TY - JOUR A1 - Yu, C.-H. A1 - Peng, R. L. A1 - Luzin, V. A1 - Sprengel, Maximilian A1 - Calmunger, M. A1 - Lundgren, J.-E. A1 - Brodin, H. A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Moverare, J. T1 - Thin-wall effects and anisotropic deformation mechanisms of an additively manufactured Ni-based superalloy N2 - Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) of Ni-based superalloys shows great potential for high temperature applications, for example, as a burner repair application for gas turbines where the thin-walled structure is important. It motivates this work to investigate the evolution of microstructure and the anisotropic mechanical behavior when plate-like specimens are built with a thickness from 4 mm down to 1 mm. By performing texture analysis using neutron diffraction, a clear transition in fiber texture from <011> to <001> is indicated when the specimen becomes thinner. The residual stress shows no thickness dependence, and at the subsurface the residual stress reaches the same level as the yield strength. Due to the rough as-built surface, a roughness compensation method for mechanical properties of thin-walled structures is outlined and demonstrated. Tensile tests from room temperature up to 700 ◦C have been carried out. Anisotropic mechanical behavior is found at all temperatures, which is strongly related to the anisotropic texture evolution. Stronger texture evolution and grain rotations are discovered when the tensile loading is applied along the building direction. The mechanical behavior has been compared to a wrought material, where the high dislocation density and the subgrain structure of the LPBF material result in a higher yield strength. Combining the statistical texture analysis by neutron diffraction with mechanical testing, EBSD grain orientation mapping and the investigation of dislocation structures using transmission electron microscopy, this work illustrates the significance of texture for the thin-wall effect and anisotropic mechanical behavior of LPBF materials. KW - Hastelloy X KW - Hot tensile test KW - Crystallographic texture KW - Roughness KW - Residual stress KW - Dislocation density PY - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-518759 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2020.101672 VL - 36 SP - 101672 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-51875 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kromm, Arne T1 - Best practice: How to work with a mobile diffractometer N2 - Beginning with a general overview about resdiual stress determination by X-ray diffraction, the presentation is focussing on some does and dont's when working with a portable diffractometer. T2 - European Conference on Residual Stresses 11 - Tutorial 1: Residual stresses in additive manufacturing CY - Prague, Czech Republic DA - 03.06.2024 KW - Residual stress KW - X-ray diffraction PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60287 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hensel, J. A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Nitschke-Pagel, T. A1 - Dixneit, Jonny A1 - Dilger, K. T1 - Capability of martensitic low transformation temperature welding consumables for increasing the fatigue strength of high strength steel joints N2 - The use of low transformation temperature (LTT) filler materials represents a smart approach for increasing the fatigue strength of welded high strength steel structures apart from the usual procedures of post weld treatment. The main mechanism is based on the effect of the low start temperature of martensite formation on the stress already present during welding. Thus, compressive residual stress formed due to constrained volume expansion in connection with phase transformation become highly effective. Furthermore, the weld metal has a high hardness that can delay the formation of fatigue cracks but also leads to low toughness. Fundamental investigations on the weldability of an LTT filler material are presented in this work, including the characterization of the weld microstructure, its hardness, phase transformation temperature and mechanical properties. Special attention was applied to avoid imperfections in order to ensure a high weld quality for subsequent fatigue testing. Fatigue tests were conducted on the welded joints of the base materials S355J2 and S960QL using conventional filler materials as a comparison to the LTT filler. Butt joints were used with a variation in the weld type (DY-weld and V-weld). In addition, a component-like specimen (longitudinal stiffener) was investigated where the LTT filler material was applied as an additional layer. The joints were characterized with respect to residual stress, its stability during cyclic loading and microstructure. The results show that the application of LTT consumables leads to a significant increase in fatigue strength when basic design guidelines are followed. This enables a benefit from the lightweight design potential of high-strength steel grades. KW - Low transformation temperature KW - Welding KW - Fatigue strength KW - Residual stress PY - 2020 DO - https://doi.org/10.3139/120.111562 VL - 62 IS - 9 SP - 891 EP - 899 PB - Carl Hanser Verlag AN - OPUS4-51180 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hübner, Martin A1 - Reichel, Levin A1 - Schröpfer, Dirk A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas T1 - Modern welding processes for optimising repair welds on high strength offshore steels N2 - The successful energy transition in Germany will require offshore wind turbines with outputs >10 MW in the future. To achieve these high outputs, turbines far from coast are required with large subsea jacket structures (30 m up to 50 m) and tall towers (up to 200 m). High-strength steels with a yield strength up to 500 MPa and wall thicknesses up to 150 mm are increasingly being used for these structures. This plac-es high demands on welding manufacturing, especially for high-strength offshore steels. During the manu-facturing process detected defects by NDT require localized repair of welds by gouging and rewelding. Due to a lack of investigations, there are no repair concepts and information in standards and guidelines, par-ticularly for high-strength thick plate joints made of high-strength offshore steels. However, these are ur-gently needed to enable manufacturers, especially SMEs, to carry out safe and economical repairs. There-fore, BAM started the FOSTA project P1629 (IGF 01IF22746N) to investigate the stress-optimized repair (local gouging and welding) of high-strength thick plate joints made of offshore grades in the yield strength range off 355 to 460 MPa and similar weld metal with controlled high-performance GMAW pro-cesses and optimized narrow gouging grooves. The experimental analyses take into account the complex interaction of process, material, and design-related influences on the formation of weld induced stresses and the special microstructure of high-strength fine-grain structural steels. Welding-related material degra-dation and crack-critical residual tensile stresses need to be avoided to ensure high component safety and performance. A reduction in residual stress in the presence of high restraint conditions can be achieved by adapted heat control (if no disassembly measures are possible). The repair process involves manual thermal gouging, which allows the groove configuration to be modi-fied. Modern welding processes using high frequency arc control provide deep root penetration and focused energy input capable of welding narrow seams. A comparison was made between the traditional weld con-figuration with a wide 45° groove and transition arc welding and a narrow 30° groove with modern welding process. Even in the case of free shrinkage specimens, the narrow groove weld exhibits a significant reduc-tion of residual stresses, cf. Figure 1, especially in the HAZ and toward the adjacent base material. This can be attributed to the lower weld metal volume needed and the reduction of heat input per layer due to the controlled arc process. For the purposes of this comparison, the same weld seam build-up (but different number of layers) has been applied to both seam configurations. Note that in industrial application (manu-al welding), the wider groove would be welded with several off-center weld beads with conventional weld-ing process. In this analysis this would cause asymmetric effects regarding the residual stress state, diffi-cult to compare to each other. Component-related welding experiments on special testing equipment, adapted process and heat control concepts along with variable groove configurations will be developed and recommendations for guidelines elaborated. This is the prerequisite for fully utilizing the strength potential of high-strength steels and making a valuable contribution to the energy transition in Germany, especially for steel-processing SMEs. T2 - IIW Intermediate Meeting CII CY - Trollhättan, Sweden DA - 10.03.2025 KW - Repair welding KW - Gouging KW - Residual stress KW - Offshore wind turbines KW - High-strength steels PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-62743 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hübner, Martin T1 - Residual stress reduction using LTT welding consumables with focus on the weld geometry N2 - Low Transformation Temperature (LTT) welding consumables represent an innovative approach to realize compressive residual stress in weld and HAZ. LTT welding consumables use the volume-expanding martensitic phase transformation near room temperature to generate compressive residual stress during cooling. This article focusses on the weld geometry of LTT welding consumables and their influence on residual stress reduction. For this purpose, LTT layers were additionally applied to the front sides of conventionally welded longitudinal stiffeners. By varying parameters such as offset and welding speed, different weld geometries could be realized. These were analyzed for geometric parameters, chemical composition and residual stress using X-ray diffraction and fatigue testing. While the chemical composition was only slightly influenced by parameters changes, a clear influence was observed regarding to weld geometry and residual stress. The conventionally weld was characterized by tensile residual stress of ≈350 MPa at the weld toe, the additional LTT weld bead exhibits compressive and tensile residual stress of ≈-150MPa to ≈+150MPa depending to the parameter variation. T2 - International Institut of Welding 2024 CY - Rhodos, Greece DA - 07.07.2024 KW - LTT (Low Transformation Temperature) KW - Residual stress KW - Fatigue strength KW - High-strength steels PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60825 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kromm, Arne T1 - Residual stress reduction using LTT welding consumables with focus on the weld geometry N2 - This article focuses on the selective placement of additional LTT layers to generate compressive residual stresses in fatigue-critical areas of conventional weld joints. This enables an economical solution without effecting the integrity of welded joints. For this, longitudinal stiffeners made of high-strength steel were gas metal arc welded using conventional welding consumable in the first layer. Afterwards, a chromium-nickel alloyed LTT welding consumable was deposit on front sides of the stiffeners. By varying the welding parameters, different weld geometries of the LTT filler metal could be analyzed. The effects of additional LTT layers were investigated with regards to residual stresses, microstructure and strength. X-ray residual stresses measurements show that the residual stresses at the failure critical weld toe are significantly reduced by using additional LTT layers. While the conventional weld is characterized by tensile residual stresses, compressive residual stresses can be detected at the LTT weld. The level of residual stresses is influenced by the geometry of the LTT layer. Additional LTT layers with a high offset to the conventional weld generate more compressive residual stress in the HAZ than with a low offset. Therefore, the weld geometry has a considerable impact on the residual stress profile. T2 - IIW Intermediate Meeting Comission II-A CY - Incheon, Republic of Korea DA - 12.03.2024 KW - LTT KW - Residual stress KW - High strength steel PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-59747 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hensel, J. T1 - Influence of build-up height and heat input on distortion and residual stresses in additive repair and modification of multi-material composites using DED-Arc N2 - In hybrid additive manufacturing, components or semi-finished products manufactured by conventional primary forming are enhanced or modified by additive manufactured structures. The integration of additive manufacturing steps into existing production routes opens up significant economic and technical potential. However, systematic investigations focusing on the critical transition area between the specific properties of the substrate (like high-strength) and the additively manufactured component, made of specific filler material, are still lacking. Residual stresses heighten the risk of cold cracking, excessive distortion and a reduction in yield stress. This is particularly evident in sensitive transition areas, resulting from a complex interaction among the material used, process conditions, and component design. This risk can be minimized by an optimized layer structure in combination with suitable process parameters. The focus of the present study was to determine the influence of deposition strategy on t T2 - International Materials Science and Engineering Congress - MSE 2024 CY - Darmstadt, Germany DA - 02.04.2024 KW - DED-Arc KW - Residual stress KW - Heat control PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-61929 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schröpfer, Dirk T1 - Residual stress formation in DED-arc manufactured high strength steel components N2 - Additive manufacturing (AM) processes enable the efficient production of advanced constructions. New developments in topology optimization are leading to weight-optimized designs of increasing complexity. Direct energy deposition processes (DED) such as wire and arc-based additive manufacturing are an important method of additive manufacturing. The wire filler metals enable a wide range of materials, while the arc process provides a high deposition rate compared to laser and powder-based processes. Combined with the use of high-strength steels, the thickness of walls or components can be significantly reduced in the context of lightweight construction, which results in significant savings in energy, costs, time and resources. Suitable high-strength steel filler metals are commercially available for DED-arc AM processes. However, guidelines and quantitative knowledge about welding stresses and cold cracking issues during component production and service are lacking. This limits the industrial application considerably. In a joint project of BAM and Chemnitz University of Technology, the main influences and complex interactions of material, production process, design and processing steps on the residual stress level are investigated. The aim is to develop processing recommendations and a cold cracking test for economical processing and stress-related design of high-strength steels with DED-arc. This study focuses on residual stress analysis by neutron diffraction (ND) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) on defined test specimens. The ND analysis were performed at the Paul Scherrer Institute- Villigen, Switzerland (PSI) and the XRD analysis at BAM. The study shows a quantitative and qualitative comparison of the residual stress magnitudes and distribution between the component bulk (ND) and surface (XRD) analyses. The ND analysis reveals that in DED-arc AM walls the residual stresses dominate in the direction of welding and are negligibly small in each case transverse to the direction of welding. The topology of the analyzed residual stresses shows almost identical residual stress maps compared to XRD. In addition, the residual stresses are significantly influenced by the solid phase transformation of the material due to low cooling times and less post heat treatment cycles of following AM layers in the area of the top layer. T2 - IIW Intermediate Meeting C-II/CIX CY - Munich, Germany DA - 06.03.2023 KW - Additive manufacturing KW - High strength steel KW - Residual stress PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-59307 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wandtke, Karsten ED - Becker, Amadeus ED - Schröpfer, Dirk ED - Kromm, Arne ED - Kannengießer, Thomas ED - Scharf-Wildenhain, R. ED - Hälsig, A. ED - Hensel, J. T1 - Residual Stress Evolution during Slot Milling for Repair Welding and Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing of High-Strength Steel Components N2 - High-strength steels offer potential for weight optimization due to reduced wall thicknesses in modern constructions. Additive manufacturing processes such as Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) enable the resource-efficient production of structures. In the case of defects occurring in weld seams orWAAM components due to unstable process conditions, the economical solution is local gouging or machining and repair welding. It is important to understand the effects of machining steps on the multiaxial stress state in conjunction with the design-related shrinkage restraints. Research into how welding and slot milling of welds andWAAM structures affects residual stresses is still lacking. For this reason, component-related investigations with high-strength steels with yield strengths ≥790 MPa are carried out in our research. In-situ digital image correlation (DIC) and ex-situ X-ray diffraction (XRD) were used to analyze the stresses and strains induced on specimens during and after milling. The systematic analyses revealed a significant interaction of the stiffness and microstructure of the specimens with the initial residual stresses induced by welding. Subsequent repair welds can result in significantly higher residual stresses. KW - High strength steels KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Residual stress KW - Repair welding KW - Ditigtal image correlation PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-593515 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/met14010082 VL - 14 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 11 PB - MDPI CY - Basel AN - OPUS4-59351 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hübner, Martin T1 - Hybrid use of LTT welding filler N2 - Through a hybrid use of Low Transforamtion Temperature welding filler, fatigue strength of welds should be increased. Through the hybrid use of LTT welding filler the Integrity of a weld will be less affected. By creating several variants of LTT weld geometries an idea of the optimum residual stress reduction is given. T2 - European Academy of Wind Energy (EAWE) CY - Hannover, Germany DA - 06.09.2023 KW - Welding KW - LTT (Low Transformation Temperature) KW - Fatigue strength KW - High-strength steels KW - Residual stress PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-58362 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kromm, Arne T1 - Influence of Residual Stresses on Stress Relief Cracking of Thick Walled Creep Resistant Steel 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 (400 mm x 400 mm x 25 mm) 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 submerged arc welding in a multi-layer technique. 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 instrument E3 of the research reactor BERII of HZB Berlin, Germany. Complementarily, laboratory X-ray diffraction was applied to characterize the surface residual stresses. In the welded state, especially in the weld metal and the adjacent HAZ, the residual stress can reach the yield strength of the untreated material. The highest levels occur in the longitudinal direction. The transverse and normal directions are characterized by residual stress of lower magnitude. As expected, the residual stress is almost completely relieved after PWHT. T2 - International Conference on Residual Stresses ICRS-11 CY - Nancy, France DA - 27.03.2022 KW - Welding KW - Creep-resistant steel KW - Stress relief cracking KW - Residual stress KW - Post weld heat treatment PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-54577 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kromm, Arne T1 - Influence of Residual Stresses on Stress Relief Cracking of Thick-Walled Creep-Resistant Steel 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 (400 mm x 400 mm x 25 mm) 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 submerged arc welding in a multi-layer technique. 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 instrument E3 of the research reactor BERII of HZB Berlin, Germany. Complementarily, laboratory X-ray diffraction was applied to characterize the surface residual stresses. In the welded state, especially in the weld metal and the adjacent HAZ, the residual stress can reach the yield strength of the untreated material. The highest levels occur in the longitudinal direction. The transverse and normal directions are characterized by residual stress of lower magnitude. As expected, the residual stress is almost completely relieved after PWHT. T2 - AJP 2023 3rd International Conference on Advanced Joining Processes CY - Braga, Portugal DA - 19.10.2023 KW - Residual stress KW - Creep-resistant steel KW - Stress relief cracking KW - Neutron diffraction PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-58646 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kromm, Arne T1 - Influence of machining on residual stresses in additive manufactured high-strength steel components N2 - This study focuses on the effect of machining on the residual stresses and distortion of WAAM specimens. Defined specimens were welded fully automatically with a special WAAM solid wire (yield strength >820 MPa) with different geometric designs. The residual stresses state before and after cutting of the AM structure from the substrate plate were analyzed by means of X-ray diffraction on the specimen surface and complementary by 3d deformation analyses using photogrammetry. The results reveal significant influences of the geometry on the relaxation and redistribution of residual stresses. T2 - IIW Intermediate Meeting Comission IX-AM CY - Incheon, South Korea DA - 12.03.2024 KW - Residual stress KW - DED-arc KW - High strength steel PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-59751 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wandtke, Karsten A1 - Schröpfer, Dirk A1 - Scharf-Wildenhain, R. A1 - Hälsig, A. A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Hensel, J. T1 - Influence of the WAAM process and design aspects on residual stresses in high-strength structural steels N2 - Wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) enables the efficient production of weight-optimized modern engineering structures. Further increases in efficiency can be achieved by using high-strength structural steels. Commercial welding consumables for WAAM are already available on the market. Lack of knowledge and guidelines regarding welding residual stress and component safety during production and operation leads to severely limited use for industry applications. The sensitive microstructure of high-strength steels carries a high risk of cold cracking; therefore, residual stresses play a crucial role. For this reason, the influences of the material, the WAAM process, and the design on the formation of residual stresses and the risk of cold cracking are being investigated. The material used has a yield strength of over 800 MPa. This strength is adjusted via solid solution strengthening and a martensitic phase transformation. The volume expansion associated with martensite formation has a significant influence on the residual stresses. The focus of the present investigation is on the additive welding parameters and component design on their influence on hardness and residual stresses, which are analyzed by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD). Reference specimens (hollow cuboids) are welded fully automated with a systematic variation of heat control and design. Welding parameters and AM geometry are correlated with the resulting microstructure, hardness, and residual stress state. Increased heat input leads to lower tensile residual stresses which causes unfavorable microstructure and mechanical properties. The component design affects heat dissipation conditions and the intensity of restraint during welding and has a significant influence on the residual stress. KW - DED-arc KW - Additive manufacturing KW - High-strength steel filler metal KW - Residual stress PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-572698 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-023-01503-9 SN - 1878-6669 VL - 67 IS - 4 SP - 987 EP - 996 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-57269 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Scharf-Wildenhain, R. T1 - Effect of deposition strategies on mechanical properties and residual stresses at the transition zone of component and substrate in hybrid DED-arc manufacturing N2 - In hybrid additive manufacturing, components or semi-finished products manufactured by conventional primary forming are enhanced or modified by additive manufactured structures. The integration of additive manufacturing steps into existing production routes opens up significant economic and technical potential. However, systematic investigations focusing on the critical transition area between the specific properties of the substrate (like high-strength) and the additively manufactured component, made of specific filler material, are still lacking. Residual stresses heighten the risk of cold cracking, excessive distortion and a reduction in yield stress. This is particularly evident in sensitive transition areas, resulting from a complex interaction among the material used, process conditions, and component design. This risk can be minimized by an optimized layer structure in combination with suitable process parameters. The focus of the present study was to determine the influence of deposition strategy on the Δt8/5 cooling time, the mechanical properties and the residual stresses in order to establish a correlation between heat control, cooling conditions and residual stresses in the transition area of hybrid-additive components. This contributed to the knowledge regarding the safe avoidance of cold cracking, excessive distortion and a reduction in yield stress and the implementation of hybrid DED-arc manufacturing. The heat control was varied by means of the build-up strategy, heat input and working temperature such that the Δt8/5 cooling times corresponded to the recommended processing range. For the deposition strategy, significant effects were exhibited, in particular on the local residual stresses in the transition area. The working temperature showed a higher influence on cooling time, displacement and residual stresses than the heat input. A low working temperature of 100 °C produces almost twice as much deformation of the substrate plate in the tests compared to manufacturing at a high working temperature of 300 °C. Furthermore, compressive longitudinal residual stresses in the sensitive transition area are reduced from 500 MPa to approx. 100 MPa by adjusting the working temperature from 100 °C to 300 °C. Such complex interactions must be clarified comprehensively to provide users with easily applicable processing recommendations and standard specifications for an economical hybrid additive manufacturing of components, for example made of high-strength steels in the transition area. T2 - 77th IIW Annual Assembly and International Conference on Welding and Joining CY - Rhodes, Greece DA - 06.07.2024 KW - DED-Arc KW - Residual stress KW - Heat control PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-61925 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kromm, Arne T1 - Comparison and capabilities of different Methods N2 - X-ray and Neutron diffraction as well as the contour method were used to determine residual stresses in a additively manufactured sample. The results are compared. Capabilites and limitations are shown. T2 - European Conference on Residual Stresses 11 - Tutorial 1: Residual stresses in additive manufacturing CY - Prague, Czech Republic DA - 03.06.2024 KW - Residual stress KW - X-ray diffraction KW - Neutron diffraction KW - Contour method PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60286 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Reichel, Levin T1 - Residual stress formation during repeated gouging and repair welding cycles of high-strength steels N2 - The construction of foundation and erection structures for wind power plants requires the use of modern, sustainable and resource-efficient high-strength fine-grained structural steels. Weld defects due to the welding process are unacceptable. To overcome this issue, local thermal gouging followed by re-welding is a common and cost-effective method. The high shrinkage restraint of the gouge by the surrounding structure can cause crack initiation when design and re-weld induced residual stresses are superimposed. This risk is intensified by the progressive degradation of the microstructure and mechanical properties of high-strength steels during the weld repair process. This investigation focuses on high-strength steels S500MLO for offshore applications and S960QL for mobile crane applications. The reduction and development of residual stresses caused by local thermal gouging and re-welding was investigated. Digital Image Correlated (DIC) stress-strain analysis was performed during preheating, welding and cooling. The results of the global DIC analysis and local longitudinal and transverse residual stresses of the weld determined by X-ray diffraction were found to be in good agreement. Furthermore, different stress levels were identified during gouging and welding. Repeated repair cycles led to an increase of longitudinal and transverse residual stresses in the weld metal as well as a hardness increase in the heat affected zone. T2 - European Conference on Residual Stresses - ECRS11 CY - Prague, Czech Republic DA - 03.06.2024 KW - Repair welding KW - Gouging KW - Residual stress KW - Repair cycles KW - High-strength steels PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60215 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kromm, Arne T1 - Case Studies 2 – RS in DED-arc AM Components N2 - The presentation shows examples of resdiual stresses to be found typically in DED-arc additively manufactured high strength steel components. T2 - European Conference on Residual Stresses 11 - Tutorial 1: Residual stresses in additive manufacturing CY - Prague, Czech Republic DA - 03.06.2024 KW - Residual stress KW - DED-arc KW - High strength steel PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60285 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Engelking, Lorenz T1 - Residual Stress Analysis on a DED-Arc High-strength Steel Component Using the Contour Method N2 - This poster compares the results of the residual stress determination of DED-Arc open hollow cuboid specimens via XRD with the contour method. The results are in very good agreement. T2 - ECRS11 CY - Prague, Czech Republic DA - 03.06.2024 KW - DED-Arc KW - Residual stress KW - Contour method PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60221 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Roveda, Ilaria A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Madia, Mauro T1 - Investigation of residual stresses and microstructure effects on the fatigue behaviour of a L-PBF AlSi10Mg alloy N2 - Al-Si alloys produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) techniques allow the fabrication of lightweight free-shape components that find space in aerospace, automotive, biomedical and military applications. Due to the high cooling rates occurring during the building process, L-PBF AlSi10Mg alloys exhibit an ultra-fine microstructure that leads to superior mechanical properties in the as-built condition compared to conventional cast Al-Si materials. Nevertheless, L-PBF processing induces high thermal gradients, leading to deleterious residual stress levels that must be considered to avoid part distortion and unpredicted failures. In order to relax detrimental residual stress and to increase the ductility, post-processing stress relief treatments are generally performed. In as-built condition the hypoeutectic AlSi10Mg microstructure consist of fine α-Al cells containing uniformly dispersed silicon nanoparticles, which are, in addition, surrounded by a eutectic Si network. Above 260°C the silicon interconnectivity starts to breakdown into spheroidized particles and to coarsen. At the same time, the heating residual stresses are relieved. The objective of the contribution is to investigate, under different heat treatment conditions, the evolution of microstructure and residual stresses in view of optimizing the fatigue performance of the alloy. To this purpose various heat treatments in a range of temperatures between 265°C and 300°C for a duration between 15 minutes and 2 hours are performed. The microstructure modifications are analysed using a scanning electron microscope and the residual stress state is measured by laboratory X-ray diffraction. T2 - FATIGUE DESIGN 2021 CY - Online meeting DA - 17.11.2021 KW - AlSi10Mg alloy KW - Additive manufacturing KW - L-PBF KW - Residual stress KW - Heat treatment PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-544942 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prostr.2022.03.057 SN - 2452-3216 VL - 38 SP - 564 EP - 571 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-54494 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar T1 - Influence of microstructure and residual stress state on the fatigue behaviour of a PBF-LB/M AlSi10Mg alloy N2 - The high cooling rates (~106 K/s) occurring during Laser Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB/M) of AlSi10Mg induce to the formation of a fine nanometric silicon network in the as-built condition. Such unprecedented microstructure enhances the mechanical strength when compared to equivalent as-cast materials. Nevertheless, PBF-LB/M also leads to high magnitude residual stress (RS) due to the extreme localized temperature gradients. The presence of RS can be detrimental to the fatigue life of engineering components, and great efforts are focused on understanding their generation and evolution after post-process heat treatments. Typically, T6 heat treatments are used to mitigate RS and improve mechanical performances by Mg2Si precipitation during ageing at 160-180°C. Nevertheless, the solutionizing at 500-540°C vanishes the fine silicon network, leading to the formation of micrometric (average of ~2-5 µm) polygonal Si particles, similar to those observed in T6 heat-treated Al-Si cast materials. Therefore, the aim of this work is to evaluate the ability of two so-called low temperature heat treatments (i.e., at 265°C and 300°C) to mitigate RS while retaining the fine as-built microstructure inherent to PBF-LB/M AlSi10Mg. The fatigue behavior of the as-built material is subsequently compared to the two low temperature conditions. T2 - LightMat 2023 CY - Trondheim, Norway DA - 21.06.2023 KW - AlSi10Mg KW - Fatigue crack propagation KW - Residual stress KW - Post processing heat treatment PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-57807 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Madia, Mauro T1 - Prediction of the fatigue limit of additively manufactured metallic materials N2 - Structural alloys are largely employed in key industrial sectors and their demand is predicted to rise rapidly for the next decades. Most of these materials require a large amount of energy for extraction and manufacturing, which causes the emission of greenhouse gases and other pollutants. Therefore, strategies for improving the sustainability of structural metallic alloys are urgently needed. Additive Manufacturing (AM), in particular Laser Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB/M), aims to be a sustainable manufacturing process, as it allows the build-up of complex geometry in near net-shape from 3D models, while minimizing material waste and the energy required for the process and post-process treatments. Nevertheless, the application of additively manufactured parts in structural safety-relevant applications is still hindered by the poor fatigue performance. The cause of this has been mainly attributed to the presence of manufacturing defects and surface roughness. Therefore, a huge effort has been made to optimize the process parameters and to introduce post-process treatments to minimize the defect content. However, material flaws cannot be fully eliminated, but these can be considered in a damage tolerance framework for the prediction of the fatigue performance of additively manufactured metallic materials, which is essential for part design and qualification. This work aims at presenting different modelling strategies for the prediction of the fatigue limit of AM metals. Simple empirical models and more complex models based on fatigue short crack propagation are proposed. The investigated material is an AlSi10Mg alloy fabricated by PBF-LB/M and subjected to two different low-temperature heat-treatments (265°C for 1 h and 300°C for 2h). The results show that the models can provide good approximation of the fatigue limits and help in the interpretation of the scatter of fatigue data. T2 - ASTM International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing CY - Washington DC, USA DA - 30.10.2023 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - AlSi10Mg KW - Fatigue KW - Residual stress KW - Microstructure PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-58866 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Roveda, Ilaria T1 - Investigation of residual stresses and microstructure effects on the fatigue behaviour of a L-PBF AlSi10Mg alloy N2 - Al-Si alloys produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) techniques allow the fabrication of lightweight free-shape components. Due to the high cooling rates occurring during the building process, L-PBF AlSi10Mg alloys exhibit an ultra-fine microstructure that leads to superior mechanical properties in the as-built condition compared to conventional cast Al-Si materials. Nevertheless, L-PBF processing induces high thermal gradients, leading to deleterious residual stress. In order to relax detrimental residual stress and to increase the ductility, post-processing stress relief treatments are performed. The objective of the contribution is to investigate, under different heat treatment condition, the evolution of microstructure and residual stresses in view of optimizing the fatigue performance of the alloy. To this purpose various heat treatments in a range of temperatures between 265°C and 300°C for a duration between 15 minutes and 2 hours are performed. T2 - Fatigue Design 2021 CY - Senlis, France DA - 17.11.2021 KW - AlSi10Mg KW - Additive manufacturing KW - L-PBF KW - Residual stress KW - Heat treatment PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53794 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Wandtke, Karsten T1 - Residual stress analysis on a DED-Arc additive manufactured high-strength steel component using the contour method N2 - Direct Energy Deposition with arc (DED-arc) or wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) has significantly transformed the manufacturing paradigm in recent years by the virtue of its capability to fabricate intricate, large scale metallic parts owing to high deposition rates, high efficiency, and cost effectiveness. Subsequent enhancement in efficiency can be achieved through the utilization of the high-strength structural steels. The fabrication of the intricate geometries possesses challenges in regulating the residual stresses (RS), representing a significant concern in the realm of additive manufacturing (AM). High residual stresses contribute to an increased risk of cold cracking particularly in the welding of the high strength steels arising from complex interactions among the material, process conditions and component design. Reliable residual stress evaluation is vital in the structural integrity assessment of the welded components. Therefore, in the present study, the contour method was used to analyse the full field longitudinal residual stresses in an open hollow cuboid specimen fabricated by DED-arc. In this method, the specimen is cut along a desired plane of interest and the deformation caused by the cut surface is measured using the coordinate measuring machine and an industrial non-contact 3D scanner. A different cutting and restraint methodology was adopted and its influence on the residual stresses was analysed. The results indicate that the maximum tensile residual stresses around 600 MPa occurred in the left wall of the DED-arc structure exactly two layers below from the top. Additionally, the stresses at the bottom layer of the base plate demonstrate tensile in longitudinal direction and the corresponding balancing compressive residual stresses occurred at the top layer of the base plate. The contour approach is efficient and precise way for generating a two-dimensional residual stress map. The results obtained from the contour method was further validated using the X-ray Diffraction and both sets of findings demonstrated similarity. T2 - European Conference on Residual Stresses - ECRS11 CY - Prague, Czech Republic DA - 03.06.2024 KW - High strength steels KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Residual stress KW - Contour methode PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-61948 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hübner, Martin A1 - Dittmann, Florian A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Varfolomeev, Igor A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas T1 - Residual stress reduction using a low transformation temperature welding consumable with focus on the weld geometry N2 - Low transformation temperature (LTT) welding consumables represent an innovative approach to realize compressive residual stress in the weld seam and HAZ. LTT welding consumables use the volume-expanding martensitic phase transformation near room temperature to generate compressive residual stress during cooling. This article focuses on the weld geometry and its influence on residual stress reduction using an LTT welding consumable. For this purpose, layers with an LTT welding consumable were additionally applied to the front sides of conventionally welded longitudinal stiffeners. Different weld geometries of the second weld seam could be realized by varying the welding parameters. These samples were analyzed for geometric parameters, chemical composition, and residual stress. While the chemical composition and martensite start temperature (MS) were only slightly influenced by parameter changes, a clear influence with regard to residual stress and weld geometry was observed. Depending on the shape of the second LTT weld seam, residual stress reductions of 200 to 500 MPa were achieved using the same LTT welding consumable. T2 - IIW Annual Assembly and International Conference CY - Rhodes Island, Dodecanisa, Greece DA - 07.07.2024 KW - Low transformation temperature (LTT) KW - Martensite start temperature KW - Dilution KW - Weld geometry KW - Residual stress PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-633707 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-025-02094-3 SN - 1878-6669 SP - 1 EP - 11 PB - Springer Nature CY - Berlin ; Heidelberg AN - OPUS4-63370 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Engelking, Lorenz A1 - Scharf-Wildenhain, R. A1 - Schröpfer, Dirk A1 - Hälsig, A. A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas A1 - Hensel, J. T1 - Influence of heat input on properties and residual stresses in hybrid addi-tive manufacturing of high strength steels using MSG processes N2 - The application of steels with a higher yield strength allows reductions in wall thickness, component weight and production costs. Hybrid additive manufacturing based on Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) processes (DED-Arc) can be used to realise highly effi-cient component modifications and repairs on semi-finished products and additively manufactured structures. There are still a number of key issues preventing widespread implementation, particularly for SMEs. In addition to the manufacturing design, detailed information about assembly strategy and geometric adaptation of the component for modifications or repairs are missing. These include the welding-related stresses associ-ated with the microstructural influences caused by the additive manufacturing steps, particularly in the transition area of the substrate and filler material interface. The pre-sent research focuses the effect of welding heat control during DED-Arc process on the residual stresses, especially in the transition area. Defined specimens were welded fully automatically with a high-strength solid wire (yield strength > 790 MPa) especially adapted for DED-Arc on S690QL substrate. The working temperature and heat input were systematically varied for a statistical effect analysis on the residual stress state of the hybrid manufactured components. Regarding heat control, t8/5 cooling times within the recommended processing range (approx. 5 s to 20 s) were complied. The investiga-tion revealed a significant influence of the working temperature Ti on the compressive residual stresses in the transition area and the tensile residual stresses at the base of the substrate. High working temperatures result in lower compressive residual stresses, heat input E does not significantly affect the tensile stresses. T2 - 6. Symposium Materialtechnik CY - Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany DA - 20.02.2025 KW - DED-Arc KW - Residual stress KW - Heat control PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-632188 DO - https://doi.org/10.21268/20250506-3 SP - 110 EP - 122 AN - OPUS4-63218 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -