TY - CONF A1 - Nietzke, Jonathan A1 - Rhode, Michael A1 - Mente, Tobias A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas T1 - Experimental and numerical characterization of hydrogen diffusion in thick-walled submerged arc welded joint of S420G2+M offshore steel grade N2 - Offshore wind turbines are an important goal in national energy strategies worldwide. Foundation structures are manufactured from submerged arc welded (SAW) plates with thicknesses up to 200 mm. In that connection, high-strength steels like the S420G2+M are more and more applied offering the possibility for increased stability and load-bearing capacity of the foundations. These offshore steel grades can show a susceptibility for delayed hydrogen assisted cold cracking of the weld joints. For that purpose, a minimum waiting time (MWT) of up to 48 h (dependent on applied standards) is recommended before non-destructive testing is allowed and conducted. But this concept is based on older steel grades that have been used for three or more decades. Nowadays, the metallurgical improvements (clean steels, proper rolling, and heat treatment) of base materials and well as welding consumables must be anticipated. Hence, the MWT concept should be critically discussed as it is assumed to be very conservative. For that reason, the focus of this study was to investigate the diffusion behavior in S420G2+M steel and its multi-layer SAW joint. Electrochemical permeation experiments were carried at room temperature. Boundary conditions were anticipated in terms of using different sample thicknesses. From the experimental data, hydrogen diffusion coefficients and absorbed diffusible hydrogen concentrations had been calculated. It was shown that hydrogen diffusion in the base material is increased compared to the weld metal. In addition, the sample thickness had a significant on the calculated diffusion coefficients. The minimum and maximum diffusion coefficients had been used for numerical modelling of the hydrogen diffusion in the welding joint. It became clear that a MWT must be always regarded together with a critical initial diffusible hydrogen concentration for the evaluation of a possible delayed cracking as diffusion times were mostly > 48 h due to the thick plates. T2 - 4th International Conference on Metals and Hydrogen - Steely & Hydrogen 2022 CY - Ghent, Belgium DA - 11.10.2022 KW - Hydrogen KW - Submerged arc welding KW - Diffusion KW - Minimum waiting time KW - Electrochemical permeation PY - 2022 SP - 1 EP - 11 CY - Ghent, Belgium AN - OPUS4-56075 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rhode, Michael A1 - Nietzke, Jonathan A1 - Czeskleba, Denis A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas T1 - Untersuchung von Spannungsrelaxationsrissmechanismen mittels Simulation einachsiger Spannungszustände in der Grobkornzone von UP-geschweißtem CrMoV-Stahl N2 - Druckbehälter mit großen Wandstärken (250+ mm) aus hochwarmfesten, niedriglegierten Stählen werden hauptsächlich Mehrdraht-Unterpulver-(UP) geschweißt. Der damit verbundene hohe Energieeintrag führt unter anderem zu hohen lokalen Schweißeigenspannungen, welche bei unsachgemäßer Prozessführung der notwendigen Wärmenachbehandlung (PWHT) zu Spannungsrelaxationsrissen (SRR) führen. In den Bewertungskriterien zur Spannungsrelaxationsrissanfälligkeit finden weder die, mit klassischen, freischrumpfenden Schweißversuchen nicht abbildbaren, erhöhten Eigenspannungen aus der Schrumpfbehinderung der Bauteilsteifigkeit Beachtung, noch die damit einhergehenden metallurgischen Effekte wie bspw. das Ausscheidungswachstum während der PWHT und damit einhergehende Härteunterschiede an den Korngrenzen bzw. die vorzeitige Alterung durch Bildung differenter Sonderkarbide. Die Aufheizrate des PWHT als Einflussfaktor für die SRR-Bildung bleibt derzeit ebenfalls unbeachtet. Daher wurde eine Versuchsmethodik entwickelt, die eine mögliche SRR-Anfälligkeit durch die Kopplung von thermischer und mechanischer Beanspruchung untersucht. Dazu wurden Proben mit unterschiedlichen Gefügen thermisch simuliert und während des PHWT repräsentativ mit sehr hohen Lasten/Eigenspannungen mechanisch beansprucht. Dazu wurde an Kleinzugproben für das as-welded UP-Schweißgut und die thermisch simulierte GKZ eines 13CrMoV9-10 die Dehnung des Prüfbereichs bei variablen Querspannungen und Aufheizraten gemessen. Diese aufheizraten- und gefügeabhängige Längenänderung der Probe wurde durch mathematische Prozeduren analysiert. Damit war es möglich, singuläre werkstoffliche Effekte auf μm-Ebene (Ausscheidungswachstum) als summarische Längen- bzw. Volumenänderung per klassischer Kurvendiskussion zu beschreiben. Die erste und zweite Ableitung zeigten eine ausscheidungsabhängige Härtezunahme, welche von der Spannung und Aufheizrate im geringen Maß linear abhängig war. Gleichzeitig sind Volumenänderungen bei Bildung und Wachstum differenter Sonderkarbide bekannt, welche zusammen mit gefügespezifischen Untersuchungen und der neuen Versuchsmethodik zu einer verbesserten Beurteilung der SRR-Anfälligkeit von geschweißten CrMoV-Stählen beitragen sollen. Prinzipiell ist die vorgestellte Methodik jedoch werkstoff- und zustandsoffen, d.h. sowohl für Grundwerkstoff e als auch definierte Wärmebehandlungsbedingungen geeignet. Dies ermöglicht erstmals die Schaffung einer Transfergröße zwischen Labor und realen Schweißungen, unter Beibehaltung der Bauteilsteifigkeit, d.h. vereinfachte, aber realistische Eigenspannungsabbildung als Grundlage für weitergehende gefügespezifische metallurgische Effekte während des PWHT. T2 - DVS Congress 2022 CY - Koblenz, Germany DA - 19.09.2022 KW - UP-Schweißen KW - Spannungsrelaxationsriss KW - Wärmenachbehandlung KW - Ersatzgeometrie KW - Prüfverfahren PY - 2022 SN - 978-3-96144-190-7 VL - 382 SP - 69 EP - 75 PB - DVS Media GmbH CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-55946 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rhode, Michael T1 - Repair welding of pressurized in-service hydrogen pipelines - A review on current challenges and strategies N2 - As energy carrier of the future, green hydrogen can make a decisive contribution to a sustainable energy supply. Particularly important is the decarbonization of heavy industry. Therefore, a reliable supply of hydrogen must be guaranteed. A hydrogen pipeline grid can achieve this purpose. In Europe concrete plans for a hydrogen pipeline grid already exist, as the so called “European Hydrogen backbone”. As building a completely new pipeline grid is economically not justifiable, a dual-way strategy of repurposing natural gas (NG) pipelines and newly built pipelines is intended. Long distance pipeline grids require regular maintenance and repairs. For natural gas (NG) pipelines in-service welding is state of the art. Concepts such as hot-tapping (drilling into pressurized pipelines) and “stoppling” (sealing off pipeline sections after installing bypasses or pressure relieves) allow the repair of damaged pipeline sections or the installation of new branches without shutting the pipeline down, which in most cases isn’t possible from an economic standpoint. The EIGA 121/14 guideline already pointed out in 2014 that “a hydrogen hot-tap shall not be considered a routine procedure”. This shows that the determination of the transferability of these repair concepts to hydrogen pipelines is of utmost importance. Due to the degrading effects of hydrogen on mechanical proper-ties, commonly referred to as “hydrogen embrittlement” it is necessary to understand and investigate the occurring effects. In the special case of repair welding on in-service hydrogen pipelines an increased hydro-gen uptake due to a large heat input and microstructural changes in the material needs to be considered. Therefore, material degradation must be investigated to determine whether modifications of repair procedures are necessary to ensure a reliable and safe hydrogen transportation via pipelines. For this reason, this paper gives an overview on existing weld repair concepts and its risks and limitations in terms of hydrogen absorption and possible embrittlement effects when transferred to hydrogen pipelines. The complexity lies in a large variety of materials (low alloyed steels), pipeline diameters and corresponding welded joints. The material compatibility of materials in used (repurposed NG-pipelines) and new condition must be investigated. Particularly for repurposed/used pipelines the effect of a pre-matured/corroded inner surface and sometimes insufficient documentation of the material “history” needs to be considered. An overview on ongoing and completed R&D-projects with respect to repair concepts for hydrogen pipelines and hydrogen effects on pipeline materials is given. The focus hereby lies on possible methods of material testing and modeling. Its current difficulties, limits and possible solution will be discussed. T2 - IIW Intermediate Meeting, Com. II-A CY - Incheon, Republic of Korea DA - 12.03.2024 KW - Hydrogen KW - Repair welding KW - Pipelines KW - In-service PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-59674 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rhode, Michael T1 - Combined effect of heating rate and restraint condition on stress relief cracking susceptibility during PWHT of thick-walled Cr-Mo-V steel submerged arc welded joints N2 - Contemporary steels creep-resistant steels like the 13CrMoV9-10 are used as thick plates e.g., for applications in hydrocrackers. The large plate thickness requires high efficiency welding processes like submerged arc welding (SAW) and a mandatory post weld heat treatment (PWHT). The PWHT-parameters stem from a combination of empirical knowledge and traditional experiments on free shrinking (FS) welds. In that connection, the formation of so-called stress-relief cracking (SRC) must be anticipated. The SRC susceptibility of a welded component is a complex combination and interaction of com-ponent specific, thermal, and metallurgical factors. Many of which have to date not been conclusively researched. For example, it is well known that SRCs develop during PWHT due to formation and growth of carbides on prior austenite grain boundaries, resulting in a significant hardness increase (secondary hardening) and toughness decrease. This leads to a high SRC susceptibility of the coarse grain heat-affected zone (CGHAZ) of the last weld bead during PWHT. This is intensified in case of high residual stresses from the component-specific, structurally induced stiffness. In combination with multi-layer welding this leads to a multiaxial stress distribution. Nonetheless, the combined effect of PWHT and high-residual stresses on the SRC formation is merely unknown. For that reason, this study presents the effect of different heating rates in conjunction with a certain component stiffness. For that reason, SAW joints of 13CrMoV9-10 steel were investigated under FS and defined external restraint condition. T2 - IIW Intermediate Meeting, Com. II-A CY - Incheon, Republic of Korea DA - 12.03.2024 KW - Stress relief cracking KW - Welding KW - Post weld heat treatment KW - Submerged arc welding KW - Cr-Mo-V steel KW - Creep-resisting steel PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-59673 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rhode, Michael A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas T1 - Call for interested people to contribute to series of comprehensive papers on welding and joining of components for sustainable energy systems N2 - Joining and welding technologies are of high importance for the manufacturing of components and parts used in sustainable energy generation, conversion, and transport. In that connection, offshore and on-shore installed wind turbines are of high interest for the generation of electrical energy as well as photo-voltaic systems (solar cells). The electricity can be either directly transported or conversed via power-to-gas e.g., to hydrogen. In that scope, electrolyzer up to MW-range are of interest as well as the conver-sion back to electricity via fuel cells. In addition, hydrogen is a key element of the decarburization of in-dustries as well as the mobility sector encompassing sea, air and land transportation driven by hydrogen or its derivates. Well-known examples cover the direct reduction of iron ore to replace the conventional blast furnace process up to gas turbines or fuel cells for home-end use. All mentioned technologies re-quire reliable components, which are to a high extend dependent on joining and especially welding pro-cessing of materials. Especially, the (petro-) chemical industry has many years of experience with both materials used in hydrogen applications. The challenge is e.g., the transition to mass production of sys-tem components of electrolyzers/fuel cells and for distribution grids. At this point, the scalability of cur-rently applied joining processes often limits the economic efficiency, whereas especially laser welding or additive manufacturing will be of high interest. In that connection, it is very important to provide answers by joint research of universities, institutes, and industrial companies. Very often, solutions are already available and “just” have to be investigated and adapted for the new application, like repair welding of NG pipelines. For that reason, we want to set up a series of comprehensive papers with the aforementioned title. The idea is to get an in-depth but manageable overview of the importance of joining technologies in sustaina-ble energy generation, conversion, and transport encompassing current processes, limitations, and fur-ther perspectives. In that connection, the additive manufacturing is gaining more and more attention. If applicable, current challenges in the adaption or creation of new standards/regulations shall be addressed. T2 - IIW Intermediate Meeting, Com. II-A CY - Incheon, Republic of Korea DA - 12.03.2024 KW - Hydrogen KW - Welding KW - Comprehensive study KW - Component manufatcturing KW - Additive manufacturing PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-59676 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rhode, Michael T1 - Simulation der Wasserstoffverteilung in UP-geschweißten Grobblechen als Bewertungstool für die Kaltrissanfälligkeit von Offshorestrukturen N2 - Gründungsstrukturen für Offshore-Windkraftanlagen bestehen in der Regel aus hochfesten Stahlgrobblechen, die im UP-Verfahren geschweißt werden, durch den u.U. größere Mengen an Wasserstoff eingebracht werden können. Die große Blechdicke führt zudem zu langen Diffusionswegen und einer verlängerten Diffusionszeit für den Wasserstoff. Infolgedessen kann sich der Wasserstoff in Bereichen mit hoher mechanischer Spannung und Dehnung ansammeln und daher zu einer verzögerten Kaltrissbildung führen. Aufgrund der verzögerten Diffusion muss daher eine Mindestwartezeit von bis zu 48 h eingehalten werden, bevor eine zerstörungsfreie Prüfung durchgeführt wird. Darüber hinaus ist die Beurteilung möglicher Kaltrissstellen sehr komplex. Es wurde daher ein numerisches Modell zur Abbildung einer bauteilähnlichen Schweißnahtprüfung entwickelt. Dazu wurde das Temperaturfeld während des Schweißens und der anschließenden Abkühlung experimentell bestimmt und numerisch simuliert. Auf dieser Grundlage wurde Diffusionsmodell zur numerischen Simulation der zeitlich-örtlichen Wasserstoffkonzentration erstellt. Mit diesem Modell wurden zwei Anwendungsfälle simuliert: (1) Veränderung der Wasserstoffverteilung als Funktion des Temperaturzyklus während des Mehrlagenschweißens und (2) für das Wartezeitintervall ≤ 48 h. Ein Vorteil des Diffusionsmodells ist die Simulation einer normierten Konzentration, d.h. zwischen „0“ (kein Wasserstoff) und „1“ (max. Konzentration), die auf experimentell ermittelte Wasserstoffkonzentrationen skaliert werden kann. T2 - 6. Symposium Materialtechnik CY - Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany DA - 20.02.2025 KW - Gründungsstrukturen KW - Offshore KW - Kaltrissbildung KW - Wasserstoff KW - Numerische Simulation PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-62616 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rhode, Michael T1 - Fügetechnik für Wasserstofftechnologien: Ausgewählte Themen und Herausforderungen N2 - Die Präsentation fasst die Bedeutung der Fügetechnik für Wasserstofftechnologien im Rahmen der Arbeiten für einer Studie (DVS-Berichte Nr. 373) mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Normung und Regelwerkssetzung zusammen. T2 - Sitzung des DIN-Gemeinschaftsarbeitsausschusses NA 092 00 05 GA, NAS/NMP: Zerstörende Prüfung von Schweißverbindungen CY - Online meeting DA - 10.03.2022 KW - Wasserstoff KW - Fügetechnik KW - Schweißen KW - Wasserstofftechnologien KW - Bedeutung PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-54447 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rhode, Michael T1 - Bewertungsmethode zur Interaktion von Metallurgie und Reaktionskräften beim PWHT warmfester Stähle N2 - Die Präsentation fasst die Entwicklung einer Ersatzprüfmethode für sogenannte Stress-Relief-Cracks (SRC) bei dickwandigen und kriechfesten geschweißten Stahlkomponenten zusammen. Über die Kombination von gezielter mechanischer Beanspruchung unter hoher Temperaturbeanspruchung werden die Effekte des Post Weld Heat Treatments auf SRC realistisch erstmal auf Laborskala nachgebildet. T2 - Sitzung des DIN-Gemeinschaftsarbeitsausschusses NA 092 00 05 GA, NAS/NMP: Zerstörende Prüfung von Schweißverbindungen CY - Online meeting DA - 10.03.2022 KW - PWHT KW - Warmfeste Stähle KW - UP Schweißen KW - Metallurgie KW - Stress relief cracking PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-54448 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rhode, Michael T1 - Reliable hydrogen determination in metallic materials and their weld joints: Parameters and challenges N2 - In the course of tomorrow's hydrogen-based energy transition, the construction of the corresponding infrastructure will play a central role. The majority of materials used to date are typically welded for component fabrication. In that context, steels are widely applied and can be prone to hydrogen embrittlement. This includes the classical delayed cold cracking during welding processing as well as embrittlement phenomena during operation. For the evaluation of any hydrogen effect on, for example, the mechanical properties of a welded metallic material, the hydrogen content must be precisely determined. In the case of welds, for example, according to ISO 3690, this is the isothermal carrier gas hot extraction (CGHE). CGHE is based on accelerated hydrogen degassing due to thermal activation of hydrogen at elevated temperatures. In addition to the pure quantification of hydrogen, thermal desorption analysis (TDA) with varied heating rates can be used to determine and evaluate the bonding state at microstructural defects in the material. For both techniques, experimental and measurement influences have to be considered, which have a great effect on the result. For CGHE, for example, ISO 3690 suggests different sample geometries as well as minimum extraction times. The present study summarizes results and experiences of numerous investigations with different sample temperatures and geometries (ISO 3690 type B and cylindrical TDA samples) regarding: the influence of the sample surface (polished/welded), measurement accuracies depending on the sample volume as well as the insufficient monitoring of the effect of the PI controller on the extraction temperature. In particular, a deviating extraction temperature to the set temperature, can significantly falsify the measurement results. Based on the results, methods are shown to quickly reach the desired extraction temperature without having to physically interfere with the measurement equipment. This serves to substantially improve the reliability of hydrogen measurement through increased signal stability and accelerated hydrogen desorption. In general, an independent temperature measurement with dummy samples for the selected heating procedure is advisable to exclude possible unwanted temperature influences already before the measurement. In addition (and way more important), the methods described can be transferred directly to industrial applications. T2 - 47th MPA-Seminar CY - Stuttgart, Germany DA - 10.10.2023 KW - Hydrogen assisted cracking KW - Carrier gas hot extraction KW - Welding KW - ISO 3690 KW - Metals PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-58677 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rhode, Michael A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas T1 - Fügetechnik in Wasserstofftechnologien - Forschungsbedarf für die Branche (Kurzversion) N2 - Die Studie gibt einen kurzen Überblick über die jetzige Bedeutung der Fügetechnik in Wasserstofftechnologien und über zukünftige Forschungsbedarfe für die Branche in den einzelnen Technologiefeldern Wasserstofferzeugung, -speicherung, -transport und -nutzung. Fügetechnologien haben dabei wesentliche Bedeutung für die erfolgreiche Umsetzung von technischen Komponenten der Wasserstofftechnologien. Die Schwerpunkte bzw. Forschungsbedarfe ergeben sich bspw. durch die Erstellung neuer Infrastruktur für Wasserstoffspeicherung und -transport sowie durch Umnutzung der bestehenden Erdgasinfrastruktur. Bei der Wasserstofferzeugung und -anwendung wird z.B. die Entwicklung effiziente Massenproduktionsmethoden von Elektrolyseuren und Brennstoffzellen einen wichtigen Meilenstein bilden und laserbasierte Fügetechnologien sind hier zum Teil schon etabliert. Die additive Fertigung nimmt dabei eine Querschnittsposition ein und besitzt hohes Anwendungspotential für die Zukunft z.B. für die Fertigung von Komponenten in Gasturbinen. Aus den technischen Fragestellungen und Forschungsbedarfen ergeben sich zudem Herausforderungen für die notwendige Neu- und Weiterentwicklung von technischen Regelwerken und Normen und den Eingang in die Aus- und Weiterbildung von fügetechnischem Fachpersonal. T2 - DVS Congress 2021 CY - Online meeting DA - 14.09.2021 KW - Wasserstoff KW - Fügetechnik KW - Forschung KW - Werkstoff KW - Bedarf PY - 2021 SN - 978-3-96144-146-4 VL - 371 SP - 612 EP - 624 PB - DVS Media GmbH CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-53370 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rhode, Michael A1 - Czeskleba, Denis A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas T1 - Kurzbericht zum Projekt „Entwicklung von Wärmenachbehandlungskonzepten zur Vermeidung von Spannungsrelaxationsrissen an Bauteilen aus hochwarmfesten Stählen“ (DVS-Nr. 01.2261 / IGF-Nr. 20171 N) N2 - Komponenten aus dickwandigen, hochwarmfesten CrMoV-Stählen erfordern eine anspruchsvolle UP-Schweißverarbeitung. Dabei muss die notwendige Wärmenachbehandlung der Schweißnaht (PWHT) sicher beherrscht werden. Hier kann u.U. Bauteilversagen infolge von Spannungsrelaxationsrissbildung (SRR) auftreten. Bislang erfolgt die Beurteilung der SRR-Neigung primär über Ersatzgrößen, wie temperaturbedingte Änderung der Härte und Duktilität. Die Wirkung der konstruktiven Schrumpfbehinderung einer Schweißnaht auf die SRR ist bislang völlig unbekannt. Hier setzt das Forschungsprojekt an, hinsichtlich der Gewinnung und Optimierung der Parameter für die PWHT unter realitätsnahen Bauteilsteif igkeiten (def inierte Einspannbedingung) mit dem Ziel der SRR-Vermeidung. Am Beispiel des niedriglegierten, hochwarmfesten Stahls 13CrMoV9-10 wurden UP- Schweißungen unter industriepraktischen Bedingungen freischrumpfend bzw. unter definierter Schrumpfbehinderung durchgeführt. Diese wurden mit unterschiedlichen PWHT-Szenarien (Variation der Auf heizrate und Endtemperatur) beaufschlagt. Die Ergebnisse des Projektes DVS 01.2261 / IGF 20171 N werden in diesem Beitrag vorgestellt, wie Aussagen zur SRR-Suszeptibilität in Abhängigkeit von Mikrostruktur und vorliegender mehrachsiger mechanischer Beanspruchung der Schweißnaht vor/während des PWHT. Für einen kritischen Zustand sind hohe Kräfte / Spannungen notwendig, die in freischrumpfenden Schweißversuchen u.U. nicht abbildbar sind. Die Berücksichtigung des mikrostrukturspezifischen Ausscheidungsverhaltens (in Schweißgut und Wärmeeinflusszone) unter realitätsnahen Einspannbedingungen ist für die Bewertung einer SRR-Suszeptibilität notwendig. Instrumentierte Schweißversuche unter definierter Schrumpfbehinderung ermöglichen hier das Monitoring der entstehenden Reaktionskräfte, -momente bzw. -spannungen. Ausgehend von diesem Referenzzustand erfolgte die Applikation der PWHT-Szenarien bzw. deren praktische Überprüfung. Zusätzlich wurde eine Ersatzprüfmethodik entwickelt, die die Betrachtung der mikrostrukturspezifischen SRR-Suszeptibilität unter Beibehaltung der äußeren Schrumpfbehinderung der Schweißnaht während des PWHT ermöglicht. Hierdurch wird die Bauteilübertragbarkeit ermöglicht und eine Transfergröße geschaffen, welche die Bauteilbewertung hinsichtlich der SRR-Neigung umfasst. T2 - DVS Congress 2022 CY - Koblenz, Germany DA - 19.09.2022 KW - UP-Schweißen KW - Spannungsrelaxationsriss KW - Forschungsprojekt KW - Dickblech KW - Wärmebehandlung PY - 2022 SN - 978-3-96144-190-7 SP - 76 EP - 82 PB - DVS Media GmbH CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-55944 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schröder, Nina A1 - Rhode, Michael A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas T1 - Experimentelle Bestimmung und thermodynamische Modellierung des Ausscheidungsverhaltens in der WEZ eines S690QL bei unterschiedlichen Mikrolegierungsrouten N2 - Für eine signifikante Festigkeitssteigerung von vergüteten, hochfesten Feinkornbaustählen mit einer Normstreckgrenze > 690 MPa, ist die Zugabe von Mikrolegierungselementen, wie Nb und Ti, unerlässlich. Die Normvorgaben zur chemischen Zusammensetzung dieser Stähle (bspw. in DIN EN 10025-6) geben zur Erzielung der vorgeschriebenen Eigenschaften dabei oft nur Grenzgehalte für die Hersteller vor. Die Wirkung der Legierungselemente bzw. ihrer Karbide und/oder Nitride ist teilweise komplett konträr, insbesondere bei Auflösung und Wiederausscheidung in der WEZ bei identischem Schweißzusatz. Somit wird eine adäquate Vorhersage der Chargenabhängigkeit hinsichtlich der Schweißeignung und des Tragverhaltens der Schweißverbindung erschwert. Zuzüglich können moderne Schweißprozesse, wie MSG mit modifiziertem Sprühlichtbogen (mod. SLB) durch ihre hohe Wärmeeinwirkung die Phasenumwandlung in der Wärmeeinflusszone negativ beeinflussen. Eine unerwünschte Eigenschaft ist dabei die Erweichung (engl.: softening) der WEZ, wie auch u.U. der gegenteilige Effekt der Aufhärtung (engl.: hardening). Vor diesem Hintergrund werden im Rahmen eines DFG-Vorhabens systematisch Mikrolegierungsrouten mit variierenden Ti- und Nb-Gehalten des hochfesten und vergüteten Feinkornbaustahls S690QL untersucht. Dazu wird das MAGSchweißen mit mod. SLB verwendet, welches durch hohe Abschmelzleistung gekennzeichnet ist und schmalere Fugenöffnungswinkel (α = 30°) ermöglicht. An diesen Schweißungen wird der Effekt der metallurgischen Zusammensetzung in Kombination mit hoher Wärmeeinwirkung auf die Ausbildung einer kritischen WEZ-Gefügezone mit Erweichung und/oder exzessiver Aufhärtung untersucht. Ein besonderes Augenmerk wird auf die Phasenumwandlungen und das Ausscheidungsverhalten im Gefüge der Wärmeeinflusszone gelegt. Neben umfangreichen metallographischen Untersuchungen einzelner WEZ-Bereiche wurden, unter Variation der chemischen Zusammensetzung, thermodynamische Phasenberechnungen mittels ThermoCalc durchgeführt. Hierdurch wird ein Verständnis zur Phasentransformation und Ausscheidungswachstum und -auflösung während des Schweißens in Abhängigkeit von Temperatur und Abkühlbedingungen geschaffen. Das Ziel ist es, mittels erster Untersuchungen den Einfluss der Wärmeeinwirkung auf die Gefügeausbildung in der WEZ zu zeigen. Insbesondere wird hier auf die Auswirkung der unterschiedlichen Mikrolegierungskonzepte (Ti oder Nb) geachtet. T2 - DVS CONGRESS 2022 - Große Schweißtechnische Tagung CY - Koblenz, Germany DA - 19.09.2022 KW - WEZ-Erweichung KW - Hochfester Feinkornbaustahl KW - ThermoCalc KW - Thermodynamische Simulation KW - Mikrolegierungselemente KW - Modifizierter Sprühlichtbogen PY - 2022 SN - 978-3-96144-189-1 SN - 978-3-96144-190-7 VL - 382 SP - 131 EP - 137 PB - DVS Media GmbH CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-55834 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Erxleben, Kjell A1 - Kaiser, Sebastian A1 - Rhode, Michael A1 - Kannengiesser, Thomas A1 - Kromm, Arne T1 - In-service and repair welding of pressurized hydrogen pipelines–a review on current challenges and strategies N2 - Hydrogen is the energy carrier for a sustainable future without fossil fuels. As this requires a reliable transportation infrastructure, the conversion of existing natural gas (NG) grids is an essential part of the worldwide individual national hydrogen strategies, in addition to newly erected pipelines. In view of the known effect of hydrogen embrittlement, the compatibility of the materials already in use (typically low-alloy steels in a wide range of strengths and thicknesses) must be investigated. Initial comprehensive studies on the hydrogen compatibility of pipeline materials indicate that these materials can be used to a certain extent. Nevertheless, the material compatibility for hydrogen service is currently of great importance. However, pipelines require frequent maintenance and repair work. In some cases, it is necessary to carry out welding work on pipelines while they are under pressure, e.g., the well-known tapping of NG grids. This in-service welding brings additional challenges for hydrogen operations in terms of additional hydrogen absorption during welding and material compatibility. The challenge can be roughly divided into two parts: (1) the possible austenitization of the inner piping material exposed to hydrogen, which can lead to additional hydrogen absorption, and (2) the welding itself causes an increased temperature range. Both lead to a significantly increased hydrogen solubility in the respective materials compared to room temperature. In that connection, the knowledge on hot tapping on hydrogen pipelines is rare so far due to the missing service experiences. Fundamental experimental investigations are required to investigate the possible transferability of the state-of-the-art concepts from NG to hydrogen pipeline grids. This is necessary to ensure that no critical material degradation occurs due to the potentially increased hydrogen uptake. For this reason, the paper introduces the state of the art in pipeline hot tapping, encompassing current research projects and their individual solution strategies for the problems that may arise for future hydrogen service. Methods of material testing, their limitations, and possible solutions will be presented and discussed. KW - In-service KW - Welding KW - Hydrogen pipeline KW - Review PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-638847 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-025-02127-x SN - 0043-2288 SP - 1 EP - 24 PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC AN - OPUS4-63884 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rhode, Michael A1 - Czeskleba, Denis A1 - Irfan, Muhammad Dary A1 - Wandtke, Karsten A1 - Kaiser, Sebastian A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas T1 - Wasserstoffdiffusion in hochfesten UP-Schweißverbindungen – einfacher als gedacht N2 - Hochfeste Baustähle werden im modernen Stahlbau aus wirtschaftlichen und konstruktiven Gründen zunehmend eingesetzt, z. B. im Gebäude-, Anlagen- oder Mobilkranbau. Durch den Einsatz von Stählen mit höheren 690 MPa) können durch die Reduzierung der Wanddicke erhebliche Gewichtsreduzierungen und geringere Verarbeitungskosten erreicht werden, insbesondere bei der Verwendung des Unterpulverschweißen (UP) durch seine hohe Abschmelzleistung. Aufgrund ihrer speziellen Mikrostruktur haben hochfeste Stähle eine begrenzte Duktilität und sind anfälliger für wasserstoffunterstützte Kaltrisse (HACC). Darüber hinaus führen große mittels UP geschweißter Blechdicken zu hohen Schweißeigenspannungen und langen Diffusionswegen für z.B. durch den Schweißprozess eingebrachten Wasserstoff. Abgesicherte Diffusionskoeffizienten für UP-Schweißungen dieser Festigkeitsklasse sind als Grundlage für die Abschätzung des Zeitintervalls einer möglichen verzögerten Kaltrissbildung oder für Nachwärmung zur Wasserstoffreduktion nur sehr begrenzt verfügbar. Aus diesem Grund wurden experimentelle Versuche zur mikrostruktur-spezifischen Diffusion in S690-Schweißungen durchgeführt. Dazu wurde ein thermomechanisch (TM) gewalzter bzw. vergüteter (QL) Zustand dieses Werkstoffs betrachtet, sowie das jeweilige charakteristische Schweißgut und WEZ. Dazu wurden den Schweißmikrostrukturen lokal Proben entnommen und über Permeations- bzw. Warmauslagerungsversuche die gefügespezifische Diffusion von Raumtemperatur bis 400°C charakterisiert. Im Gegensatz zu bekannten Effekten des Wärmebehandlungszustandes der Grundwerkstoffe auf die Diffusion in MSGSchweißverbindungen, zeigten die Wasserstoffdiffusionskoeffizienten über alle untersuchten Gefügezustände keine signifikanten Unterschiede, insbesondere nicht für die lokale WEZ diverser, untersuchter Streckenergiebereiche. Aus praktischer Anwendersicht können daher dickwandige UP-Verbindungen hinsichtlich einer verzögerten Wasserstoffdiffusion nur anhand der einfach ermittelbaren Diffusionskoeffizienten für den Grundwerkstoffkoeffizient beurteilt werden. Zudem zeigte sich, dass der unterschiedliche Walz- und Wärmebehandlungszustand (TM vs. QL) in UP-Schweißnähten eine untergeordnete Rolle für die Wasserstoffdiffusion und damit für die mögliche Zeitverzögerung der Kaltrissbildung hat. Ergänzende numerische Simulationen der Wasserstoffverteilung bestätigten das Verhalten. T2 - DVS Congress 2025 CY - Essen, Germany DA - 16.09.2025 KW - Unterpulverschweißen KW - Wasserstoffdiffusion KW - Wasserstoffunterstützte Kaltrissbildung KW - Wasserstoffrisse PY - 2025 SN - 978-3-96144-299-7 DO - https://doi.org/10.53192/DVSC20250330 VL - 401 SP - 330 EP - 340 PB - DVS Media GmbH CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-64132 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rhode, Michael T1 - Numerical simulation of weld heat input effect on microstructure and hydrogen diffusion in thick-walled S690 submerged arc welded joints N2 - High-strength, low-alloy (HLSA) steels such as S690 are an attractive option for heavy industries such as offshore wind turbines and peripheral equipment due to their combination of excellent mechanical properties and weldability. The construction of these thick-walled structures requires highly efficient welding processes such as submerged arc welding (SAW). However, SAW presents challenges related to delayed hydrogen assisted cold cracking (HACC). Despite its importance, the effect of different diffusion coefficients on the cold cracking susceptibility of different microstructures within SAW-welded S690 steels is not fully understood. For this reason, the present study focuses on comparing the cold cracking susceptibility of thermomechanically rolled (TM) or quenched and tempered (QL) variants of S690 steel. SAW was performed on specimens of both steel grades to produce weldments consisting of weld metal, heat-affected zone (HAZ), and base metal. Electrochemical hydrogen permeation tests (ISO 17081) were performed to determine the microstructure specific coefficients. Using the obtained coefficients, a numerical model was developed to identify the time- and microstructure-dependent local hydrogen diffusion and its influence on the distribution within the welds. The results showed that the TM grade exhibited slightly accelerated hydrogen diffusion compared to the QL grade, which is beneficial for hydrogen reduction and increases the HACC resistance. However, the further simulations with different ply sequences showed that the welding heat input (i.e. welding ply sequence) had a significantly higher effect on hydrogen accumulation. Specifically, increased welding heat input and increased thicknesses decrease hydrogen diffusivity. For this reason, microstructure-specific hydrogen diffusion played a minor role in thick-layer SAW joints compared to the need to control the welding parameters (layer sequence, individual layer thickness, welding heat input). T2 - FEMS Euromat 2025 - 18th European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes CY - Granada, Spain DA - 15.09.2025 KW - Hydrogen assisted cracking KW - Welding KW - High strength steels KW - Numerical simulation KW - Electrochemical permeation PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-64158 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rhode, Michael T1 - Hydrogen trap characterization in 200 and 1,000 bar charged CoCrNi medium entropy alloy compared to steel AISI 316L N2 - Multiple principal element alloys (MPEAs) represent a new class of metallic materials. MPEAs, such as the CoCrNi medium entropy alloy (MEA), have attracted considerable research attention as potential materials to replace, for example, austenitic steels in high-pressure hydrogen environments. Due to the relatively new alloy concept, studies on the specific hydrogen diffusion and trapping behavior of high-pressure hydrogen-charged CoCrNi MEAs are rare so far. For this reason, a CoCrNi-MEA was investigated and compared to an austenitic stainless steel, AISI 316L. Both materials were subjected to high pressure hydrogen loading for two different pressures: 200 bar and 1,000 bar. After charging, thermal desorption analysis (TDA) was used with three heating rates from 0.125 K/s to 0.500 K/s to clarify the specific hydrogen desorption and trapping behavior. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to characterize hydrogen diffusion and trapping in 1,000 bar high-pressure charged CoCrNi. For this purpose, the underlying TDA spectra were analyzed in terms of peak deconvolution into a metallurgically justifiable number of defined peaks. The individual peak temperatures and activation energies “EA” were calculated. The following conclusions can be drawn from the results obtained: (1) Exposure to 200 bar or 1,000 bar leads to an increase in hydrogen absorption, regardless of the material investigated, expressed by a significantly increased desorption rate at 1,000 bar. However, the effusion peaks typically occur only at high temperatures. The (2) TDA showed that a four-peak deconvolution scenario was sufficient to describe the trapping behavior and the "EA" indicated the dominance of irreversible traps. In addition, the average trapping energy is higher than in the 316L. The (3) charge pressure related hydrogen solubility was in the order of: CoCrNi-MEA < 316L for both pressures and (4) charging at 1000 bar results in an average concentration of 49 wt.ppm (CoCrNi-MEA) and > 75 wt.ppm (316L). In summary, the CoCrNi-MEA was characterized by a reduced solubility, but very deep entrapment compared to the 316L. For this reason, further application potentials of the MEA may arise. T2 - FEMS Euromat 2025 - 18th European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes CY - Granada, Spain DA - 15.09.2025 KW - Medium entropy alloy KW - Hydrogen KW - Trapping KW - Diffusion KW - High-pressure charging PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-64160 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rhode, Michael T1 - Effect of Ti and Nb on hydrogen trapping in welded S690 HSLA steel and effect on delayed cold cracking N2 - Fine-grain, high-strength, low-alloy (HSLA) structural steels with yield strengths > 600 MPa are now the state of the art in construction applications such as mobile cranes and civil engineering. HSLA grades derive their strength from a combination of specific heat treatment and the underlying chemical composition. In this context, Ti or Nb are essential to obtain a fine-grained microstructure as well as the necessary carbides or nitrides for precipitation strengthening. In this context, the specific effect of Ti or Nb-rich compounds on hydrogen trapping and diffusion is well known for special laboratory cast alloys, but unknown for realistic steel compositions. For this reason, a series of S690Q-based alloys were synthesized, close to a real steel composition, but with well controlled Ti or Nb additions in different amounts. Specimens were obtained from these alloys by electrochemical discharge machining (EDM). The specimens were tested using the well-established electrochemical permeation technique. From the experimental results, the hydrogen diffusion coefficients and the analytical subsurface hydrogen concentration were calculated. In addition, the hydrogen trapping behavior at elevated temperatures was interpreted by thermal desorption analysis (TDA) using different heating rates of hydrogen charged samples. The results showed that in contrast to metallurgically "pure" laboratory cast alloys, realistic chemical compositions were similar in their hydrogen trapping behavior, despite some small differences. All investigated steel grades exhibited shallow and reversible hydrogen trapping, regardless of their chemical composition. Of course, the experiments only allowed the calculation of effective diffusion coefficients and trapping energies, which represent an average of the entire microstructure. Nevertheless, HSLA steels are typically joined by arc welding, which includes the risk of delayed hydrogen assisted cracking. From the point of view of welding practice, however, a more or less identical hydrogen diffusion behavior means that no special "metallurgically specific", justifiable measures need to be considered, despite the well-established processes such as "soaking" or dehydrogenation heat treatment. Of course, a closer look at the heat-affected zone (HAZ) or the weld metal of the specific welds is necessary. However, especially in the case of thick-walled welds, it is assumed that the weld metal and HAZ are similar to the base material due to the multi-layer welding, which results in multiple annealing cycles of the weld metal and HAZ. T2 - FEMS Euromat 2025 - 18th European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes CY - Granada, Spain DA - 15.09.2025 KW - Hydrogen assisted cracking KW - HSLA KW - Diffusion KW - Electrochemical permeation PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-64156 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rhode, Michael T1 - Component test for the assessment of in-service welding on/onto pressurized hydrogen pipelines N2 - Hydrogen is the energy carrier of tomorrow and requires a reliable large-scale transport infrastructure. In addition to new pipelines, the conversion of existing natural gas (NG) pipeline grids is an essential part. The transport of hydrogen is fundamentally different from that of NG, as hydrogen can be absorbed into the pipeline material. Given the effects of hydrogen embrittlement, the material compatibility (low alloy steels in a wide range of strengths and thicknesses) must be investigated. However, pipelines e.g. require maintenance or the need for installation of additional outlets with the necessity of welding on/onto the pipelines while they are still in service, i.e. with gas flow under high pressure, such as the well-known "hot tapping". This in-service welding poses challenges for hydrogen operations. The challenge can be roughly divided into the possible austenitization of the inner pipe material exposed to hydrogen, the welding itself, which causes an increased temperature range. Both lead to a significant increase in hydrogen solubility and diffusivity compared to room temperature. In addition, possible surface reactions of the present iron oxides (e.g. magnetite or hematite) with the hot hydrogen should be considered. In this context, the knowledge of hydrogen pipelines is scarce due to the lack of operational experience. Fundamental experimental investigations are required to investigate the transferability from NG to hydrogen pipeline grids. For this reason, the present study presents a specially designed mock-up / demonstrator concept for the realistic assessment of the welding process conditions. The mock-up was designed to allow in-situ temperature measurement during the welding process as well as ex-post sample extraction for quantification of the absorbed hydrogen concentration. For safety reasons, the required volume of pressurized hydrogen was limited by inserting a solid cylinder to ensure a 1 cm thick layer of hydrogen gas. Welding experiments on the DN60 and DN200 pressurized mock-ups showed the possibility of safe welding on or onto pressurized hydrogen pipelines. Indeed, the austenitizing temperature was reached on the inner surface of the pipeline, especially on thinner-walled pipelines, using current welding parameter recommendations. This corresponded to an increased hydrogen uptake in the welded area of several ppm. From this point of view, the suggested component concept is a viable strategy for the screening of several materials and welding parameter combinations under realistic operational conditions. T2 - FEMS Euromat 2025 - 18th European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes CY - Granada, Spain DA - 15.09.2025 KW - In-service welding KW - Pipeline KW - Hydrogen KW - Component test PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-64159 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rhode, Michael T1 - Component-test for determination of welding residual stresses and their effect on stress relief cracking in thick-walled welds N2 - Controlling the residual stress level during welding of creep-resistant Cr-Mo-V steels is crucial to avoid so called stress relief cracking (SRC) during post weld heat treatment (PWHT) of large-scale components. In the present study, a laboratory scale test specimen (slotted sample with 400 mm width, 400 mm length and 25 mm thickness) was used to simulate thick-walled component welds made of 13CrMoV9-10. The aim was to identify the level and distribution of residual stresses to evaluate the suitability of the specimen for laboratory based SRC testing. High restraint was ensured by the specimen geometry with a narrow welding gap in the center. This gap was filled by multi-layer submerged arc welding. Two specimens were welded with identical parameters and compared in the as-welded state and after PWHT (705 °C for 10 h). Neutron diffraction was used to determine the residual stresses in the weld metal, the heat-affected zone (HAZ) and the base material at different depths longitudinal, transverse, and normal to the welding direction. The experiments were performed on the former instrument E3 of the research reactor BER II of Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), Germany. Complementarily, laboratory X-ray diffraction was applied to characterize the surface residual stresses. In the welded condition, especially in the weld metal and the adjacent HAZ, the longitudinal residual stresses reached values of up to 1,000 MPa to 1,200 MPa due to the increasing strength and hardness of the CrMoV-material during welding. The conducted welding experiments revealed that way higher residual stresses in the welded joint have to anticipated before the PWHT is performed than it was expected in advance. This demonstrated the necessity of suitable component-like welding tests as they must ensure realistic mechanical stiffness (hindered shrinkage of welding joint by slotted self-restraint sample) and heat dissipation conditions (definition of minimum welding joint thickness vs. welding process-specific heat input). T2 - FEMS Euromat 2025 - 18th European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes CY - Granada, Spain DA - 15.09.2025 KW - Component test KW - Submerged arc welding KW - Post weld heat treatment KW - Residual stresses KW - Neutron diffraction PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-64161 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Richter, Tim A1 - Delgado Arroyo, Diego A1 - Börner, Andreas A1 - Schröpfer, Dirk A1 - Rhode, Michael A1 - Lindner, T. A1 - Löbel, M. A1 - Preuß, B. A1 - Lampke, T. T1 - Ultrasonic assisted milling of a CoCrFeNi medium entropy alloy N2 - Medium and High Entropy Alloys (MEA/HEA) are recently developed material classes, providing manifold applications, e.g., due to extraordinary structural properties. In that connection, the machinability as important issue for the processing of these materials was not in the scientific focus. This study focusses on experimental analysis of milling process conditions including ultrasonic assisted milling (USAM) and their effects on the resulting surface integrity of equiatomic CoCrFeNi-MEA specimens. For that reason, milling parameters (cutting speed, feed per cutting edge) were systematically varied for both conventional milling and USAM. The surface integrity was analyzed in terms of topography, defects, and residual stresses. Especially USAM leads to a decrease of occurring cutting forces and, hence, to an improvement of the surface integrity. Beneficial effects were observed in terms of lower tensile residual stresses at high cutting speed and feed per cutting edge. KW - Medium entropy alloy KW - Ultrasonic Assisted Machining KW - Surface Integrity PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-554458 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2022.05.203 VL - 108 SP - 879 EP - 884 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-55445 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wilhelm, Eugen A1 - Mente, Tobias A1 - Rhode, Michael T1 - Waiting time before NDT of welded offshore steel grades under consideration of delayed hydrogen-assisted cracking N2 - Offshore wind turbines (OWT) are a major goal of the energy strategy of Germany encompassing the increase of the installed wind power. OWT components are manufactured from welded steel plates with thicknesses up to 200 mm. The underlying standards and technical recommendations for construction of OWTs encompass specifications of so-called minimum waiting time (MWT) before non-destructive testing of the weld joints is allowed. Reason is the increased risk of time-delayed hydrogen assisted cold cracking as hydrogen diffusion is very slow due to the very thick plates. The strict consideration of those long MWT up to 48 h during the construction of OWTs leads to significant financial burden (like disproportionately high costs for installer ships as well as storage problems (onshore)). In this study, weld joints made of S355 ML were examined in comparison with the offshore steel grade S460 G2+M. The aim was to optimize, i.e., reduce, the MWT before NDT considering varied heat input, hydrogen concentration and using self-restraint weld tests. This would significantly reduce the manufacturing time and costs of OWT construction. To quantify the necessary delay time until hydrogen-assisted cold cracks appear, acoustic emission analysis was applied directly after welding for at least 48 h. KW - Hydrogen KW - Welding KW - Cracking KW - Offshore KW - Steel PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-524959 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-020-01060-5 SN - 0043-2288 VL - 65 SP - 947 EP - 959 PB - Springer Nature AN - OPUS4-52495 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -