore, the martensite transformation related to the stress in the γ-phase and α-phase was analyzed and quantified. KW - Synchrotron KW - EDXRD KW - Phase transformation KW - TRIP steel KW - Digital image correlation KW - Residual stress PY - 2011 UR - https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/qjjws/29/3/29_3_81s/_pdf DO - https://doi.org/10.2207/qjjws.29.81s SN - 0288-4771 VL - 29 IS - 3 SP - 81 EP - 85 CY - Tokyo, Japan AN - OPUS4-24693 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - 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 - CONF A1 - Heinze, Christoph A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael ED - Zoch, H.-W. ED - Lübben, T. T1 - Influences on the result quality of numerical calculation of welding-induced distortion N2 - The present investigations cover different relevant influences on the numerical calculation of welding-induced distortion. Therefore, a single-layer pulsed gas metal arc (GMA) weld of structural Steel S355J2+N with a thickness Öf5 mm is experimentally and numerically investigated. The influences of mesh density, tack-welds, and continuous cooling transformation (CCT) diagrams on welding-induced distortion are studied. The quality and quantity of These effects are clarified based on the used experimental and numerical set up. The occurring differences between the investigated cases achieve significant values. Consequently, prediction of welding-induced distortion can be improved considering the present investigations. T2 - IDE 2011 - 3rd International conference on distortion engineering 2011 CY - Bremen, Germany DA - 14.09.2011 KW - Welding simulation KW - Welding-induced distortion KW - Mesh analysis KW - Tack welding KW - Continuous cooling transformation behaviour PY - 2011 SN - 978-3-88722-724-1 SP - 277 EP - 285 AN - OPUS4-24363 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Shcheglov, Pavel A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Gornushkin, Igor B. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Experimental investigation of the laser-plume interaction during high power fiber laser welding N2 - The effect of the well-known plasma absorption and refraction in CO2-laser metal welding plumes is in case of high power solid state laser welding negligibly small. By contrast, the diffraction effects of shorter wavelength laser radiation are considerable. According to the results of preliminary studies, the fine condensed metal particles in the welding plume can lead to essential worsening of the laser beam quality. This work is devoted to the investigation of the lasermatter interaction during up to 20 kW ytterbium fiber laser welding of thick mild steel plates. The plume attenuation of a probe 1.3 µm wavelength diode laser beam as well as of continuous radiation in 250-600 nm wavelength range was measured during welding with and without Ar shielding gas supply. The measured results allow it to calculate average size and concentration of fine condensed metal particles in different plume areas using the multi-wavelength method and the Mie scattering theory. The plume temperature, which determines the condensation conditions, was measured by means of Fe I atom spectral line emission registration. The obtained results can be also of interest for remote metal treatment with high-power fiber or disc lasers. T2 - 30th ICALEO - International congress on applications of lasers & electro-optics CY - Orlando, FL, USA DA - 2011-10-23 PY - 2011 SN - 978-0-912035-94-9 SP - Paper 1606, 637 EP - 645 AN - OPUS4-24921 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 - TY - CONF A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Avilov, Vjaceslav A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Multiphysics process simulation of the electromagnetic-supported laser beam welding N2 - A three-dimensional laminar steady state numerical model was used to investigate the influence of an alternating current (ac) magnetic field during high power laser beam keyhole welding of 20 mm thick nonferromagnetic aluminum. COMSOL Multiphysics was used to calculate the threedimensional heat transfer, fluid dynamics and electromagnetic field equations. Most important physical effects of the process were taken into account: Thermo-capillary (Marangoni) convection at the upper and lower weld pool boundaries, natural convection due to gravity and latent heat of solid-liquid phase transition. It is shown that the gravity drop-out associated with welding of thick plates due to the hydrostatic pressure can be prevented by the application of an ac magnetic field. The application of an oscillating magnetic field of 70 mT was investigated to allow for singlepass laser beam welding of thick aluminum plates. The flow pattern in the molten zone and the temperature distributions are significantly changed. T2 - COMSOL Conference 2011 CY - Ludwigsburg, Germany DA - 2011-10-26 KW - Electromagnetic weld pool support KW - Laser beam welding KW - Lorentz force KW - Marangoni stresses KW - Natural convection PY - 2011 SN - 978-0-9839688-0-1 IS - 11122 / 8567_bachmann_paper SP - 1 EP - 7 CY - Stuttgart AN - OPUS4-24845 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heinze, Christoph A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - The effect of tack welding on numerically calculated welding-induced distortion N2 - A single-layer pulsed gas metal arc weld of structural steel S355J2+N with a thickness of 5 mm is experimentally and numerically investigated. Two tack welds are considered in the numerical simulation into two different ways. First, the tack welds are represented by elements belonging to the initial material. This implies that the 'tack weld material' was not exposed to any thermal load or phase transformation before actual welding was performed. The weld seam is shortened and there is an influence on the stiffness of the whole structure affecting the calculation result. Secondly, the tack welds were simulated as conducted in the experimental welding procedure. The cases considering tack welding are compared to a simulation neglecting tack welding and to the experimental results. The influence of tack welds on the calculated welding-induced distortion is clarified and a contribution to an improved simulation-based prediction of welding-induced distortion is possible by modeling tack welding according to the realistic fabrication procedure. KW - Welding simulation KW - Welding-induced distortion KW - Gas metal arc welding KW - Tack welding PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2011.09.016 SN - 0924-0136 SN - 1873-4774 VL - 212 IS - 1 SP - 308 EP - 314 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-24820 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Subaric-Leitis, Andreas A1 - Brauser, Stephan A1 - Ullner, Christian A1 - Rethmeier, Michael ED - Grellmann, W. T1 - Bestimmung lokaler Spannungs-Dehnung-Kurven an Widerstandspunktschweißverbindungen von hochfesten Mehrphasenstählen mittels instrumentierter Eindringprüfung N2 - Die lokalen Festigkeiten im Bereich einer Schweißverbindung sind maßgebend für deren Widerstandsfähigkeit gegenüber mechanischen Beanspruchungen. Im Gegensatz zu anderen präparationsaufwendigen Methoden, z. B. die Untersuchung von Mikro-Zugproben, liefert die instrumentierte Eindringprüfung mit deutlich geringerem Aufwand Verläufe von Festigkeiten mit sehr guter Ortsauflösung. Es werden wahre Spannungs-Dehnungs-Kurven aus zyklischen Eindringversuchen mittels Auswertungen auf der Basis repräsentativer Spannungen und Dehnungen und auf der Basis neuronaler Netze an Punktschweißverbindungen zweier hochfester Stähle, eines TRIP-Stahls und eines martensitischen Stahls, sowie eines weichen niedrig legierten Stahls bestimmt, jeweils im Bereich des Grundwerkstoffs und der Schweißlinse. N2 - The local strength properties in the region of weld joints are essential for their resistance to mechanical stress. In contrast to an alternative method of determining the local stress strain behaviour i.e. the preparation intensive, destructive micro tensile test the instrumented indentation test provides gradients of strength properties with excellent local resolution. Two methods of determining true stress strain curves from cyclic indentation test have been used in Order to investigate the strength behaviour in the region of resistance spot welded joints of two high strength steels, a TRIP steel, and a martensitic Steel and on the other hand a mild steel. T2 - DVM-Tagung Werkstoffprüfung 2011 - Neue Entwicklungen in der Werkstoffprüfung - Herausforderungen an die Kennwertermittlung CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 01.12.2011 KW - Lokale Festigkeit KW - Spannungsdehnungskurve KW - Instrumentierte Eindringprüfung KW - Punktschweißverbindung KW - Locally resolved strength KW - Flow curve KW - Instrumented indentation test KW - Spot weld PY - 2011 SN - 978-3-9814516-1-0 SN - 1861-8154 N1 - Serientitel: DVM-Bericht – Series title: DVM-Bericht IS - 643 SP - 343 EP - 348 AN - OPUS4-24978 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gaul, Holger A1 - Brauser, Stephan A1 - Weber, Gert A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Methods to obtain weld discontinuities in spot-welded joints made of advanced high-strength steels N2 - Resistance spot welding is the major joining technique in mass car production. This applies in particular to high-strength steel and advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) joining of thin sheet steel components for lightweight body shell structures. Joining of AHSS in mass production might lead to weld discontinuities under certain circumstances. Those discontinuities in form of cracks might be an initial start of cracking in the spot-welded joints regarding fatigue loads. It is of great interest to figure out, if, in comparison to specimens without weld discontinuities, the crack initiating point changes and if the fatigue resistance might be reduced by the discontinuities. In this contribution, an overview of potential discontinuities is given. Their possible causes are discussed and means for their detection are highlighted. Among the possible causes of weld discontinuities, two major groups are distinguished: the welding parameters as primary influences in the welding process, and the production-specific influences as secondary ones. With emphasis on major cracks penetrating the weld nugget, these influences are analysed. Finally, a combination of extreme welding parameters with production-specific influences is chosen in order to establish a method which enables the preparation of fatigue test specimens with reproducible major cracks in different locations of the spot-welded joints. This method is than applied in order to prepare spot weld specimens for fatigue tests. KW - Cracking KW - Defects KW - Fatigue loading KW - High strength steels KW - Resistance spot welding PY - 2011 SN - 0043-2288 SN - 1878-6669 VL - 55 IS - 11/12 SP - 99 EP - 106 PB - Springer CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-25026 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Material properties for welding simulation - measurement, analysis, and exemplary data N2 - Welding is a key technology in the area of industrial production due to its flexibility and efficiency. However, new materials and welding techniques necessitate permanent research activities in order to keep up with the demands. A detailed knowledge about the process itself and the heat effects of welding, e.g., temperatures, distortions, and stresses, is the basis for a target-oriented optimization instead of a trial-and-error approach. Numerical welding simulation is a powerful tool to meet these demands. Complementary to an experimental investigation, it enables the analysis of the specimen during the welding process, commonly known as computational welding mechanics (CWM). Whereas simulation is nowadays a common tool in different development processes, the modeling of welding still remains difficult because of the multiple physical effects taking place. One of the most important problems for the user is the lack of knowledge about the material properties as input data for the simulation. Furthermore, any scattering of the data causes uncertainties that can have major effects on the calculations. The objective of this paper is to give an overview about the experimental determination and analysis of the material properties needed as input data for a welding simulation. The measurement techniques and the occurring deviations of the results are discussed. Additionally, the collected data for three representative alloys (dual-phase steel, austenitic steel, precipitation-hardenable aluminum alloy) are analyzed. Finally, the temperature-dependent thermophysical and thermomechanical material properties for these three alloys are given in a ready-to-use format for a numerical welding simulation. KW - Thermophysical material properties KW - Thermomechanical material properties KW - Experimental determination KW - Numerical welding simulation PY - 2011 SN - 0043-2296 SN - 0096-7629 VL - 90 SP - 220-s EP - 227-s PB - American Welding Society CY - New York, NY AN - OPUS4-25028 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Perret, William A1 - Thater, Raphael A1 - Alber, U. A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Case study for welding simulation in the automotive industry N2 - Welding is one of the most widely used joining processes in structural applications, like in car body production in the automotive industry. It is well-known that distortions and residual stresses occur during and after the welding process. Many procedures exist to decrease these negative heat effects of welding, but are often coupled with highly cost intensive experiments. For several decades, simulation models have been developed to understand and predict the heat effects of welding and to reduce experimental effort. In the production planning of various Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM), some simulation tools are already well established, e.g. for crash test, forming or casting simulations. For welding, the demand is high but the implementation of welding simulation software is still not established yet. Welding is a complex process and the development of a flexible simulation tool, which produces good simulation results without expert knowledge in simulation, is not an easy task. In this paper, a welded assembly from the automotive industry has been simulated and compared to experimental data. Temperature fields and transient distortion distributions have been measured with thermocouples and with an optical 3D deformations analysis tool, respectively. The simulation has been run with a commercially available welding simulation software. The simulated temperature fields match the numerical ones perfectly. The simulated distortions are also qualitatively in best agreement with the experimental ones. Quantitatively, a difference of approximately 20 % between the simulated and the measured distortions is visible; this is acceptable considering the simplifications and assumptions of the simulation model. The global time to solution to get these results without expert knowledge in welding simulation was between 4 and 6 weeks, which is a reasonable time frame for an industrial application of welding simulation. KW - Automobiles KW - Distortion KW - Simulating KW - Temperature KW - Welding KW - Aluminium alloys KW - Al Mg Si alloys KW - Automobile engineering KW - Finite elements analysis KW - Mathematical models KW - MIG welding KW - Residual stresses KW - Vehicle bodies PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03321546 SN - 0043-2288 SN - 1878-6669 VL - 55 IS - 11/12 SP - 89 EP - 98 PB - Springer CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-25029 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heinze, Christoph A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Numerical calculation of residual stress development of multi-pass gas metal arc welding under high restraint conditions N2 - During welding, residual stresses build-up created by the steep thermal gradient that occurs in the weld zone from localized heating and cooling, and phase transformations appearing in low-alloyed structural steel is inevitable. Welding of rather simple test plates do not cover the actual structural effects, which have to be considered during real component welding. However, the resulting welding-induced residual stress state is highly influenced by the structural characteristics, i.e. restraint conditions, of the welded construction. Therefore, a unique large-scale testing facility providing a specific shrinkage restraint while welding and subsequent cooling was used for the present investigations. Hereby, a six bead multi-pass gas metal arc weld of 20 mm thick structural steel S355J2 + N was welded under shrinkage restraint. The residual stresses were experimentally and numerically investigated, and compared to an analysis of plates welded under force-free support and free shrinkage conditions. The experimentally determined and calculated residual stresses using both 2D and 3D numerical models are in a good agreement. Furthermore, the influence of a shrinkage restraint on the residual stress distribution is both experimentally and numerically shown for the present test set-up. KW - Welding KW - Shrinkage KW - Ferrous metals and alloys PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2011.09.021 SN - 0261-3069 SN - 0264-1275 VL - 35 SP - 201 EP - 209 PB - Elsevier Science CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-25036 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weber, Gert A1 - Brauser, Stephan A1 - Gaul, Holger A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Study of fatigue behavior for spot welded tensile shear specimens of advanced high strength steels N2 - For automotive body-in-white applications the influence of manufacture-related gaps between the steel sheets and also of manufacture-related surface cracks on the fatigue behavior of tensile shear specimens for spot welded TRIP steel was analyzed. It was shown that gaps between the steel sheets reduce the fatigue strength, whereas the fatigue behavior is neither influenced by cracks in the electrode indentation area nor in the heat effected zone. PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/srin.201100286 SN - 1611-3683 SN - 0177-4832 VL - 83 IS - 10 SP - 988 EP - 994 PB - Verl. Stahleisen CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-27632 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 - Brauser, Stephan A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Pepke, Lutz-Alexander A1 - Weber, Gert T1 - Influence of production-related gaps on strength properties and deformation behaviour of spot welded trip steel HCT690T N2 - In this study, the influence of production-related gaps on the shear tension strength and fatigue performance was investigated for resistance spot welded TRIP steel HCT690. Furthermore, the local strain distribution in shear tension test was calculated by the digital image correlation technique (DIC). The static shear tension strength was found to be almost independent of gaps up to 3 mm. The maximum local strain in the spot weld region however decreases depending on which sample side (deformed or undeformed) is considered. In addition, it has been ascertained that gaps of 3 mm lead to a significant drop in fatigue life compared to gap-free shear tension samples. This fact could be attributed to decreased stiffness, higher transverse vibration and higher rotation (θ) between the sheets as well as increased local stress calculated by 2 dimensional FE simulation. KW - Deformation KW - Fatigue life KW - Finite element analysis KW - Gap KW - Resistance spot welding KW - Shear strength PY - 2012 SN - 0043-2288 SN - 1878-6669 VL - 56 IS - 03-04 SP - 115 EP - 125 PB - Springer CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-27590 LA - eng 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 - About the influence of a steady magnetic field on weld pool dynamics in partial penetration high power laser beam welding of thick aluminium parts N2 - A multi-physics numerical model was developed to investigate the influence of a steady magnetic field aligned perpendicular to the welding direction during partial penetration high power laser beam welding of aluminium in downhand position. Three-dimensional heat transfer, fluid dynamics including phase transition and electromagnetic field partial differential equations were successfully solved with the finite element differential equation solver COMSOL Multiphysics 4.2. The implemented material model used temperature-dependent properties up to evaporation temperature. Marangoni convection in the surface region of the weld pool, natural convection due to the gravitational field and latent heat of solid–liquid phase transition were taken into account. Solidification was modelled by the Carman–Kozeny equation for porous media morphology. The flow pattern in the melt as well as the weld bead geometry were significantly changed by the induced Lorentz force distribution in the liquid metal. It reveals that the application of a steady magnetic field to laser beam welding with corresponding Hartmann numbers Ha2 ≈ 104 allows for a suppression of the characteristic wineglass-shape of the weld cross section caused by thermocapillary flow. The numerical results are in good agreement with experimental results obtained with welding of AlMg3 with a 16 kW disc laser. The steady magnetic field was delivered by permanent magnets mounted on both lateral sides of the weld specimen. The maximum magnetic flux density was around 500 mT. It shows, that the applied magnetic field has a predominant dissipating effect on the weld pool dynamics independently of its polarity. KW - Electromagnetic weld pool control KW - Hartmann effect KW - Laser beam welding KW - Lorentz force KW - Marangoni flow KW - Natural convection PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.01.015 SN - 0017-9310 VL - 60 SP - 309 EP - 321 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-27655 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Polami, S.M. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Schmid, A. T1 - Friction welding of drive pinions for heavy-duty trucks T2 - 5. VDI-Fachtagung Welle-Nabe-Verbindungen CY - Nürtingen, Germany DA - 2012-09-25 PY - 2012 SN - 978-3-18-092176-1 SN - 0083-5560 N1 - Serientitel: VDI-Berichte – Series title: VDI-Berichte VL - 2176 SP - 211 EP - 219 PB - VDI-Verl. CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-27749 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Weber, Gert A1 - Gaul, H. A1 - Brauser, Stephan T1 - Untersuchungen zur Ermüdungsfestigkeit von Widerstandspunktschweißverbindungen aus hochfesten Mehrphasenstählen unter Berücksichtigung fertigungsspezifischer Einflüsse N2 - Unter den rauen Bedingungen in der Automobilrohkarosseriefertigung lassen sich schweißbedingte Imperfektionen wie Risse beim Widerstandspunktschweißen von hochfesten Stählen nicht immer vermeiden. Für die sichere Auslegung ist die Kenntnis über den Einfluss solcher Risse von erheblicher Bedeutung. PY - 2011 SN - 978-3-942541-04-6 VL - P 802 SP - 1 EP - 86 PB - Verlag und Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-25450 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Babu, N. K. A1 - Brauser, S. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Cross, C.E. T1 - Characterization of microstructure and deformation behaviour of resistance spot welded AZ31 magnesium alloy N2 - Resistance spot welds were prepared on 3 mm thick sheets of continuous cast and rolled AZ31 magnesium alloy. The microstructure and composition analysis of weld nugget, heat affected zone (HAZ) and base metal were examined using optical and scanning electron microscopy (HR-SEM and EDS/X). The resistance spot welded magnesium alloy joints consist mainly of weld nugget and HAZ. The nugget contains two different structures, i.e. the cellular-dendritic structure at the edge of the nugget and the equiaxed dendritic structure in the centre of the nugget. The structure transition is attributed to the changes of solidification conditions. In the HAZ, grain boundary melting occurred and grain boundaries became coarse. It has been shown that hardness reduction in the weld nugget and HAZ compared with base metal is evident due to dendritic microstructure and grain growth, respectively. The results showed that spot welded joints have failed in interfacial mode under torsion and tensile–shear loading conditions. Digital image correlation during tensile–shear testing showed that low surface strains occur in the interfacial failure mode, because fracture and deformation happened primarily in the nugget area. KW - Resistance spot welding KW - AZ31 magnesium alloy KW - Microstructure KW - Hardness KW - Torsion KW - Tensile–shear PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2012.04.021 SN - 0921-5093 SN - 1873-4936 VL - 549 SP - 149 EP - 156 PB - Elsevier B.V. CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-25924 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Avilov, Vjaceslav A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Lammers, Marco A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - PA position full penetration high power laser beam welding of up to 30 mm thick AlMg3 plates using electromagnetic weld pool support N2 - Full penetration 15 kW Yb fibre laser butt welding of thick AlMg3 (AW 5754) plates was performed in PA position. A contactless inductive electromagnetic weld pool support system was used to prevent gravity dropout of the melt. The welding speed needed to achieve 20 mm penetration was ~0·5 m min-1. An ac power supply of ~244 W at 460 Hz was necessary to completely suppress gravity dropout of the melt and eliminate sagging of the weld pool root side surface. The oscillating magnetic field can suppress the Marangoni convection in the lower part of the weld pool. The system was also successfully used in the full penetration welding of 30 mm thick AlMg3 plates. KW - High power laser beam welding KW - Electromagnetic weld pool support KW - Full penetration PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1179/1362171811Y.0000000085 SN - 1362-1718 SN - 1743-2936 VL - 17 IS - 2 SP - 128 EP - 133 PB - Maney CY - London AN - OPUS4-25888 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schlichting, Joachim A1 - Brauser, Stephan A1 - Pepke, Lutz-Alexander A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Kreutzbruck, Marc T1 - Thermographic testing of spot welds N2 - Spot welding is one of the most important technologies for joining sheet metal. While there are lot of approaches to non-destructive testing, quality assurance still mainly relies on welding parameter monitoring and destructive testing, leading to significant failure rates. In this paper an approach to spot weld testing using flash thermography is presented. The main focus of attention is on the identification of two typical error classes: stick welds and welds at the splash limit. Besides investigating the principal feasibility of thermography for zinc plated samples the results of a series test of spot welds joining 1 mm thick TRIP steel are shown. Based upon these results a statistical criterion is developed which allows a reliable classification of the named error classes. KW - Thermography KW - Spot welding KW - Automotive industry PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ndteint.2012.02.003 SN - 0963-8695 VL - 48 SP - 23 EP - 29 PB - Butterworth-Heinemann CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-26276 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Schweißen mit dem Faserlaser T2 - Laserverbund Berlin/Brandenburg, BAM CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2007-01-18 PY - 2007 AN - OPUS4-15885 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - MIG-Schweißen von Mg-Legierungen T2 - Kolloquium Fügen und Beschichten von Werkstoffen, IWF CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2007-06-06 PY - 2007 AN - OPUS4-15886 LA - deu 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 - 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 - CONF A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael ED - H.-W. Zoch, ED - T. Lübben, T1 - Distortion optimisation of beam-welded industrial parts by means of numerical welding simulation T2 - 2nd International Conference on Distortion Engineering (IDE 2008) CY - Bremen, Germany DA - 2008-09-17 KW - Distortion KW - Optimisation KW - Industrial Parts KW - Numerical Welding Simulation KW - Beam Welding PY - 2008 SP - 483 EP - 490 AN - OPUS4-18278 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Gook, Sergej A1 - Stelling, Karen A1 - Lammers, Marco A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Laserstrahl- und Laser-MSG-Hybridschweißen mit einem 20-kW-Faserlaser PY - 2008 SP - 20 EP - 30 AN - OPUS4-18321 LA - deu 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 - GEN A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Dilger, K. A1 - Michailov, V. ED - H.K.D.H. Bhadeshia, ED - H. Cerjak, ED - E. Kozeschnik, T1 - Sensitivity Analysis of Welding Simulation Depending on Material Properties Value Variation PY - 2007 SN - 978-3-902465-69-6 SP - 1107 EP - 1128 CY - Graz, Austria AN - OPUS4-16488 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Roeren, S. A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael ED - H.K.D.H. Bhadeshia, ED - H. Cerjak, ED - E. Kozeschnik, T1 - Different approaches to model clamping conditions within a welding simulation PY - 2007 SN - 978-3-902465-69-6 SP - 1093 EP - 1106 CY - Graz, Austria AN - OPUS4-16489 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Dilger, K. ED - H.K.D.H. Bhadeshia, ED - H. Cerjak, ED - E. Kozeschnik, T1 - Analysis of the transient deformation behaviour and numerical optimisation of an electron beam welded gearwheel PY - 2007 SN - 978-3-902465-69-6 SP - 1155 EP - 1166 CY - Graz, Austria AN - OPUS4-16490 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Weiss, D. ED - H.K.D.H. Bhadeshia, ED - H. Cerjak, ED - E. Kozeschnik, T1 - Rapid generation of temperature fields for simulation of welding distortions PY - 2007 SN - 978-3-902465-69-6 SP - 835 EP - 846 CY - Graz, Austria AN - OPUS4-16491 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael ED - F. Vollertsen, ED - J. Sakkiettibutra, T1 - Influence of Material Properties on Numerically Calculated Welding Distortions T2 - International Workshop on Thermal Forming and Welding Distortion (IWOTE `08) CY - Bremen, Germany DA - 2008-04-22 KW - Schweißen KW - Simulation KW - Werkstoffe KW - Sensitivität PY - 2008 SP - 35 EP - 44 AN - OPUS4-17447 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey T1 - Laserstrahlschweißen hoher Blechdicken T2 - Hannover-Messe CY - Hanover, Germany DA - 2008-04-21 PY - 2008 AN - OPUS4-17764 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Schwenk, Christopher T1 - Application of numercial welding simulation for distortion optimisation of beam weld parts T2 - AKL 08, International Laser Technology Congress CY - Aachen, Germany DA - 2008-05-07 PY - 2008 AN - OPUS4-17765 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Welding of Light Metals in the Automotive Industry T2 - VI-IPSUS Summer School CY - Hamburg, Germany DA - 2008-09-09 PY - 2008 AN - OPUS4-18485 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey T1 - New approaches of welding thick steel plates with fibre lasers T2 - 4th Internatinal Symposium High-Power Fibre Laser CY - Saint Petersburg, Russia DA - 2008-06-24 PY - 2008 AN - OPUS4-18486 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey T1 - Anwendung von Hochleistungslasern für das Schweißen von Rohren T2 - ILT CY - Aachen, Germany DA - 2008-10-16 PY - 2008 AN - OPUS4-18487 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brauser, Stephan A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Noack, T. A1 - Jüttner, S. T1 - Einfluss von Oberflächenrissen auf die dynamische Festigkeit von Widerstandspunktschweißverbindungen aus hochfestem austenitischen Stahl N2 - Bei hochfesten austenitischen Stählen können unter den Produktionsbedingungen in der Rohkarosseriefertigung schweißbedingte Risse beim Widerstandspunktschweißen entstehen. Der Einfluss solcher Risse auf die dynamische Festigkeit ist derzeit nicht hinreichend bekannt. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wurden daher Schweißrisse verschiedener Lage und Ausbildung hinsichtlich ihrer Wirkung auf die Festigkeit und das Bruchverhalten von Widerstandspunktschweißverbindungen im Hochgeschwindigkeitsscherzug untersucht. Dabei konnte durch die Analyse der Kraft-Weg-Verläufe, der Scherzugfestigkeit und des Energieaufnahmevermögens nachgewiesen werden, dass Oberflächenrisse im Übergangsbereich und im Randbereich des Elektrodeneindrucks bei den hier vorliegenden Bedingungen keinen negativen Einfluss auf die dynamische Festigkeit haben. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the case of high-strength austenitic steels, welding-induced cracks may arise during resistance spot welding in the rough conditions of body shell fabrication. The influence of such cracks on the dynamic strength is not sufficiently well-known at present. Within the framework of this paper, welding cracks in various positions and with various formations were therefore investigated with regard to their effect on the strength and fracture behaviour of resistance-spot-welded joints subjected to high-speed shear tension. In this respect, the analysis of the force/displacement courses, the tensile shear strength and the energy absorption capacity served to prove that surface cracks in the interfacial region and in the peripheral region of the electrode indentation do not have any negative influence on the dynamic strength for the tested circumstances. KW - Fahrzeugbau KW - Festigkeit KW - Hochfester Stahl KW - Rissbildung KW - Widerstandspressschweißen KW - Werkstofffragen KW - Vehicle construction KW - Strength KW - High-strength steel KW - Crack formation KW - Resistance pressure welding KW - Material questions PY - 2013 SN - 0036-7184 VL - 65 IS - 6 SP - 322 EP - 327 PB - Verl. für Schweißen u. Verwandte Verfahren, DVS-Verl. CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-28978 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Uspenskiy, S.A. A1 - Shcheglov, Pavel A1 - Petrovskiy, V.N. A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Spectral diagnostics of a vapor-plasma plume produced during welding with a high-power ytterbium fiber laser N2 - We have conducted spectroscopic studies of the welding plasma formed in the process of welding with an ytterbium fiber laser delivering output power of up to 20 kW. The influence of shielding gases (Ar, He) on different parts of the welding plume is investigated. The absorption coefficient of the laser radiation by the welding-plume plasma is estimated. Scattering of 532-nm probe radiation from particles of the condensed metal vapor within the caustic of a high-power fiber laser beam is measured. Based on the obtained results, conclusions are made on the influence of the plasma formation and metal vapor condensation on the radiation of the high-power fiber laser and the stability of the welding process. PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.1134/S0030400X13070205 SN - 0030-400X SN - 1562-6911 VL - 115 IS - 1 SP - 140 EP - 146 PB - MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica Publ. / Pleiades Publishing, Ltd. CY - Moscow AN - OPUS4-28983 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Gook, S. T1 - Laser-hybrid welding for pipe production and pipe laying of thick large diameter pipes T2 - IIW 2013 - 7th Asia Pacific IIW International congress 2013 CY - Singapore DA - 2013-07-08 PY - 2013 SP - 417 EP - 423 AN - OPUS4-28935 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Graf, B. A1 - Ammer, S. A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Design of experiments for laser metal deposition in maintenance, repair and overhaul applications N2 - Modern and expensive parts lead to an increasing demand for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) technologies. Instead of part replacement, MRO technologies are economically advantageous throughout the life cycle. Laser metal deposition as modern MRO technology can be used to repair cracks or protect damaged surfaces with a hard facing layer. It is necessary to adjust weld bead profile to the specific task. For this purpose, Design of Experiment (DoE) has a high potential to decrease experimental effort. In this paper, a full factorial design is used to determine the effect of process parameters on the geometric dimensions of the weld bead. The paper is of interest to engineers working with laser metal deposition as well as DoE methods. T2 - 2nd International Through-life Engineering Services Conference CY - Cranfield, UK DA - 2013-11-05 KW - Design of experiments KW - Laser metal deposition KW - Laser powder cladding KW - Repair welding KW - MRO PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2013.07.031 SN - 2212-8271 VL - 11 SP - 245 EP - 248 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam [u.a.] AN - OPUS4-29339 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Brauser, Stephan A1 - Gebhardt, Moritz Oliver A1 - Rethmeier, Michael 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 imperfections on the fatigue performance of resistance spot welded joints T2 - 9th International conference on trends in welding research CY - Chicago, Illinois, USA DA - 2012-06-04 KW - Resistance spot welding KW - Gaps KW - Cracks KW - Fatigue life KW - Simulation PY - 2013 SN - 978-1-62708-998-2 SP - 650 EP - 660 PB - ASM international AN - OPUS4-29056 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Albert, F. A1 - Baum, S. A1 - Goecke, S. A1 - Müller, A. A1 - Sievi, P. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Nahtgeführtes Laserstrahl-Remoteschweißen mit Strahloszillation - Beeinflussung der Schweißnahtanmutung, der Schweißnahtgeometrie und der Spaltüberbrückbarkeit PY - 2013 SN - 0036-7184 VL - 65 IS - 9 SP - 631 EP - 635 PB - Verl. für Schweißen u. Verwandte Verfahren, DVS-Verl. CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-29300 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Shcheglov, Pavel A1 - Uspenskiy, S.A. T1 - SPEKTRAL'NAYa DIAGNOSTIKA PARO-PLAZMENNOGO FAKELA PRI SVARKE MOShchNYM ITTERBIEVYM VOLOKONNYM LAZEROM PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.7868/S0030403413070209 SN - 0030-4034 VL - 115 IS - 1 SP - 160 EP - 167 PB - Akad. Verl. CY - Moskva [u.a.] AN - OPUS4-29262 LA - rus AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gook, Sergej A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Hybrid laser arc welding of X80 and X120 steel grade N2 - The aim of the present work was to investigate the possibilities of hybrid laser arc welding regarding reliable production of longitudinal welds of high strength pipe steels X80 and X120 and to evaluate achievable mechanical properties of laser hybrid welds. The study focused on weld toughness examination in low temperature range up to –60°C. Suitable filler materials were identified in the context of this task. It could be shown that metal cored electrodes guaranteed sufficient Charpy impact toughness at low temperature for both investigated materials. Modern arc welding technologies such as modified pulsed spray arc were used to promote deeper penetration of the filler material into the narrow laser welding gap. Edge preparation with a 14 mm deep root face was considered as optimum, because no penetration of the filler material could be detected beyond this depth limit, and therefore, any metallurgical influences on the weld metal properties through the welding wire could be excluded. KW - High strength steel KW - Laser hybrid welding KW - Modified spray arc KW - Longitudinal weld KW - Pipeline PY - 2014 UR - http://www.maneyonline.com/doi/full/10.1179/1362171813Y.0000000154 DO - https://doi.org/10.1179/1362171813Y.0000000154 SN - 1362-1718 SN - 1743-2936 VL - 19 IS - 1 SP - 15 EP - 24 PB - Maney CY - London AN - OPUS4-29593 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Gook, Sergej ED - Michailov, V. ED - Ossenbrink, R. ED - Doynov, N. T1 - High power laser beam welding T2 - International symposium welding technology - Processes, materials, simulation CY - Senftenberg, Germany DA - 2013-11-06 KW - High strength steel KW - Laser hybrid welding KW - Orbital welding KW - Modified spray arc KW - Longitudinal weld KW - Pipeline PY - 2013 SN - 978-3-8440-2319-0 SN - 1867-4887 N1 - Serientitel: Berichte des Lehrstuhls Füge- und Schweißtechnik der BTU Cottbus – Series title: Berichte des Lehrstuhls Füge- und Schweißtechnik der BTU Cottbus VL - 4 SP - 25 EP - 41 PB - Shaker Verlag GmbH AN - OPUS4-29594 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Weiss, D. A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael ED - V.I. Makhnenko, T1 - Fast generation and prediction of welding temperature fields for multiple experiments N2 - The objective of this paper is to demonstrate a new simulation technique which allows the fast and automatic generation to temperature fields based on a combination of empirical and phenomenological modelling techniques. The automatic calibration of the phenomenological model is performed by a multi-variable global optimisation routine which yields the optimal fit between simulated and experimental weld charcteristics without the need for initial model parameters. For exemplary welding processes it is shown that linear 3D heat conduction models can approximate measured temperature fields with a high accuracy. The modelling approach presented comprises the automatic calibration against multiple experiments which permits simulating the temperature field for unknown process parameters. The validation of this composite simulation model is performed for exemplary welding processes and includes the prediction of the fusion line in the cross section and the corresponding thermal cycles. T2 - 4th International Conference - Mathematical modelling and information technologies in welding and related processes CY - Katsiveli, Crimea, Ukraine DA - 2008-05-27 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 SP - 134 EP - 140 CY - Kiev, Ukraine AN - OPUS4-19639 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT 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 minimise 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 discretisation 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 optimisation 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 - Welding simulation KW - Temperature field generation KW - Short calculation time KW - Multiple experiments KW - Inverse heat conduction problem KW - Neural networks PY - 2009 IS - SC-Auto-32-09 SP - 1 EP - 11 PB - International Institute of Welding CY - Paris AN - OPUS4-19744 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Gook, Sergej T1 - Laser-Hybrid Welding of Thick Plates T2 - Präsentation Institutskolloquium Prof. C.S. Wu, Shandong University CY - Jinan, China DA - 2009-07-08 PY - 2009 AN - OPUS4-19728 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Grünenwald, S. A1 - Seefeld, T. A1 - Vollertsen, F. A1 - Gook, Sergej A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Laserstrahl-MSG-Hybridschweißen dicker Bleche aus Rohrleitungsstahl mit Faserlasern hoher Leistung N2 - In diesem Beitrag werden die Ergebnisse aus einem gemeinschaftlich durchgeführten Forschungsprojekt zur Schweißeignung unlegierter Stähle mit Laserstrahl- und Lichtbogenschweißverfahren vorgestellt. Es wurden Schweißversuche in Ein- sowie Mehrlagentechnik mit Blechdicken von 16, 20 und 28 mm durchgeführt sowie die Prozessgrenzen für die Spaltüberbrückbarkeit, den Kantenversatz und das Schweißen in Zwangspositionen untersucht. Für die Schweißversuche kamen Faserlaser mit Leistungen von 8, 20 und 30 kW in Verbindung mit einem MAG-Schweißprozess als Laserstrahl-MSG-Hybridschweißen zum Einsatz. Mit dem 30-kW-Faserlaser war es möglich, 28 mm dicke Bleche einlagig zu schweißen, jedoch besteht weiterer Forschungsbedarf, um Aussagen über die erreichbare Qualität treffen zu können. Bei 20 kW Laserstrahlleistung wurde zum einlagigen Schweißen von Blechen mit einer Dicke von 20 mm eine entsprechende Nahtvorbereitung benötigt, 16 mm dicke Bleche konnten dagegen ohne Vorbereitung der Naht im Stumpfstoß geschweißt werden. In der Mehrlagentechnik wurden mit dem 8-kW-Faserlaser 16 mm dicke Bleche vorbereitet mit einer Y-Naht geschweißt. Hierbei wurde die Wurzellage hybrid geschweißt, die Füll- und Decklagen mit einem reinen MAG-Prozess. PY - 2010 SN - 0036-7184 VL - 62 IS - 6 SP - 338 EP - 347 PB - Verl. für Schweißen u. Verwandte Verfahren, DVS-Verl. CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-21810 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Schweißen mit dem Faserlaser T2 - 11. IFS-Kolloquium CY - Braunschweig, Germany DA - 2007-10-12 PY - 2007 AN - OPUS4-21827 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Distortion optimisation of beam-welded industrial parts by means of numerical welding simulation KW - Distortion KW - Optimisation KW - Weld plan modification KW - Industrial parts KW - Automotive application KW - Numerical welding simulation KW - Laser beam welding KW - Electron beam welding KW - Finite element analysis KW - FEA PY - 2010 SN - 1741-8410 SN - 1741-8429 VL - 5 IS - 4/5 SP - 412 EP - 422 PB - Inderscience Enterprises Ltd CY - Genève, Switzerland AN - OPUS4-22705 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Gook, Sergej A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Laser-GMA-hybrid welding of large diameter pipes of grade X65 T2 - 2nd South-east european IIW international congress - "Welding - high-tech technology in the 21st century" CY - Sofia, Bulgaria DA - 2010-10-21 KW - High-power laser KW - Fiber laser KW - Pipeline KW - Hybrid welding KW - Girth welding PY - 2010 SN - 978-954-9322-25-5 SP - 139 EP - 144 AN - OPUS4-22720 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Thater, Raphael A1 - Perret, William A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Alber, U. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Industrial application of welding temperature field and distortion visualization using FEA N2 - The non-uniform heat input during the welding process leads to problematic permanent deformations of welded parts. The control of these welding distortions is, with the absence of the knowledge of the fundamental mechanisms responsible for these deformations, an extremely time and cost consuming iterative “trial-and-error” optimization process. The visualization of the involved physical phenomena, like temperature and distortions, .is an indispensable tool to clearly identify these mechanisms in order to adapt the welding parameters and clamping conditions target-oriented. Both experimental and virtual methods exist to obtain these physical data, however the possibilities to visualize them with experimental methods are laborious, expensive and limited in their application. Welding Simulation using finite element analysis (FEA) offers many benefits and has a great potential to reduce the experimental effort. Nevertheless, the industrial application of welding Simulation is not yet established widely because of reservations regarding the computation costs and the resulting accuracy for instance. In this paper, the results of a case study for a welding Simulation with an industrial background are presented. A welded assembly from the automotive industry has been investigated with numerical and experimental methods. A comparison between both methods demonstrates the Potentials of welding Simulation in terms of visualization. Furthermore, the numerical results reveal the possibilities of current resources. regarding calculation time and result accuracy of an industrial applied welding Simulation. T2 - VISUAL-JW 2010 - The international symposium on visualization in joining & welding science through advanced measurements and simulation CY - Osaka, Japan DA - 11.11.2010 KW - Numerical welding simulation KW - Temperature field KW - Distortion KW - Industrial application KW - Automotive assembly PY - 2010 VL - 1 IS - PT-31 SP - 245 EP - 246 AN - OPUS4-22721 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Tikhomirov, D. A1 - Eßer, G. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - General standard for welding simulation N2 - For differentiating the applicability of various numerical welding Simulation methods as well as unifying the prerequisites and the Steps to be taken in Simulation, normative codes are required for the user. Since any standard-like documents are currently still lacking in this field, DIN German Institute for Standardization has set up the Standards Committee NA 092-00-29-AA "Welding Simulation" dealing with the preparation of respective documents. This committee was initiated in partnership with the joint committee FA 12 "Weld Simulation on Application" of the Research Association of DVS German Welding Society. The objective of this Standardization work in the field of numerical welding Simulation is to prepare a DIN SPEC with a view to standardizing the approaches to the Simulation of various welding phenomena and processes over the long run. In a draft version of DIN SPEC 32534 that has already been prepared by the above mentioned Committee, the structure of the primary document was stated. The primary document specifies the application fields and the key terms of welding Simulation. In addition, the generally valid Simulation structure has been established which is intended to serve as a recommendation for customers and suppliers in formulating and handling a Service order as well as for persons who Start doing welding Simulation for the first time. This article focuses on the presentation of the new DIN SPEC 32534-1 explaining the major Simulation Steps. It additionally addresses the Classification of the secondary documents depending on the welding process and on the desired Simulation result. Finally, it gives an overview of the other subject areas dealt with in the Standards Committee NA 092-00-29-AA "Welding Simulation" as well as of the international activities in this field. T2 - IIW SC-Auto Intermediate Meeting CY - Ijmuiden, The Netherlands DA - 11.04.2011 KW - Welding simulation KW - Standardization KW - Applicability KW - Execution KW - Result display PY - 2011 IS - SC-Auto-44-11 SP - 1 EP - 10 AN - OPUS4-23519 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Heinze, Christoph A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Experimentelle und numerische Analyse des Geometrieeinflusses auf den Schweißeigenspannungszustand N2 - Die vorliegende Arbeit stellt Untersuchungen im Rahmen eines Forschungsprojektes mit Schwerpunkt in der experimentellen und numerischen Analyse schweißbedingter Eigenspannungen und Verzüge beim Mehrlagenschweißen dar. Das Auftreten von kritischen Eigenspannungszuständen und untolerierbaren Verzügen während des Fertigungsprozesses verursacht durch erforderliche Nacharbeiten, wie z.B. Richten oder Wärmenachbehandlungen, zusätzliche Kosten. Diese Nacharbeiten können vermieden werden, wenn die numerische Schweißsimulation auf der Grundlage von zuverlässigen Berechnungsergebnissen zur Optimierung angewandt wird. Die Analyse des Eigenspannungszustandes erfolgt an 5 mm dicken Blechen des unlegierten Baustahls S355J2, wobei Stumpfnaht-Verbindungen mittels Metall-Aktiv-Gas-(MAG)-Schweißen ausgeführt worden sind. Im Zusammenhang mit den Experimenten werden sowohl Temperaturzyklen und Eigenspannungen gemessen als auch Schmelzbadgeometrie und Mikrostruktur ermittelt. Auf der Basis eines experimentell validierten Temperaturfeldes und umfangreichen röntgenografischen Eigenspannungsuntersuchungen erfolgen numerische Strukturberechnungen. Die auftretenden Phasenumwandlungen werden in der Simulation berücksichtigt. Die Betrachtung verschiedener Blechkonfigurationen gibt den Einfluss der Blechlänge auf das Niveau der entstehenden Eigenspannungen wieder. Es stellt sich heraus, dass sich die Quereigenspannungen in den nahtnahen Bereich mit zunehmender Blechlänge in den Druckbereich verschieben. Dieses Verhalten kann durch die experimentell validierte Struktursimulation des vorliegenden Prozesses numerisch abgebildet werden und schafft somit den Ausgangspunkt für die spätere Berechnung von mehrlagigen Schweißnähten. T2 - SYSWELD Forum 2009 CY - Weimar, Deutschland DA - 2009-10-22 KW - Schweißsimulation KW - Eigenspannungen KW - Geometrie KW - Validierung KW - Sysweld PY - 2009 SN - 978-3-86068-401-6 SP - 62 EP - 74 PB - Universitätsverlag Weimar AN - OPUS4-20674 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Gook, Sergej A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey T1 - Perspectives of application of laser-GMA-hybrid girth welding for pipeline construction T2 - VI. International conference "Beam technologies & laser application" CY - Saint Petersburg, Russia DA - 2009-09-23 KW - Fibre laser KW - Laser-hybrid welding PY - 2009 SP - 1 EP - 15(?) CY - Saint Petersburg, Russia AN - OPUS4-20766 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Weiß, D. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Application of a combined modelling technique to reduce experimental effort - a case study for laser-GMA-hybrid welding T2 - VI. International conference "Beam technologies & laser application" CY - Saint Petersburg, Russia DA - 2009-09-23 PY - 2009 SP - 97 EP - 102 CY - Saint Petersburg, Russia AN - OPUS4-20882 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Simulation based approach for distortion analysis and optimisation of beam welded automotive parts T2 - VI. International conference "Beam technologies & laser application" CY - Saint Petersburg, Russia DA - 2009-09-23 KW - Numerical welding simulation KW - Distortion KW - Optimisation KW - Laser and electron beam welding KW - Automotive parts PY - 2009 SP - 1 EP - 9(?) CY - Saint Petersburg, Russia AN - OPUS4-20797 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Perret, William A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Comparison of analytical and numerical welding temperature field calculation N2 - Analytical and numerical methods are used to estimate the temperature field due to the heat effects of welding. Numerical techniques are more adapted for industrial complex applications where analytical solutions do not exist yet. However, computational time is much lower with analytical models and a combination of both methods is investigated. Therefore, the two approaches are introduced and confronted in this paper. The finite-element software Ansys has been used for numerical simulations and Scilab for analytical simulations. In order to get a similar result quality, both methods have to be analysed and compared with respect to boundary conditions. These configurations are presented in this paper. Before starting any analysis, the analytical and numerical models have to be comparable. For the numerical simulation, every in- or output is given in discrete form and, for the analytical simulation, in continuous form. Thus, an analysis of the energy input distribution in both models is compulsory to ensure that the same amount of energy is applied. After this first study, a comparison of the analytical and numerical temperature field simulation is done from a fix point source in an infinite volume in steady state to a moving point source in a finite dimension in a transient state. A good agreement between the analytical and the numerical simulation results is found. However, some techniques, like a consideration of an image heat source for the analytical model or the selection of boundary conditions for the numerical model, need to be taken into consideration when the degree of complexity of the study (finite dimension or cooling time) increases. The limit of the comparison is reached when the geometry becomes too complex and when the effect of variable thermal properties with temperature cannot be neglected. KW - Welding simulation KW - Temperature field KW - Analytical approach KW - Numerical approach KW - Heat conduction PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2009.11.032 SN - 0927-0256 VL - 47 IS - 4 SP - 1005 EP - 1015 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-20887 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Quiroz Penaranda, Vanessa A1 - Gebhardt, Moritz Oliver A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Hot crack susceptibility of laser and laser-hybrid welded joints T2 - VI. International conference "Beam technologies & laser application" CY - Saint Petersburg, Russia DA - 2009-09-23 PY - 2009 SP - 127 EP - 136 CY - Saint Petersburg, Russia AN - OPUS4-20941 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Gibmeier, J. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - In-situ-Analyse der Phasenumwandlungskinetik während des Schweißens N2 - Zugeigenspannungen, wie sie beim Schweißprozess durch inhomogene Temperaturverteilungen und Schrumpfungen hervorgerufen werden, können die Lebensdauer geschweißter Verbindungen signifikant herabsetzen. Eine neue und außerordentlich attraktive Methode, um Druckeigenspannungen bereits während des Schweißens gezielt einzustellen, gelingt mit sogenannten LTT (Low Transformation Temperature)-Legierungen. LTT-Legierungen weisen eine martensitische Phasenumwandlung bei relativ niedrigen Temperaturen auf, wobei die damit verbundene Volumenexpansion zu einer Reduktion der Schrumpfeigenspannungen bzw. Erzeugung von Druckeigenspannungen führt. Zum direkten Nachweis der Phasenumwandlungen und der damit verbundenen resultierenden Schweißeigenspannungen wurden erstmals In-situ-Schweißexperimente unter Nutzung hoch energetischer, polychromatischer Synchrotronstrahlung (Weißstrahl) realisiert, um die Umwandlungskinetik während eines realen Schweißprozesses und die daraus resultierenden Schweißeigenspannungen zu analysieren. Es wird gezeigt, dass mit LTT-Legierungen signifikante Druckeigenspannungen in der Schweißnaht erreicht werden. PY - 2010 SN - 0025-5300 VL - 52 IS - 4 SP - 204 EP - 210 PB - Hanser CY - München AN - OPUS4-21219 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vollertsen, F. A1 - Grünenwald, S. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Reisgen, U. A1 - Olschok, S. T1 - Welding thick steel plates with fibre lasers and GMAW N2 - The results of a collaborative research project on laser beam weldability of carbon steels of high sheet thickness are presented. That includes single and multiple pass welding of 16 mm and 20 mm thick plates, as well as the investigation of acceptable tolerances i.e. gap bridgeability and edge misalignment. For the welding experiments fibre lasers with 8 kW, 20 kW laser power and different GMAW-techniques were used in various applications. With the 20 kW fibre laser 16 mm plates could be welded with a single pass, 20 mm required a seam preparation or alternatively preheating of the material. For multi pass welding with 8 kW laser power a joint preparation with a single V-butt joint with a broad root face (Y-groove) was applied. The root pass was always welded with a hybrid process, the filler passes with a hybrid process as well as a GMAW process which produced the best results. KW - Arc welding KW - Carbon steels KW - Combined processes KW - Fibre lasers KW - Gas shielded arc welding KW - GMA welding KW - Multirun welding KW - Reference lists KW - Steels KW - Unalloyed steels PY - 2010 SN - 0043-2288 SN - 1878-6669 VL - 54 IS - 3/4 SP - R62 EP - R70 PB - Springer CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-21224 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Gook, Sergej A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Kohn, H. T1 - Orbitalschweißen im Pipelinebau - Neue Möglichkeiten durch die Anwendung von Hochleistungslasern T2 - 8. Internationale Konferenz Strahltechnik CY - Halle/Saale, Deutschland DA - 2010-04-14 KW - Laser-MSG-Hybrid Schweißen KW - Orbitalschweißen KW - Hochleistungslaser PY - 2010 SP - 74 EP - 79 CY - Halle (Saale) AN - OPUS4-21225 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Perret, William A1 - Thater, R. A1 - Alber, U. A1 - Schwenk, Christopher A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Case study for welding simulation in the automotive industry T2 - INPRO - Intermediate meeting - IIW-Select committee "automotive and road transport" DA - 2010-04-21 KW - Welding simulation KW - Temperature field KW - Distortion KW - Automotive industry KW - Experimental validation PY - 2010 IS - IIW-Doc. No. SC-Auto-37-10 SP - 1 EP - 13 AN - OPUS4-22541 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Brauser, Stephan A1 - Weber, Gert T1 - Potential of optical strain field measurement for the characterisation of the properties of resistance-spot-welded joints N2 - For the designing of safety-relevant components particularly by means of finite element calculations, great significance is attached to the determination of local material parameters in the welding region. Conventional test methods can merely provide global parameters which, however, are frequently not sufficient precisely for the calculation of resistance-spot-welded components since these are characterised by the existence of joining zones with tight local limitations. In contrast, modern test methods such as optical strain field measurement permit the determination of the characteristic material data for concrete locations and times. In order to establish the potential of optical strain field measurements for the characterisation of the local material behaviour of spotwelded joints, tensile shear tests as well as tensile tests were carried out on resistance-spot-welded high-strength steels. The results show the high potential of this procedure not only for the quantification of the local strain behaviour in the joining region but also for the determination of local characteristic material data. PY - 2011 SN - 1612-3433 VL - 10 IS - 1 SP - 48 EP - 52 PB - DVS - German Welding Society CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-23220 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -