TY - THES A1 - Coniglio, Nicolas T1 - Aluminum Alloy Weldability: Identification of Weld Solidification Cracking Mechanisms through Novel Experimental Technique and Model Development N2 - The objective of the present thesis is to make advancements in understanding solidification crack formation in aluminum welds, by investigating in particular the aluminium 6060/4043 system. Alloy 6060 is typical of a family of Al-Mg-Si extrusion alloys, which are considered weldable only when using an appropriate filler alloy such as 4043 (Al-5Si). The effect of 4043 filler dilution (i.e. weld metal silicon content) on cracking sensitivity and solidification path of Alloy 6060 welds are investigated. Afterwards, cracking models are developed to propose mechanisms for solidification crack initiation and growth. Cracking Sensitivity. Building upon the concept that silicon improves weldability and that weldability can be defined by a critical strain rate, strain rate-composition combinations required for solidification crack formation in the Al- 6060/4043 system were determined using the newly developed Controlled Tensile Weldability (CTW) test utilizing local strain extensometer measurements. Results, presented in a critical strain rate – dilution map, show a crack – no crack boundary which reveals that higher local strain rates require higher 4043 filler dilution to avoid solidification cracking when arc welding Alloy 6060. Using the established crack - no crack boundary as a line of reference, additional parameters were examined and their influence on cracking characterized. These parameter influences have included studies of weld travel speed, weld pool contaminants (Fe, O, and H), and grain refiner additions (TiAl3 + Boron). Each parameter has been independently varied and its effect on cracking susceptibility quantified in terms of strain rate – composition combinations. Solidification Path. Solidification path of the Al-6060/4043 system was characterized using thermal analysis and phase identification. Increasing 4043 filler dilution from 0 to 16% in Alloy 6060 arc welds resulted in little effect on thermal arrests and microstructure, no effect on solidification range, refinement in grain size from 63 to 51 μm, centerline columnar grains disappearance, and decreased cooling rate from 113 to 89 °C/s. Moreover, in order to make direct comparison with literature, castings of controlled mixtures of alloys 6060 and 4043 were also investigated, thereby simulating weld metal composition under controlled cooling conditions. Castings showed a different trend than welds with small increases in silicon content (i.e. increase in 4043 filler dilution) resulting in huge effect on microstructure, no effect on liquidus temperature, drop in solidus temperature from 577°C to 509°C, increase in quantity of interdendritic constituent from 2% to 14%, and different phase formation. Binary β-Al5FeSi, Mg2Si, and Si phases are replaced with ternary β-Al5FeSi, π−Al8FeMg3Si6, and a low melting quaternary eutectic involving Mg2Si, π, and Si. Also, variation of the cooling conditions in castings revealed the existence of a critical cooling rate, above which the solidification path and microstructure undergo a major change. Cracking Model. Implementing the critical conditions for cracking into the Rappaz-Drezet-Gremaud (RDG) model revealed a pressure drop in the interdendritic liquid on the order of 10-1 atm, originating primarily from straining conditions. Since, according to literature, a minimum of 1,760 atm is required to fracture pure aluminum liquid (theoretical), this demonstrates that cavitation as a liquid fracture mechanism is not likely to occur, even when accounting for dissolved hydrogen gas. Instead, a porosity-based crack initiation model has been developed based upon pore stability criteria, assuming that gas pores expand from pre-existing nuclei. Crack initiation is taken to occur when stable pores form within the coherent dendrite region, critical to crack initiation being weld metal hydrogen content. Following initiation, a mass-balance approach developed by Braccini et al. (2000) revealed that crack growth is controlled by local strain rate conditions. Finally, a simplified strain partition model provides a link between critical strain rates measured across the weld and predicted at grain boundaries within the mushy zone. Although based on simplified assumptions, predicted and measured critical strain rate values are of the same order of magnitude. However, because of a longer mushy zone experienced at higher 4043 filler dilution related to a reduction in cooling rate, these models predict a lower weldability with increasing filler dilution, in contradiction with experimental observations. Combining the crack initiation and growth models suggests that hydrogen and strain rate, respectively, determine crack formation. An hypothetical hydrogen – strain rate map defines conceptually the conditions for cracking, suggesting better weldability at low weld metal hydrogen content. With the aid of the modified varestraint test (MVT) and a controlled hydrogen contamination system, results, presented in the form of ram speed – hydrogen map, revealed that hydrogen has little effect on crack growth, providing support to the proposed cracking models. However, a drop in weldability corresponding to the peak in weld metal hydrogen supersaturation suggests a different solidification cracking mechanism, where cavitation supports crack growth. T3 - BAM Dissertationsreihe - 40 KW - Aluminum Weldability KW - Crack Initiation-Growth KW - Mechanism Modeling KW - Critical Strain Rate-Dilution KW - Solidification Cracking PY - 2008 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-1183 SN - 978-3-9812354-3-2 SN - 1613-4249 VL - 40 SP - 1 EP - 208 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-118 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - THES A1 - Gröschl, Christian T1 - Examination of stress and strain in glass structures during pressure treatment using FEM simulation and experimental tests N2 - Glass is an amorphous material. When compared to steel, both its density and weight is three times lower. Its high theoretical strength makes it stand out as a premier material for a variety of applications. One such application is acting as a pressure resistant vessel for gas storage. Because glass has a high theoretical strength this makes it potentially suitable to withstand much higher pressures than steel or composite vessels. As a result of its brittle character, glass breaks when reaching a critical stress level. Therefore, the stress distribution during pressure load needs to be homogeneous without local stress peaks. At those peaks an initial crack will occur and the material will break. This PhD thesis is primarily concerned with the determination of the strength of several structures made of single hollow glass fibers during inner pressure treatment. Therefore, different kinds of hollow glass structures with varying parameters of shape and dimension were examined concerning their strength by determining the burst pressure. The burst pressure method was compared to the tensile test method, which poses the common test method for examining the strength of a material. The conclusion reached was that both test methods lead to comparable results and therefore, the burst pressure method poses an adequate tool for examining the strength of a hollow material against inner pressure. Another tool used in this thesis is the Finite Elements Method (FEM) simulation of internal stress and expansion of glass structures during pressure treatment. FEM was used to validate the burst pressure test results. A few selected material parameters needed to be incorporated, most notably the Young’s Modulus. Therefore, the expansion of single glass fibers was measured with light microscope during pressure load. Within the parameters of expansion, wall thickness and applied pressure, the Young’s Modulus was calculated with the Barlow’s Formula. According to the results, different two-dimensional models from single fibers to complex structures with up to 1000 single fibers were constructed and simulated with the CFD software Comsol Multiphysics. The expansion as well as the principal stress during pressure load was calculated. Different dimensions as well as different geometries of the glasses were considered to find a structure with the highest possible free volume and at the same time as less stress peaks as possible. This calculation was made in order to determine the best structure for gas storage. For this purpose the calculations were done with different dimensions of round single fibers right up to hexagonal structures consisting of more than one thousand round single fibers, which resulted in constant expansion of the structure. Furthermore, the problem of occurring interspaces between round single fibers, regarding their burst pressure-decreasing influence, was approached. Closing these interspaces with glass or other materials to avoid unsolicited pressure load led to increased strength of the structure and low storage capacities due to the increased weight and less free inner volume. The behavior of hexagonal fibers was determined as single fiber as well as in bundled condition. The walls between two hexagonal single fibers with applied inner pressure showed homogeneously distributed stress. Merely the outer walls without counter pressure showed high deformation and high structural stress. Based on that knowledge, several structures were modeled varying in different aspects. The fibers with hexagonal shape showed optimal stress distribution and high storage capacities because of high free inner volume, provided that these fibers are surrounded by additional fibers with identical inner pressure. Reducing the wall thickness for even higher free inner volume led to similar distribution but higher stress and expansion. To overcome the problem with the high stress at the outer fibers, the influence of outer fibers with different shape and dimension was simulated as well as the influence of solid glass fibers at the outer layer of the structure. The results showed that a structure with hexagonal thin-walled fibers should be surrounded by round fibers with higher wall thickness. This way the high stress peaks at the outer fibers are lowered. The examined practical strength of glass is about 100 to 1000 times lower than the theoretical strength. This is caused by defects, which may occur at the glass surface by handling or inside the material by defective production. Since the modeled results are based on the theoretical strength, the optimal wall thickness with a good compromise of strength and free inner volume needs to be found in practical tests. If further handling of the structures is necessary, an outer layer of solid fibers works as a protection layer against damages at the outer hollow glass fibers and increases the strength. Additionally, the influence of collapsing fibers inside a structure on the remaining system has been modeled as well as the influence of defects like holes or cracks at the surface or manufacturing induced defects inside the material. Any kind of defect leads to areas of high stress, whereby failure occurrence will be encouraged. In order to approve the theoretical results, the simulated structures were compared to the previously manufactured and tested ones. Due to the burst pressure test results, the tested structures showed low strength compared to the theoretical strength. This was primarily caused by the existence of defects in the material and on the surface of the glass structures. Therefore, the production process needs to be optimized in order to prevent such defects. Furthermore, an additional protection against outer influence like air humidity or the physical contact to other materials is required. KW - Glass structures KW - Hollow fibres KW - Stress and strain PY - 2016 SP - 1 EP - 252 PB - Universitätsbibliothek CY - Magdeburg AN - OPUS4-39257 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - THES A1 - Kromm, Arne T1 - Umwandlungsverhalten und Eigenspannungen beim Schweißen neuartiger LTT-Zusatzwerkstoffe N2 - Die Erkenntnis, dass die Phasenumwandlung bei der Schweißeigenspannungsentstehung hochfester Stähle eine bedeutende Rolle spielt, gibt es bereits seit langer Zeit. Bisher existierten jedoch keine Ansätze, diesen Effekt praktisch zur Schweißeigen- spannungskontrolle zu nutzen. Neuartige Low Transformation Temperature (LTT) Legierungen bieten aufgrund ihrer charakteristischen chemischen Zusammensetzung die Möglichkeit, hochfeste Stähle auf deren Festigkeitsniveau zu fügen. Die martensitische Phasenumwandlung soll zudem eine gezielte Einstellung der Schweißeigenspannungen erlauben. Die im Schrifttum vorliegenden Untersuchungen zu diesem Thema sind zwar zahlreich, bieten jedoch nur wenige Erkenntnisse zur Wechselwirkung zwischen der Phasenumwandlung und den resultierenden Schweißeigenspannungen. Zur Klärung dieser Fragestellung wurde basierend auf Literaturauswertungen eine Matrix von LTT-Legierungen verwirklicht, welche hinsichtlich des Gefüges, der mechanischen Eigenschaften und der Umwandlungstemperaturen charakterisiert wurden. Weiterhin konnten im Rahmen dieser Arbeit erstmals In-situ-Beugungsexperimente während des Schweißens unter Anwendung energiedispersiver Methoden realisiert werden. Die Neukonzeption und Verwirklichung einer Schweißvorrichtung speziell für den Einsatz an Synchrotronstrahllinien ermöglichte die bislang einzigartige In-situ-Analyse der Umwandlungsvorgänge während des Schweißens mit LTT-Legierungen. Im Zuge dieser Experimente konnte neben den im Schweißgut vorherrschenden Umwandlungstemperaturen zusätzlich die Umwandlungskinetik dieser Legierungen ermittelt werden. Die Auswirkungen des Umwandlungsverhaltens wurden anhand der Eigenspannungsverteilungen in der Oberfläche variierender Probengeometrien analysiert. Die Ergebnisse verdeutlichen einerseits, dass die mittels der LTT-Legierungen angestrebte Eigenspannungskontrolle tatsächlich möglich ist. Dies zeigt sich insbesondere dann, wenn eine weitgehend freie Schrumpfung der Naht vorliegt. Mit zunehmender Schrumpfbehinderung ergibt sich jedoch eine Verschiebung des Eigenspannungsniveaus in den Zugbereich. Dies ist bei den hier betrachteten Legierungen vornehmlich in Nahtquerrichtung ausgeprägt. Dagegen ist das Eigenspannungsniveau in Nahtlängsrichtung nahezu unabhängig von den Schrumpfbedingungen. Anhand von Eigenspannungstiefengradienten ließ sich feststellen, dass sich die zusätzliche Schrumpfbehinderung in einer Parallelverschiebung des Eigenspannungsniveaus im Schweißgut äußert. Die Anwendung energiedispersiver Beugungsmethoden erlaubte zudem erstmals die Eigenspannungsermittlung in der parallel zum Martensit vorliegenden austenitischen Phase der LTT-Legierungen. Ergebnisse, die unter Laborbedingungen gewonnen werden, bedürfen zumeist der Überprüfung unter realen Fertigungsbedingungen. Zu diesem Zweck wurde ein Bauteilschweißversuch in einer speziellen Großprüfanalage durchgeführt. Unter konstruktiver Schrumpfbehinderung gelang es, die lastabbauende Wirkung eines spezifischen LTT-Schweißzusatzes anhand einer ausgeprägten Spannungsreduktion während des Schweißens zu belegen. Insgesamt wurde der Nachweis erbracht, dass das Konzept der Low Transformation Temperature (LTT) Legierungen zielführend ist und die nachgewiesene Austenit-Martensitumwandlung einen signifikanten Effekt auf das Eigenspannungsniveau ausübt. N2 - It has long been recognized that phase transformation plays a prominent part in the Evolution of welding residual stresses in high-strength steel. But thus far, no approaches have been available to practically utilize this effect for welding residual stress control. Innovative Low Transformation Temperature (LTT) alloys featuring a characteristic chemical composition open up the possibility for joining high strength steels on their own strength level. Furthermore, martensitic phase transformation is supposed to permit deliberate adjustment of the welding residual stresses. Even though numerous investigations can be found in the literature on this issue, they provide only little insight into the interaction between Phase transformation and resulting welding residual stresses. In order to clarify the problem presented, a matrix of LTT alloys was defined based on evaluated literature. The alloys were characterized with respect to their microstructure, mechanical properties and transformation temperature. Furthermore, it was possible within the scope of this study to realize in-situ experiments during welding using energy-dispersive diffraction methods. The new design and implementation of a welding setup specifically for use at synchrotron beamlines enabled the in-situ diffraction analysis of Transformation processes. In the course of these experiments it could be managed to determine the Transformation temperatures prevailing in the LTT weld metal. In addition the Transformation kinetics of these alloys could be analyzed. The effects of the transformation behavior were analyzed based on the residual stress distributions at the surface of varying specimen geometries. The results illustrate on the one hand that the desired residual stress control by using LTT alloys is actually feasible. This is particularly found in cases with largely free shrinkage of the weld. With increasing shrinkage restraint, however, a shift of the residual stress level into the area of tension is seen to occur. This is observed for the considered alloys to be particularly pronounced in transverse direction of the weld. By contrast, the residual stress level in longitudinal weld direction is nearly independent of the shrinkage conditions. With the help of residual stress depth gradients it could be established that the additional shrinkage restraint manifests itself in a parallel shift of the residual stress level in the weld metal. Application of energy-dispersive diffraction methods additionally allowed it for the first time to determine residual stresses in the austenitic phase of the LTT alloy which is present parallel to martensite. Results gained under laboratory conditions mostly need to be verified under real fabrication conditions. For this purpose, a component weld test was performed in a special large-scale testing facility. Under structural shrinkage restraint, the load relieving effect of a specific LTT welding filler material could be proven by means of a pronounced stress reduction during welding. Overall, evidence was furnished that the concept of Low Transformation Temperature (LTT) alloys is successful and that the proven austenite-martensite transformation exerts a significant effect on the residual stress level. T3 - BAM Dissertationsreihe - 72 KW - residual stresses KW - Synchrotron diffraction KW - phase transformation KW - martensite KW - Eigenspannungen KW - LTT-Zusatzwerkstoff KW - Martensit KW - Phasenumwandlung KW - Synchrotronbeugung KW - LTT filler material PY - 2011 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-861 SN - 978-3-9813853-9-7 SN - 1613-4249 VL - 72 SP - 1 EP - 223 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-86 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - THES A1 - Mente, Tobias T1 - Numerische Simulation der wasserstoffunterstützten Rissbildung in austenitisch-ferritischen Duplexstählen N2 - In der Offshore-Industrie werden seit langer Zeit austenitisch-ferritische Duplexstähle eingesetzt, da sie im Vergleich zu herkömmlichen austenitischen hochlegierten Stählen bessere Festigkeitseigenschaften aufweisen und gegenüber rein ferritischen hochlegierten Stählen eine bessere Verformbarkeit bei gleichzeitig verbesserter Korrosionsbeständigkeit, auch in aggressiver Umgebung, bieten. Dennoch zeigt das Schrifttum, dass es trotz dieser guten Eigenschaften zum Versagen von Bauteilen kommen kann, bei dem Wasserstoff für die Schadensursache eine entscheidende Rolle spielt. Zur Klärung der Schädigungsmechanismen unter Einfluss von Wasserstoff kann die numerische Simulation einen entscheidenden Beitrag leisten, da sich experimentelle Ergebnisse besser deuten und zwischen Labortests bis hin zu Bauteilversuchen übertragen lassen. Bisher wurden jedoch meistens makroskopische numerische Betrachtungen zur wasserstoffunterstützten Werkstoffschädigung in Duplexstählen durchgeführt. Die Duplexstähle bestehen jedoch nahezu aus gleichen Teilen an austenitischer und ferritischer Phase, welche unterschiedliche mechanische Eigenschaften als auch Transporteigenschaften für Wasserstoff aufweisen. Zugleich bedingt dies eine unterschiedliche Empfindlichkeit für eine wasserstoffunterstützte Werkstoffschädigung. Daher bestand die Aufgabe dieser Arbeit in der Erstellung eines numerischen Mesomodells eines realen Duplexgefüges, mit dem die Abbildung des Wasserstofftransportverhaltens, der mechanischen Spannungen und Dehnungen sowie der Rissinitiierung und des Rissfortschrittes in den einzelnen Phasen möglich ist. Zudem werden moderne Röntgenbeugungsexperimente genutzt, um den Einfluss von Wasserstoff auf die phasenspezifischen mechanischen Eigenschaften zu bestimmen. Für den Transport von Wasserstoff konnte eine deutliche Abhängigkeit von der Orientierung der austenitischen und ferritischen Phase im Gefüge gezeigt werden, wobei der Wasserstofftransport vornehmlich über die ferritische Phase erfolgt und der Wasserstoff im Austenit stärker getrappt wird. Die numerische Analyse der mechanischen Spannungen und Dehnungen in den Phasen des Duplexstahls zeigte, dass bei einer makroskopisch elastischen Beanspruchung des Duplexgefüges bereits lokal in den Phasen plastische Verformungen auftreten können. Damit verbunden ist ein erhöhtes Risiko für eine wasserstoffunterstützte Werkstoffschädigung bereits im makroskopisch elastischen Bereich, wenn ausreichend hohe Wasserstoffkonzentrationen im Duplexgefüge vorliegen. Die Ergebnisse der numerischen Simulation entsprechen den experimentellen Beobachtungen zum Wasserstofftransport und den lokalen Beanspruchungen in realen Duplexgefügen. Das Modell erlaubt somit die Identifikation risskritischer Bereiche und kritischer Kombinationen von Wasserstoffkonzentration und lokaler Beanspruchung im Duplexgefüge. Die Ergebnisse der simulierten wasserstoffunterstützten Werkstofftrennung stimmen mit experimentellen Beobachtungen zugehöriger Bruchtopographien überein. Insgesamt wird erstmalig eine numerische Simulation der wasserstoffunterstützten Werkstoffschädigung im Duplexstahl, unter Berücksichtigung der lokalen Beanspruchung und Wasserstoffverteilung in den spezifischen Phasen (Austenit / δ-Ferrit), durchgeführt. Die Ergebnisse korrelieren mit experimentellen Beobachtungen und erlauben somit ein besseres Verständnis für die Mechanismen der wasserstoffunterstützten Werkstoffschädigung in Duplexstählen. Die Simulationen unterstützen die Deutung experimenteller Ergebnisse und ermöglichen die Übertragbarkeit auf reale Bauteile. N2 - Duplex stainless steels have been used for a long time in the offshore industry, since they have higher strength than conventional austenitic stainless steels and they exhibit a better ductility as well as an improved corrosion resistance in harsh environments compared to ferritic stainless steels. However, despite these good properties the literature shows some failure cases of duplex stainless steels in which hydrogen plays a crucial role for the cause of the damage. Numerical simulations can give a significant contribution in clarifying the damage mechanisms. Because they help to interpret experimental results as well as help to transfer results from laboratory tests to component tests and vice versa. So far, most numerical simulations of hydrogen-assisted material damage in duplex stainless steels were performed at the macroscopic scale. However, duplex stainless steels consist of approximately equal portions of austenite and δ-ferrite. Both phases have different mechanical properties as well as hydrogen transport properties. Thus, the sensitivity for hydrogen-assisted damage is different in both phases, too. Therefore, the objective of this research was to develop a numerical model of a duplex stainless steel microstructure enabling simulation of hydrogen transport, mechanical stresses and strains as well as crack initiation and propagation in both phases. Additionally, modern x-ray diffraction experiments were used in order to evaluate the influence of hydrogen on the phase specific mechanical properties. For the numerical simulation of the hydrogen transport it was shown, that hydrogen Diffusion strongly depends on the alignment of austenite and δ-ferrite in the Duplex stainless steel microstructure. Also, it was proven that the hydrogen transport is mainly realized by the ferritic phase and hydrogen is trapped in the austenitic phase. The numerical analysis of phase specific mechanical stresses and strains revealed that if the duplex stainless steel is macroscopically loaded in the elastic range local plastic deformation occurs in both Austenite and δ-ferrite phase. Thus, there will be an increasing risk for hydrogen-assisted damage already in the macroscopic elastic range, if sufficiently high hydrogen concentrations are present in the microstructure. The results of the numerical simulations correlate well with experimental observations of the hydrogen transport and local stresses and strains in the duplex stainless steel microstructure. Therefore, the model allows identification of crack critical areas as well as crack critical combinations of local hydrogen concentration and local phase specific mechanical load. The results of the numerical fracture analyses agrees well with experimental observations on hydrogen-assisted cracking in duplex stainless steel with corresponding fracture topographies. Altogether, hydrogen-assisted material damage at the mesoscale level was simulated for the first time taking into account the local stresses and strains as well as the hydrogen distribution in the specific phases (austenite / δ-ferrite) of the duplex stainless steels. The results correlate well with experimental observations and thus allow a better insight in the mechanism of hydrogen-assisted material damage. The numerical simulations support the interpretation of experimental results and allow transferring results of laboratory tests to real components. T3 - BAM Dissertationsreihe - 129 KW - Duplexstahl KW - Numerische Simulation KW - Finite-Elemente-Methode KW - wasserstoffunterstützte Rissbildung PY - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-5006 SN - 978-3-9816668-9-2 VL - 129 SP - 1 EP - 225 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-500 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - THES A1 - Meyer, Ronald T1 - The Pressure Resistance of hollow Glass Fibers at internal Pressure Load N2 - Glass has different outstanding material-specific properties which offer theoretically the application of thin-walled hollow fibers in the field of high pressure gas storage. Especially the storage of hydrogen as renewable and environmental friendly energy carrier is possible. Glass is an amorphous material which is characterized by a theoretical tensile strength much higher than this of other materials. However, in practice the tensile strength is decreased significantly by defects on the glass surface or in the material and its network structure. As part of this thesis the burst pressures of hollow glass fibers were determined. The burst pressure correlates very well with the tensile strength of hollow glass fibers. By using the Weibull statistic the results of different test series were evaluated in respect to failure probabilities and compared to each other. Thereby the influence of various parameters on the pressure resistance was investigated. Beside the influence of the chemical composition of the material the aging by environmental and their effect on the pressure resistance was investigated. Additionally hollow glass fibers were loaded dynamically and statically with different gases. Afterwards the burst pressure was determined and the effect of used gas on the pressure resistance could be determined as well as the impact of method and duration of loading. A further influence of the dimension of hollow glass fibers on their resistance against inner pressure load is the ratio between wall thickness and inner diameter which was investigated as well as the combination of different glasses and the utilization of their disparate coefficient of thermal expansion which lead to prestressing of the hollow glass fiber. Finally, the impact of the variation of several production parameters on the pressure resistance was determined experimentally as like as the influence of surface coatings. These shall protect the glass surface from subsequently procured defects and, hence, increase the pressure resistance. As essential part of current thesis the defect analysis of test samples of various series was done whereby the differentiation between material and production dependent defects was important. Not only a light microscope but a scanning electron microscope was used for the investigation, as well. Beside volume defects like bubbles or inclusions surface defects in the form of scratches or spalling can be detected and observed. A calculation of the failure-causing defect size from measured burst pressure is possible. Dependent on the dimension and determined burst pressure value of each single fiber defect sizes of less than one micron were calculated. Particularly the geometry of the test samples inappropriate for many examination methods and the fact that the calculated defect size occurs only under loaded conditions at actual burst pressure the local detection of corresponding defect rendered impossible. In the end, the present thesis shows the pressure resistance of hollow glass fibers and their potential to store safely gases under high pressure. N2 - Glas besitzt einige herausragende materialspezifische Eigenschaften, die theoretisch den Einsatz von dünnwandigen Hohlfasern zur Hochdruckspeicherung von Gasen zulassen. Besonders die Speicherung von Wasserstoff als regenerativer Energieträger ist denkbar. Glas ist ein amorphes Material, welches sich durch eine theoretische Zugfestigkeit auszeichnet, die mehrfach höher ist als anderer Materialien. Jedoch wird die Zugfestigkeit in der Praxis durch Defekte auf der Glasoberfläche oder im Material und dessen Netzwerk deutlich herabgesetzt. In dieser Arbeit wurde der Berstdruck von hohlen Glasfasern ermittelt, wobei der Berstdruck sehr gut mit der Zugfestigkeit von Gläsern korreliert. Unter Verwendung der Weibull Statistik wurden die Ergebnisse der verschiedenen Versuchsreihen hinsichtlich möglicher Ausfallwahrscheinlichkeiten ausgewertet und miteinander verglichen. Der Einfluss verschiedener Parameter wurde untersucht. Neben der chemischen Materialzusammensetzung wurde auch die Alterung durch Umwelteinflüsse und deren Wirkung auf die Druckfestigkeit gegen innere Belastung untersucht. Zusätzlich wurden die Hohlglasfasern unter Verwendung verschiedener Prüfgase zyklisch und statisch vor der Berstdruckbestimmung belastet, um die Wirkung des verwendeten Gases als auch der Art und Dauer der Belastung auf das Material zu bestimmen. Ein weiterer Einfluss auf die Druckfestigkeit von Hohlglasfasern ist das Wandstärken-Innendurchmesser-Verhältnis, welcher ebenso untersucht wurde wie die Kombination verschiedener Gläser mit unterschiedlichen thermischen Ausdehnungskoeffizienten, die zu Vorspannungen in den Glasfasern führen. Abschließend wurde die Auswirkung von Variationen verschiedener Produktionsparameter auf die Druckresistenz ebenso experimentell bestimmt wie der Einfluss von Beschichtungen, die die Glasoberflächen vor nachträglich beigebrachten Defekten schützen und die Druckfestigkeit bei innerer Belastung erhöhen sollen. Wichtiger Bestandteil der Arbeit ist die Defektanalyse von Prüfmustern einzelner Testreihen. Es muss zwischen material- und produktionsbedingten Defekten unterschieden werden. Neben der Untersuchung von Hohlglasfasern mittels Lichtmikroskop wurde auch ein Rasterelektronenmikroskop verwendet. Sowohl Volumendefekte, wie Blasen und Steinchen, als auch Oberflächendefekte, in Form von Kratzern oder Ablagerungen, konnten als produktionsbedingte Defekte beobachtet werden. Materialbedingte Fehler wie Fehlstellen im Netzwerk konnten mit den verwendeten Untersuchungsmöglichkeiten nicht ermittelt werden. Aus den ermittelten Berstdücken von Hohlglasfasern lassen sich die zum Versagen führenden Defektgrößen errechnen. Abhängig von Dimension der Faser und erreichtem Berstdruck ergeben sich Defektgrößen kleiner als ein Mikrometer. Insbesondere durch die für viele Untersuchungsmethoden ungünstige Geometrie der Prüfmuster sowie die Tatsache, dass die errechneten Defektgrößen nur unter Spannung beim vorliegenden Berstdruck auftreten, war eine örtliche Bestimmung des entsprechenden Defekts bzw. die Zuordnung zu ermittelten Defekten nicht möglich. Letztlich zeigt die vorliegende Arbeit, dass Hohlglasfasern unter bestimmten Voraussetzungen die erforderliche Druckfestigkeit aufweisen, um Gase unter Druck sicher speichern zu können. KW - Wasserstoffspeicherung KW - Glaskapillaren KW - Festigkeiten KW - Defekte KW - Einflussparameter PY - 2015 SP - 1 EP - 237 PB - Otto-von-Guericke-Universität CY - Magdeburg AN - OPUS4-37075 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - THES A1 - Seeger, Dirk M. T1 - Wasserstoffaufnahme und -diffusion in Schweißnahtgefügen hochfester Stähle N2 - Die im Rahmen dieser Arbeit vornehmlich untersuchten supermartensitischen Stähle werden im Offshore-Bereich als geschweißte Flowlines eingesetzt. Diese Stähle sollen nach dem Prinzip „Fitness for Purpose“ bisher verwendete höher legierte Werkstoffe ersetzen. Die neuen Stähle sind aufgrund ihrer Korrosionsbeständigkeit und Festigkeit sehr gut für das beabsichtigte Einsatzgebiet geeignet. Im Sour Service besteht jedoch die Gefahr der Wasserstoffaufnahme mit nachfolgender Rissbildung. Zur Beurteilung der Risssicherheit der Schweißverbindungen sowie des unbeeinflussten Werkstoffes im Anlieferungszustand werden Wasserstofftransportdaten benötigt. Diese werden im Rahmen dieser Arbeit mittels Permeationsexperimenten an Stahlmembranen unter realistischen Einsatzbedingungen quantifiziert, so dass die Ergebnisse in computergestützte Lebensdauerberechnungen Eingang finden können. Die Untersuchungen zeigten, dass der Diffusionskoeffizient des jeweiligen Werkstoffs bzw. Gefüges nicht von der chemischen Zusammensetzung der Prüflösung abhängt. Die Subsurface-Konzentration, das ist die in die Werkstoffe eintretende Wasserstoff- konzentration, hängt dagegen vom pH-Wert, von der Schwefelwasserstoffsättigung und von der Zusammensetzung der Prüflösung ab. Die Abhängigkeit der Subsurface-Konzentration von der chemischen Zusammensetzung der Prüflösung wird zudem entscheidend durch die Chloridionenkonzentration bestimmt. Darüber hinaus wurde festgestellt, dass die chemische Zusammensetzung supermartensitischer Stähle das Permeationsverhalten erheblich beeinflusst. Beim Vergleich des Permeationsverhaltens von wärmebehandelten Proben mit Proben realer Schweißnahtgefüge ergaben sich Differenzen in Höhe einer Größenordnung. Das bedeutet letztlich, dass das Permeationsverhalten von Wasserstoff in solchen Schweiß- verbindungen für jeden Fall, abhängig von der chemischen Zusammensetzung und Temperaturführung, separat zu untersuchen ist. Zusätzlich wurde die Wasserstoffdiffusion und -aufnahme in Schweißnahtgefügen höchstfester Feinkornbaustähle untersucht. Die Ergebnisse zeigten, dass diese Werkstoffe schon bei geringfügig abgesenkten pH-Werten, wie sie in Spalten oder Rissen aufgrund von Hydrolyse vorherrschen können, Wasserstoff aufnahmen. Die Subsurface-Konzentration war wiederum von der chemischen Zusammensetzung der Prüfelektrolytlösung abhängig. Generell waren die Diffusionskoeffizienten und die Subsurface-Konzentrationen stark vom Gefüge abhängig. Der Vergleich der Resultate der höchstfesten Feinkornbaustähle S 1100 und S 890 zeigte, dass die Wasserstoffpermeation bei diesen Werkstofftypen weniger große Unterschiede aufwies als bei den supermartensitischen Stählen. N2 - The mainly investigated supermartensitic stainless steels are experiencing first applications in the offshore technology as welded flowlines. These materials are intended to replace higher alloyed steels following the principle „Fitness for Purpose“. These new types of steels are very suitable for those applications, because of their corrosion resistance and of their strength. But specially for the use under sour service conditions there exists the risk of hydrogen uptake with subsequent cracking. To evaluate the cracking resistance of the welds as well as of the unaffected material in the as-delivered condition, it is necessary to determine hydrogen transport data. Within the scope of this research project, such data are quantified in permeation experiments carried out on steel membranes under realistic application conditions. This procedure allows it to use the results in computer-assisted lifetime calculations. It was found that the diffusion coefficients of the respective materials and structures do not depend on the chemical composition of the electrolytic solution. By contrast, the subsurface concentration, i. e. the hydrogen concentration infiltrating into materials, depends on the pH value, on the H2S-saturation and on the composition of the electrolytic solution. The concentration of chloride ions was found to be the strongest factor of influence for the dependence of the subsurface concentration on the chemical composition of the electrolytic solution. In addition, a major influence of the chemical composition of supermartensitic steels on the permeation behavior has been established. The comparison of the permeation behaviour between heat treated specimens and specimens with realistic weld microstructure revealed that especially the diffusion coefficients of the heat treated specimens increased by about ten times. This means that the hydrogen permeation behaviour in such joints must be determined separately in each individual case depending on chemical composition and on the heat control. Additionally, the hydrogen diffusion and uptake in welded microstructures of ultra-high strength fine-grained structural steels was examined. The respective results showed that hydrogen uptake took place by a slight decrease of the pH value. Such decrease could be caused by hydrolysis, e. g. in crevices. The subsurface concentration was also dependent on the chemical composition of the electrolyte. A generally strong dependency of the diffusion coefficient and the subsurface concentration on the microstructure was found. A comparison of the results of both investigated steels S 1100 and S 890 showed that the hydrogen permeation in these materials does not differ as much as in the supermartensitic stainless steels. T3 - BAM Dissertationsreihe - 5 KW - Wasserstoffaufnahme und -diffusion KW - Schweißnahtgefügen hochfester Stähle PY - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-1535 SN - 978-3-86509-271-3 SN - 1613-4249 VL - 5 SP - 1 EP - 144 PB - Wirtschaftsverlag NW CY - Bremerhaven AN - OPUS4-153 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - THES A1 - Sobol, Oded T1 - Hydrogen assisted cracking and transport studied by ToF-SIMS and data fusion with HR-SEM N2 - For almost 150 years it is known that hydrogen has a deleterious effect on the mechanical properties of metallic components. Nowadays, the problem of hydrogen assisted degradation is highly relevant in energy related fields due to the massive use of steel as a structural component in these applications and its sensitivity to hydrogen. Since the discovery of hydrogen assisted cracking (HAC), researchers studied intensively and suggested possible explanations and mechanisms in order to define how hydrogen is affecting the material. In general, it is considered that hydrogen changes the mechanical properties more in terms of ductility (deformation capacities) than in strength (load capacities). Hydrogen concentration is one of three crucial factors in the degradation process, together with the microstructure of the material and the internal/external mechanical load. The relatively high concentration of hydrogen resulting in this loss of ductility can originate during production or before service (e.g. welding processes) and during service (i.e. catholically protected systems to eliminate corrosion processes in sour environments). In parallel to the theoretical work, tremendous efforts were, and are still, invested in searching for a proper method to elucidate, map and quantify the hydrogen in the microstructure, which is the basis for this work. For steels, the focus is mainly on the observations of diffusion processes and the interaction of hydrogen with the microstructure in regions with high local stresses/strains (for example around evolving cracks). The challenge for reaching this goal arises from the fact that accurate indication of hydrogen by means of position, unlike heavier atoms, can be made only by mass spectrometry or by interaction with another element (e.g. silver decoration, special coating and resonant nuclear reaction by nitrogen). In addition to this, the difficulty recording the hydrogen behavior while it rapidly diffuses through the material, leaving only the unpredicted failure, should be taken into account. Although using powerful characterization methods, models and computational simulations, the key to defining the mechanisms behind HAC is still under debate and not fully understood. The relationship between material and hydrogen is determined by three factors, i.e., the material structure and microstructure – determining the physical properties, the mechanical load applied on the material and the hydrogen concentration. It is well known that in order to have a complete definition of HAC these three factors must be examined locally with the minimal scale and the maximal resolution reachable. The major gap is the lack in such a characterization method or a technique by which one has the ability to detect and observe the hydrogen in the metallic microstructure. The commonly used techniques nowadays are capable of characterization of the microstructure without the ability to observe the hydrogen distribution. Global hydrogen concentration and localized hydrogen observation are possible by some techniques which are incapable of indicating a change in the structure or microstructure therefore a comprehensive overview can be gained only by combining several methods. In the presented research, secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) was adopted as the main tool to detect and locally map the hydrogen distribution in two types of duplex stainless steel grades: EN 1.4462 (standard 2205 duplex stainless steel) and EN 1.4162 (2101 lean duplex stainless steel). The term duplex stainless steel (DSS) refers to the austenitic-ferritic microstructure of the steel where the combination of physical and mechanical properties of the two phases is achieved. The DSS was selected as a case study for this work due to the wide use of this grade in many energy and the lack of knowledge on hydrogen behavior in two-phase containing microstructures. ToFSIMS was exploited in-situ and ex-situ in three experimental approaches during or following an electrochemical charging procedure. This type of hydrogen charging was selected as it simulated a procedure of cathodic protection of most sub-water oil and gas extraction and delivery systems. The experimental procedures were: 1. Ex-situ charging followed by ToF-SIMS imaging for basic understanding of hydrogen distribution. 2. Ex-situ charging followed by in-situ mechanical loading to obtain information on hydrogen behavior around a propagating crack. 3. In-situ permeation of hydrogen through a steel membrane inside the ToF-SIMS to obtain information on diffusion behavior of hydrogen in a two-phase microstructure. The comprehensive view of the effect of hydrogen on steel was gained by using supplementary methods, such as high resolution scanning electron microscopy (HR-SEM), focused ion beam (FIB) and electron back-scattered diffraction (EBSD). The state of the art in this work lies in applying both: in-situ experimental approaches and data treatment of the ToF-SIMS raw data. The data treatment includes the combination of data from several sources (data fusion). The results for the ex-situ charging followed by static sample imaging and data fusion showed that when the analyzed surface is directly exposed to the electrolyte the degradation is pronounced differently in the ferrite, austenite and interface. The degradation mechanisms in the ferrite and austenite were reflected by the formation of cracks on the surface of both, where a high concentration of hydrogen was obtained. This result supports the assumption that hydrogen is attracted to highly deformed regions. The advantage of using in-situ charging/permeation in comparison to ex-situ charging is that the effect of hydrogen on the ferrite and austenite phases when the hydrogen is evolving from within the microstructure is realized, in comparison to when the analyzed surface is initially exposed directly to the electrolyte. In both experiments the ferrite was observed as a fast diffusion path for the hydrogen. The faster diffusion of hydrogen through the ferrite is expected due to the higher diffusion coefficient, however, a direct proof for the diffusion sequence in this scale was never shown. Most significant results were achieved by the ‘core’ experiments of this research. These experiments included the design of a novel dynamic mechanical loading device to apply an external load during SIMS imaging of a hydrogen precharged-notched sample. For the first time it was shown that plastic deformation induced by applying a mechanical load is resulting in a redistribution of hydrogen locally around the notch. T3 - BAM Dissertationsreihe - 160 KW - Duplex stainless steels KW - Hydrogen assisted cracking KW - Time-of-Flight secondary ion mass spectrometry KW - Data fusion PY - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-447331 SN - 1613-4249 VL - 160 SP - I EP - 180 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-44733 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - THES A1 - Stelling, Karen T1 - Laserstrahl-Plasma-Hybridschweißen austenitischer Stähle N2 - Als eine neue Verfahrensvariante unter den Laserstrahl-Lichtbogen- Hybridschweißverfahren wird das Laserstrahl-Plasma-Hybridschweißen für die Werkstoffgruppe der austenitischen Stähle entwickelt. Neben der Entwicklung eines Hybridschweißkopfes, der für die Kopplung von Plasmalichtbogen und Laserstrahl in einer gemeinsamen Prozesszone ausgelegt ist, liegt ein Schwerpunkt auf der Ermittlung des Einflusses wichtiger Schweißparameter auf das Schweißergebnis und fertigungsrelevanter Kenngrößen wie der erzielbaren Spaltüberbrückbarkeit. Unter Einsatz eines pulverförmigen Zusatzwerkstoffes, der über den Plasmabrenner in die Prozesszone überführt wird, werden dazu Schweißnähte am Stumpfstoß sowie im Überlappstoß angefertigt. Aufbauend auf Ergebnissen aus Schweißversuchen wird ein Modell erstellt, das zu einem besseren Verständnis der Vorgänge im gemeinsamen Schmelzbad von Plasmalichtbogen- und Laserstrahlprozess beitragen soll, indem es die Auswirkung einzelner Schweißparameter auf das Schweißergebnis, wie zum Beispiel die Porenbildung, und somit indirekt die im Schmelzbad wirkenden Kräfte qualitativ einbezieht. Als Basis für die Erstellung des Modells dienen röntgenographische Aufnahmen, metallographische Untersuchungen als auch Hochgeschwindigkeits- aufnahmen des Hybridschweißprozesses. Weiterhin bilden metallurgische Aspekte bzw. die sich einstellenden Erstarrungsgefüge dieser Stähle einen weiteren Untersuchungsschwerpunkt in dieser Arbeit. Die im Schweißgut der Hybridnähte vorliegenden Erstarrungsmodi werden ermittelt und unterschiedliche prozessrelevante Einflüsse auf das Gefüge identifiziert. Darüber hinaus werden der Ferritgehalt sowie die Härte in den unterschiedlichen Zonen des Schweißnahtgefüges bestimmt. Mit der vorliegenden Arbeit liegen Ergebnisse vor, die zur effizienteren Gestaltung von Schweißprozessen im Blechdickenbereich von 5 mm bis 8 mm beitragen können und gleichzeitig auf werkstoffspezifische Besonderheiten der austenitischen Stähle beim Laserstrahl-Plasma-Hybridschweißen mit einem pulverförmigem Zusatzwerkstoff hinweisen. N2 - The laser plasma hybrid welding process – as a novel type of laser-arc combination – is developed for welding fabrication of austenitic stainless steels. The design of a hybrid welding torch and the evaluation of the influence of important welding parameters on the weld constitute two major aspects of this work. Butt joints and overlap welds are fabricated in order to gain data, which are relevant to welding fabrication such as gap bridging ability. Metal powder is used as filler material, which is transferred to the process zone via the plasma torch. With the intention to get a better understanding of the interactions of plasma arc and laser beam process in the common welding zone, a model is developed that is based on the results of the welding experiments. This model takes into account the effects of individual welding parameters on process behaviour such as pore formation and, thus, indirectly implies the various forces on the molten pool. The model was derived from radiographic and metallographic examination of the welds as well as from observation of the hybrid welding process using a high speed camera. Additionally, metallurgical aspects or rather the solidification structures of the austenitic stainless steel welds represent another main focus of this research work. The solidification modes are identified and various process relevant influences are established. Moreover, the ferrite Content and the hardness of the different zones of the weld are measured. This work provides results that may contribute to increase the efficiency of welding processes in the plate thickness range of 5 mm to 8 mm. In addition, material-specific features of the austenitic steels during laser plasma hybrid welding with a metal powder as filler material are indicated. T3 - BAM Dissertationsreihe - 39 KW - Laserstrahl-Plasma-Hybridschweißen KW - austenitische Stähle KW - Hybridschweißprozess KW - Hybridschweißkopf KW - Erstarrung PY - 2008 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-1195 SN - 978-3-9812354-2-5 SN - 1613-4249 VL - 39 SP - 1 EP - 151 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-119 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - THES A1 - Viyanit, Ekkarut T1 - Numerical Simulation of Hydrogen Assisted Cracking in Supermartensitic Stainless Steel Welds N2 - Replacement of expensive duplex stainless steel and conventional carbon steel by a new generation of supermartensitic stainless steel has been taken into account since the last decade corresponding to the "Fitness for Purpose" concept in order to meet the technical- economical challenge for transportation flowlines of unprocessed oil and gas products in offshore technology, in particular. Supermartensitic stainless steels can provide appropriate material properties such as: improved strength-to-weight ratio, enhanced useful corrosion resistance as well as application at relatively low cost. With decreased carbon content and increased molybdenum content compared to traditional martensitic stainless steel, hydrogen assisted stress corrosion cracking (HASCC) problems have been found during service caused by hydrogen being taken up during from sour service environments by cathodic protection. Hydrogen assisted cold cracking in supermartensitic stainless steel can also occur during fabrication welding with hydrogen picked up during welding, since this steel is relatively crack-susceptible by hydrogen. Therefore, effects of hydrogen assisted cracking (HAC), i.e. HASCC and HACC, on characteristic susceptibility of girth welds of supermartensitic stainless steel pipelines are studied in the present thesis by numerical modelling, which is developed using a available commercial finite element program. Firstly, numerical modelling for simulation of HASCC based on the NACE-TM 0177-96 approach is carried out for providing a basic understanding of the crack propagation behaviour. Secondly, a two dimensional finite element according to the gauge length cross-section of the orbitally welded pipeline is created for numerical modelling in order to calculate the time to failure of welded the component exposed to the NACE electrolyte solution with various H2S saturation. Externally applied loads of a series of constant strain rates and of the load history of full scale testing are also taken into account. Finally, numerical modelling is carried out under three specific aspects, i.e. thermal analysis, structural analysis, and hydrogen diffusion analysis, in order to simulate HACC in supermartensitic stainless steel pipelines welded orbitally by four layers of matching filler wires with an interpass temperature of 40°C. T3 - BAM Dissertationsreihe - 4 KW - numerical modelling KW - supermartensitic stainless steel KW - girth welds KW - pipeline KW - hydrogen assisted cracking (HAC) KW - hydrogen assisted stress corrosion cracking (HASCC), KW - hydrogen subsurface concentration KW - full scale test KW - post weld heat treatment (PWHT) KW - hydrogen diffusion coefficient PY - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-1542 SN - 978-3-86509-270-5 SN - 1613-4249 VL - 4 SP - 1 EP - 228 PB - Wirtschaftsverlag NW CY - Bremerhaven AN - OPUS4-154 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - THES A1 - Wolf, Martin T1 - Zur Phänomenologie der Heißrissbildung beim Schweißen und Entwicklung aussagekräftiger Prüfverfahren N2 - Zur Ermittlung der Heißrissresistenz beim Schweißen metallischer Werkstoffe können Heißrisstests eingesetzt werden. Obwohl bislang zahlreiche Heißrisstestverfahren entwickelt wurden, kann eine unerwartete Heißrissbildung während der Durchführung von Bauteilschweißungen oftmals nicht verhindert werden. Dies ist einerseits darauf zurückzuführen, dass sich die Bedingungen im Heißrisstest von den thermomechanischen Beanspruchungen einer Bauteilschweißung zu sehr unterscheiden. Andererseits erfolgt die Auswertung der meisten Heißrissversuche mit Hilfe empirischer Parameter, mit denen die eigentlichen Mechanismen der Heißrissentstehung jedoch nur unzureichend quantifiziert werden können. Ein wesentliches Ziel war es daher, aussagekräftige Methoden zur Quantifizierung des Heißrissverhaltens beim Schweißen zu entwickeln und damit einen Beitrag zur Erhöhung der Heißrisssicherheit geschweißter Bauteile zu leisten. N2 - For determining the hot cracking resistance of materials during welding of metallic materials it is possible to employ hot cracking tests. Despite numerous hot cracking tests have been developed till now, unexpected hot cracking during welding cannot always be avoided. This is on the one hand ascribed to the fact that the conditions prevalent in hot cracking testing differ too strongly from the thermomechanical loads imposed during component welding. On the other hand, evaluation of most hot cracking tests is carried out using empiric parameters which, however, fall short of adequate quantification of the actual hot cracking mechanism. A key aim of this study was therefore to develop convincing methods for quantifying the hot cracking behaviour during welding, and thus to make a contribution towards improving the hot cracking resistance of welded components. As a prerequisite, the Modified Varestraint Transvarestraint-Test (MVT-Test) was first upgraded with a view to varying the specimen loading rate over a very wide range up to quasi-instantaneous loading. As test material, Alloy 602 CA was chosen which exhibits a pronounced dependence of hot cracking resistance on the respective shielding gas. With the use of Ar 4.8 and Ar + 1% N2 as shielding gases, hot crack-critical as well as hot crack-uncritical material behaviour could be investigated. For further elucidation of the solidification cracking mechanism, a combined model was first developed which can be used to demonstrate that the solidification crack-critical limiting temperature TER and the solidification crack-critical strain rate (dε/dt)krit are largely independent of each other and must be determined using various test concepts. Numerical temperature calculations with first implementation of the reproduced real weld pool geometries helped to determine the solidification crack-critical limiting temperature for Alloy 602 CA as a function of different welding parameters and of the investigated shielding gases. It is demonstrated that the solidification crack-critical limiting temperature rises significantly with the use of Ar + 1% N2. In addition to this, the solidification crack-critical limiting temperature is significantly dependent on the applied welding parameters. The MVTTest was also used to conduct experiments with variable specimen loading rate in both the Varestraint and the Transvarestraint mode. Various hot cracking parameters determined in these experiments were evaluated quantitatively. With regard to exclusively qualitative determination of the hot cracking resistance of materials it was found that the measurable differences are more distinct in the Varestraint mode than in the Transvarestraint mode. For hot cracking test transferability investigations, the very critical specimen loading rates at which solidification cracking does not occur yet, were experimentally determined in MVTTests. Using the obtained results in conjunction with thermomechanical simulations, the local critical strain rates in the immediate vicinity of the weld pool were calculated. It is shown that the local critical strains and strain rates constitute a crack criterion for the transferability to the newly developed Controlled Tensile Weldability Test (CTW-Test). Keywords: Solidification cracking, liquation cracking, global strain, local strain, transferability, Modified Varestraint Transvarestraint Test, weld pool geometry, hot cracking parameter, Controlled Tensile Weldability Test, Alloy 602 CA. T3 - BAM Dissertationsreihe - 19 KW - Phänomenologie Heißrissbildung KW - Schweißen und Entwicklung aussagekräftiger Prüfverfahren PY - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-1395 SN - 978-3-86509-599-2 SN - 1613-4249 VL - 19 SP - 1 EP - 218 PB - Wirtschaftsverlag NW CY - Bremerhaven AN - OPUS4-139 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - THES A1 - Wongpanya, Pornwasa T1 - Effects of Heat Treatment Procedures on the Cold Cracking Behaviour of High N2 - Most of the research on Hydrogen Assisted Cold Cracking (HACC) in high strength steel welds conducted over the last several decades has focused on single-pass welds, especially considering materials with yield strengths of about 700 MPa. Most of the weld procedure specifications, guidelines and standards targeted at HACC avoidance recommend preheating procedures. Application of such regulations to multi-pass welds of modern high strength structural steels with yield strengths of up to 1300 MPa is very limited. Actually there is no decent knowledge and only an empirical experience how to weld such joints in real components subjected to a respective shrinkage restraint. Consequently, an increasing number of failure cases, partly of catastrophic dimensions, have been reported in the present decade. The present contribution is targeted to close this knowledge gap by elucidating the principal effects of various inhomogeneous Hydrogen Removal Heat Treatment (HRHT) procedures on the HACC avoidance in high strength structural steel welds. As a typical representative in the upper yield strength range of this category of materials, a S 1100 QL weld using UNION X96 filler wire has been chosen. The results were achieved by indirectly coupled thermal, structural and hydrogen diffusion finite element modeling of HACC in single-layer and five-layer welded V-bevelled butt joints with plate thicknesses of 20.0 mm and 12.0 mm, respectively, at realistic restraint conditions and have been partly been confirmed by respective Instrumented Restraint Cracking (IRC) Tests. The numerical simulations are based on the interacting three local effects on HACC, i.e. local microstructure, local mechanical load and local hydrogen concentration. HACC has thus been regarded as a cracking phenomenon occurring, if the local mechanical load in a specific microstructure exceeds the limit for the respective hydrogen concentration. The various heat treatments proposed in literature, guidelines, specifications and standards, i.e. sole preheating, controlled interpass temperature, combined preheating and controlled interpass temperature application as well as postheating have been investigated with respect to their effects on the mechanical loading of the butt joints in terms of stresses and strains as well as on the hydrogen removal capabilities. As a particular item, a numerical model for Hydrogen Assisted Stress Corrosion Cracking (HASCC) has been developed further that it can be applied to HACC, in order to study, how such heat treatments influence crack initiation and propagation. By such modeling procedures as the most important results have been achieved: I. Further development and adaptation of a model for hydrogen assisted cracking to HACC and usage validation of the model for this material. II. Evaluation of the effects of pre- and postheating as well as interpass temperature on the stress-strain distribution in multi-pass welds. III. Clarification of the difference between single- and multi-pass welding with respect to stress-strain and hydrogen distribution as well as to HACC initiation and propagation. IV. Establishment of practical hydrogen removal heat treatment diagrams. V. Assessment of the effects of the amount of hydrogen picked up during welding on crack location and propagation. T3 - BAM Dissertationsreihe - 36 KW - High strength steel KW - numerical simulation KW - IRC test KW - hydrogen assisted cold cracking KW - crack Avoidance PY - 2008 SN - 978-3-9812072-7-9 SN - 1613-4249 VL - 36 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-122 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - THES A1 - Zimmer, Peter T1 - Zur Bewertung der Kaltrisssicherheit von Schweißverbindungen aus hochfesten Feinkornbaustählen N2 - Während sich durch den Einsatz niedriglegierter hochfester schweißgeeigneter Feinkornbaustähle mit Streckgrenzen über 690 MPa in vielen Bereichen der stahlverarbeitenden Industrie einerseits ökonomische Vorteile ergeben, stellt die schweißtechnische Verarbeitung dieser Werkstoffe mit steigender Festigkeitsklasse eine große Herausforderung dar, da die bei der Herstellung durch eine gezielte Wärmebehandlung eingestellten günstigen Eigenschaften des Materials durch weitere thermische bzw. thermomechanische Zyklen beim Schweißen nachteilig beeinflusst werden. In Verbindung mit einem Wasserstoffeintrag beim Schweißen steigt die Gefahr einer wasserstoffunterstützten Kaltrissbildung. Diese, lange Zeit aufgrund der Erfahrungen an niederfesten Feinkornbaustählen als beherrschbar angesehene Art der Rissbildung, gewann, wie aktuelle Schadenfälle zeigen, in den letzten Jahren zunehmend an Bedeutung. Besonders die Tatsache, dass die vorhandenen Regelwerke zur schweißtechnischen Fertigung den Festigkeitsbereich der eingesetzten Feinkornbaustähle mit Streckgrenzen über 690 MPa nicht abdecken, stellt vor diesem Hintergrund ein sicherheitsrelevantes Problem dar. Die im Rahmen dieser Arbeit an den hochfesten Feinkornbaustählen S690Q und S1100QL ermittelten wasserstoffabhängigen mechanischen Kennwerte weisen auf ein erheblich größeres Kaltrissrisiko dieser hochfesten Varianten gegenüber Feinkornbaustählen mit niedrigerer Festigkeit hin. Aus den Ergebnissen umfangreicher Zugversuche mit wasserstoffbeladenen Proben konnte abgeleitet werden, dass sich als Parameter zur Beschreibung der Kaltrissempfindlichkeit im Gegensatz zu Festigkeitswerten die wahre Bruchdehnung am besten eignet, da sie für alle untersuchten Gefügezustände die Effekte des Wasserstoffs über den gesamten Wasserstoffkonzentrationsbereich am signifikantesten reflektiert. Dieser Parameter ist als Risskriterium nutzbar und wird in Form mathematischer Gleichungen für zwei repräsentative Werkstoff/Zusatzwerkstoffkombinationen der Festigkeitsklassen S690 und S1100 zur Verfügung gestellt. Die Übertragbarkeit des identifizierten Parameters auf Laborproben wird nachgewiesen und erscheint auf reale Bauteile möglich, wenn die lokale Dehnung an rissgefährdeten Bereichen der entsprechenden Konstruktion bestimmt werden kann. Auf Grundlage der bereits für die Evaluation der wasserstoffunterstützten Spannungsrisskorrosion erfolgreich eingesetzten Time-Strain-Fracture Diagramme wird diese Vorgehensweise anhand der Werkstoff/Zusatzwerkstoffkobination S1100QL/UnionX96 unter Anwendung des IRC-Tests gezeigt und führte vorerst zu qualitativen Aussagen bezüglich des Kaltrissrisikos in Abhängigkeit vom Sinspanngrad. Die lokale Dehnung im Schweißgut wird dabei mittels numerischer Simulation bestimmt und den experimentell bestimmten kritischen Dehnungswerten gegenübergestellt. N2 - Whereas the application of weldable high-strength low-alloyed fine-grained structural steels with yield strengths exceeding 690 MPa offers economic advantages in many sectors of the steels processing industry, welding fabrication presents a major challenge with increasing strength grade of these materials, since their favourable properties obtained by deliberate heat treatment during production are adversely affected by further thermal and thermomechanical cycles during welding. Hydrogen entry during welding involves an increasing risk of hydrogen-assisted cold cracking. This type of cracking, which has long been regarded as controllable based on the experience with low-strength fine-grained structural steels, assumes greater importance in recent years as current damage cases attest. Particularly the fact that the existing codes devoted to welding fabrication do not cover the strength range of the applied fine-grained structural steels with yield strengths exceeding 690 MPa constitutes a safety-relevant problem against this background. The hydrogen-dependent mechanical characteristics determined within the scope of this study for the high-strength fine-grained structural steels S690Q and S1100QL point to a considerably higher cold cracking risk of these high-strength variants compared to lowstrength fine-grained structural steels. From the results of extensive tensile tests using hydrogen-charged specimens it was deduced that the true elongation, in contrast to strength values, is best suitable as parameter for describing the cold cracking susceptibility, since it most significantly reflects the effects of hydrogen over the entire hydrogen concentration range for all investigated microstructure conditions. This parameter can be used as a crack criterion and is provided in the form of mathematical equations for two representative material/filler material combinations of the strength grades S690 and S1100. The transferability of the identified parameter to laboratory specimens has been proved. Its transferability to real components seems possible if the local strain in crack-prone areas of the respective structure can be determined. Based on the time-strain-fracture diagrams which have already been successfully used for the evaluation of hydrogen-assisted stress corrosion cracking, this procedure is demonstrated using the material/filler material combination S1100QL/UnionX96 in the IRC-Tests. The local weld metal strain is determined by numerical simulation and compared with the critical strain values obtained from the experiments. The results allow first qualitative statements to be made regarding the risk of cold cracking depending on the restraint intensity. T3 - BAM Dissertationsreihe - 29 KW - Feinkornbaustähle KW - numerische Simulation KW - Schweißen KW - Kaltrissprüfverfahren KW - Wasserstoff PY - 2007 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-1295 SN - 978-3-9811655-8-6 SN - 1613-4249 VL - 29 SP - 1 EP - 169 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-129 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -