TY - CONF A1 - Weichert, Dorina A1 - Kister, Alexander A1 - Houben, Sebastian A1 - Link, Patrick A1 - Ernis, Gunar ED - Kiyavash, Negar ED - Mooij, Joris M. T1 - Robust Entropy Search for Safe Efficient Bayesian Optimization N2 - The practical use of Bayesian Optimization (BO) in engineering applications imposes special requirements: high sampling efficiency on the one hand and finding a robust solution on the other hand. We address the case of adversarial robustness, where all parameters are controllable during the optimization process, but a subset of them is uncontrollable or even adversely perturbed at the time of application. To this end, we develop an efficient information-based acquisition function that we call Robust Entropy Search (RES). We empirically demonstrate its benefits in experiments on synthetic and real-life data. The results show that RES reliably finds robust optima, outperforming state-of-the-art algorithms. T2 - UAI 2024 CY - Barcelona, Spain DA - 15.07.2024 KW - Bayesian Optimization KW - Gaussian process KW - Active learning PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-613523 UR - https://proceedings.mlr.press/v244/weichert24a.html SN - 2640-3498 VL - 244 SP - 3711 EP - 3729 PB - Proceedings of Machine Learning Research AN - OPUS4-61352 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Metz, Christian A1 - Franz, Philipp A1 - Fischer, C. A1 - Wachtendorf, Volker A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane T1 - Active thermography for quality assurance of 3D-printed polymer structures N2 - Additively manufactured test specimens made of polyamide 12 (PA 12) by Laser Sintering (LS) as well as of acrylnitril-butadien-styrol (ABS) by Fused Layer Modeling (FLM), were tested with active thermography. For this, two different excitation methods (flash and impulse excitation) were used and compared, regarding the suitability for the detection of constructed and imprinted defects. To increase the quality of the thermograms, data processing methods like thermal signal reconstruction (TSR) and Fourier-Transformation were applied. Furthermore, the long-term stability of the probes towards environmental stress, like UV-radiation, heat, water contact and frost is being investigated in the presented project with artificial weathering tests. T2 - 14th Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Conference CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 25.06.2018 KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Active thermography KW - Artificial weathering PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-453919 SP - Tu.3.A.2, 1 EP - 9 AN - OPUS4-45391 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Krankenhagen, Rainer A1 - Ziegler, Mathias A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane ED - Maldague, X. T1 - Systematic errors in the evaluation of uncorrected data from thermographic lock-in measurements N2 - Lock-in thermography (LT) is based on the correct evaluation of phase differences between the temperature oscillations at different surface regions of the object under test during periodic heating. Since the usual heating procedures contain a DC component, the actual heating pattern achieved is not harmonic. This causes systematic deviations when phase differences are determined by means of harmonic analysis, e.g. with FFT analysis. The resulting errors depend clearly on the ratio between DC and AC amplitude, which is demonstrated at simulated and experimentally recorded temperature transients. Further experimental LT data obtained by different oscillating energy inputs showed a variety of possible shapes of transients with different DC components. T2 - 14th QIRT Conference CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 26.06.2018 KW - NDT KW - Lock-in Thermography KW - FFT PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-453768 SP - 539 EP - 547 PB - QIRT Council AN - OPUS4-45376 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Talebi, Elnaz A1 - Korzen, Manfred A1 - Espinós, A. A1 - Hothan, Sascha ED - Albero, Vicente T1 - The effect of damage location on the performance of seismically damaged concrete filled steel tube columns at fire N2 - In this paper, a nonlinear three-dimensional finite element (FE) model was developed and validated to study the effect of seismic damage location on the response of concrete filled tube (CFT) columns at fire after earthquakes. Three analyses were conducted consecutively in the modelling, namely, cyclic, thermal and structural. Results of the cyclic loading analysis comprising residual deformations were applied as the Initial condition to the thermal-stress model, replicating the seismic performance of column. Following, a nonlinear sequentially coupled-thermal stress Analysis was carried out to investigate the fire response of CFT columns after the seismic event. Three damage scenarios were contemplated, considering any possible potential damages that could be generated by the earthquake loading on CFT columns. The accuracy of the proposed FE model was examined by comparing the numerical results with that of available tests on fire and cyclic loading. By means of the validated model, the performance of damaged CFT columns was then investigated under fire after earthquakes. The level of damage was assumed as a high damage level, presuming that the column reached 50% of ist lateral resistance while still maintaining its overall stability after the earthquake. The results were presented broadly, including the axial deformation history as well as the fire resistance time for CFT columns. To have a comprehensive insight on the influence of damage location in columns, the fire response of damaged specimens was compared with that of an intact one. T2 - 12th International Conference on Advances in Steel-Concrete Composite Structures (ASCCS 2018) CY - Valencia, Spain DA - 27.06. 2018 KW - Fire after earthquake KW - Concrete filled tube (CFT) column KW - Finite element model KW - Seismically damaged column KW - Damage location KW - Fire performance PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-457694 SN - 978-84-9048-601-6 DO - https://doi.org/10.4995/ASCCS2018.2018.8534 SP - 835 EP - 842 PB - Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València CY - València AN - OPUS4-45769 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Burgholzer, P. A1 - Berer, T. A1 - Ziegler, Mathias A1 - Thiel, Erik A1 - Ahmadi, Samim A1 - Gruber, J. A1 - Mayr, G. A1 - Hendorfer, G. T1 - Blind structured illumination as excitation for super-resolution photothermal radiometry N2 - Using an infrared camera for radiometric imaging allows the contactless temperature measurement of multiple surface pixels simultaneously. From the measured surface data, a sub-surface structure, embedded inside a sample or tissue, can be reconstructed and imaged when heated by an excitation light pulse. The main drawback in radiometric imaging is the degradation of the spatial resolution with increasing depth, which results in blurred images for deeper lying structures. We circumvent this degradation with blind structured illumination, combined with a non-linear joint sparsity reconstruction algorithm. The ground-breaking concept of super-resolution can be transferred from optics to thermographic imaging. T2 - Conference QIRT 2018 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 25.06.2018 KW - Thermography KW - Laser thermography KW - Super resolution PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-454506 SN - 978-3-940283-94-8 DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/17686733.2019.1655247 SP - We.3.A.2, 1 EP - 7 AN - OPUS4-45450 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Krankenhagen, Rainer A1 - Röllig, Mathias A1 - Heckel, Thomas A1 - Brackrock, Daniel A1 - Gaal, Mate T1 - Quantification of impact damages in CFRP and GFRP structures with thermography and ultrasonics N2 - The extent of damage caused by impacts in fibre reinforced composites depends on the energy of the impacts, on the velocity and the shape of the impacting body, on the material and structure of the composite and on the geometry of the structure. Here, mainly the thickness of the component is essential. The non-destructive evaluation of these damages can be carried out using both ultrasound and active thermography methods. A comparison of the detection sensitivity of these methods for the different damages is carried out in this paper depending on the fibre composite material used (CFRP and GFRP), the thickness of the material and the impact energy. The NDT methods used after the damage are supplemented by thermographic measurements with high temporal resolution, which were already recorded during the impact. T2 - 14th Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Conference CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 25.06.2018 KW - Active thermography KW - Passive thermography KW - Ultrasonics KW - CFRP KW - GFRP KW - Impact PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-454952 UR - http://www.qirt.org/archives/qirt2018/papers/126.pdf DO - https://doi.org/10.21611/qirt.2018.126 SP - 933 EP - 940 PB - DGZfP e. V. AN - OPUS4-45495 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Paul, Nathalie A1 - Kister, Alexander A1 - Schnellhardt, Thorben A1 - Fetz, Maximilian A1 - Hecker, Dirk A1 - Wirtz, Tim ED - Meo, Rosa ED - Silvestri, Fabrizio T1 - Reinforcement Learning for Segmented Manufacturing N2 - The manufacturing of large components is, in comparison to small components, cost intensive. This is due to the sheer size of the components and the limited scalability in number of produced items. To take advantage of the effects of small component production we segment the large components into smaller parts and schedule the production of these parts on regular-sized machine tools. We propose to apply and adapt recent developments in reinforcement learning in combination with heuristics to efficiently solve the resulting segmentation and assignment problem. In particular, we solve the assignment problem up to a factor of 8 faster and only a few percentages less accurate than a classic solver from operations research. T2 - European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases 2023 CY - Turin, Italy DA - 18.09.2023 KW - Reinforcement Learning KW - Assignment Problem KW - Large component manufacturing PY - 2025 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-74640-6_38 VL - 1 IS - 1 SP - 470 EP - 485 PB - Springer Cham AN - OPUS4-63031 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Viefhues, Eva A1 - Döhler, M. A1 - Hille, Falk A1 - Mevel, L. T1 - Fault detection for linear parameter varying systems under changes in the process noise covariance N2 - Detecting changes in the eigenstructure of linear systems is a comprehensively investigated subject. In particular, change detection methods based on hypothesis testing using Gaussian residuals have been developed previously. In such residuals, a reference model is confronted to data from the current system. In this paper, linear output-only systems depending on a varying external physical parameter are considered. These systems are driven by process noise, whose covariance may also vary between measurements. To deal with the varying parameter, an interpolation approach is pursued, where a limited number of reference models – each estimated from data measured in a reference state – are interpolated to approximate an adequate reference model for the current parameter. The problem becomes more complex when the different points of interpolation correspond to different noise conditions. Then conflicts may arise between the detection of changes in the eigenstructure due to a fault and the detection of changes due to different noise conditions. For this case, a new change detection approach is developed based on the interpolation of the eigenstructure at the reference points. The resulting approach is capable of change detection when both the external physical parameter and the process noise conditions are varying. This approach is validated on a numerical simulation of a mechanical system. T2 - 21st IFAC World Congress CY - Online meeting DA - 13.07.2020 KW - Linear parameter varying systems KW - Fault detectionchanging KW - Process noise KW - Subspace-based residual KW - Model interpolation PY - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-524652 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.868 SN - 2405-8963 VL - 53 IS - 2 SP - 13668 EP - 13673 PB - Elsevier AN - OPUS4-52465 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Küttenbaum, Stefan A1 - Taffe, A. A1 - Braml, T. A1 - Maack, Stefan ED - Alexander, M. G. ED - Beushausen, H. ED - Dehn, F. ED - Moyo, P. T1 - Reliability assessment of existing bridge constructions based on results of non-destructive testing N2 - The non-destructive testing methods available for civil engineering (NDT-CE) enable the measurements of quantitative parameters, which realistically describe the characteristics of existing buildings. In the past, methods for quality evaluation and concepts for validation expanded into NDT-CE to improve the objectivity of measured data. Thereby, a metrological foundation was developed to collect statistically sound and structurally relevant information about the inner construction of structures without destructive interventions. More recently, the demand for recalculations of structural safety was identified. This paper summarizes a basic research study on structural analyses of bridges in combination with NDT. The aim is to use measurement data of nondestructive testing methods as stochastic quantities in static calculations. Therefore, a methodical interface between the guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement and probabilistic approximation procedures (e.g. FORM) has been proven to be suitable. The motivation is to relate the scientific approach of the structural analysis with real information coming from existing structures and not with those found in the literature. A case study about the probabilistic bending proof of a reinforced concrete bridge with statistically verified data from ultrasonic measurements shows that the measuring results fulfil the requirements concerning precision, trueness, objectivity and reliability. T2 - International Conference on Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting (ICCRRR 2018) CY - Cape Town, South Africa DA - 19.11.2018 KW - NDT KW - Concrete KW - Probabilistic reassessment KW - Bridge PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-467898 DO - https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201819906001 SN - 2261-236X VL - 199 SP - 06001, 1 EP - 9 PB - MATEC Web of Conferences AN - OPUS4-46789 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Maack, Stefan A1 - Villalobos, S. A1 - Scott, D. T1 - Validation of artificial defects for non-destructive testing measurements on a reference structure N2 - Non-destructive testing was established over the last decades as an important tool for assessing damages, material characterization and quality assurance in civil engineering. For example, Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) can be used to scan large areas of concrete structures to determine the spatial position of the reinforcement. With the ultrasonic echo method, the thickness of concrete structures can be easily determined even if a high density of reinforcement is given. Various methods and processes have been developed for the validation of NDT procedures aiming at ensuring the quality of measurements in practical use. The Probability of Detection (POD) for example, is an available method to compare different technical devices with each other quantitatively regarding their performance. With this method, the best suited testing device for a specific inspection task under defined boundary conditions can be selected. By using the Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM), it is possible to quantify the measurement uncertainty of an inspection procedure for a specific task. Another important aspect to improve the acceptance of Non-destructive testing methods is the development of reference specimens. Reference specimens serve for the calibration and further development of NDT methods under realistic conditions in different laboratories under the same conditions. A particular challenge here is the most realistic representation of a damage that can occur at building sites. Possible damages include for example horizontal and vertical cracks or honeycombs in concrete. Such a reference structure was built for the development of a new design of power plant constructions. Comparative studies on the manufacturing of realistic honeycombs and delaminations were carried out in advance on a test specimen. The results of this study are presented here. T2 - ICCRRR 2018 - Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting CY - Cape Town, South Africa DA - 19.11.2018 KW - Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung KW - Nondestructive testing KW - Istzustandserfassung KW - Ultrasonic PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-464497 DO - https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201819906006 SN - 2261-236X VL - 199 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - EDP Sciences CY - Les Ulis AN - OPUS4-46449 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gaal, Mate A1 - Dohse, Elmar A1 - Bartusch, Jürgen A1 - Köppe, Enrico A1 - Kreutzbruck, Marc A1 - Hillger, W. A1 - Amos, J. M. T1 - Ultrasonic testing of adhesively bonded joints using air-coupled cellular polypropylene transducers N2 - In air-coupled ultrasonic testing, the impedance mismatch between the transducer and the air is commonly being solved by adding matching layers to composite transducers. To avoid the difficult technological procedure regarding matching layers, some new piezoelectric materials have been proposed. Most promising are ferroelectrets, which are charged cellular polymers, having ferroelectric and consequently piezoelectric properties. In particular, the extreme softness of cellular polypropylene (cPP) leads to a high piezoelectric constant and to a good impedance match with the air, making matching layers redundant. Its elasticity modulus below 1 MPa causes an additional effect not observed with common piezoelectric materials: that is the electrostrictive effect, here defined as the thickness change due to the attractive force between the transducer electrodes. This effect exceeds the piezoelectric effect at excitation voltages over 1 kV. The extreme softness of cPP leads also to high flexibility, enabling easy focusing by bending the transducer. We have developed air-coupled ultrasonic transducers based on cPP. This includes the electrical matching networks for the transmitter and for the receiver. The transmitter is excited with voltages up to 2.5 kV, so that the electrostrictive effect dominates, leading to sound pressure around 145dB at the transducer surface. These transducers have been applied for testing carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer plates, adhesive joints and other composite structures. Here we report about ultrasonic transmission of two types of adhesive joints. The first one is multi-layer aluminium components with some artificial disbonds, which are common in aerospace industry, and the second one is an aluminium-steel joint with polyurethane adhesive, which is used in automotive industry. T2 - ECNDT 2014 - 11th European conference on non-destructive testing CY - Prague, Czech Republic DA - 06.10.2014 KW - Air-coupled KW - Ultrasonic testing KW - Ferroelectret KW - Cellular polypropylene KW - Transducer KW - Adhesive joint PY - 2014 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-317204 SN - 978-80-214-5018-9 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - Brno University of Technology AN - OPUS4-31720 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kardjilov, N. A1 - Hilger, A. A1 - Manke, I. A1 - Banhart, J. A1 - Griesche, Axel T1 - Imaging with Cold Neutrons at the CONRAD-2 Facility N2 - CONRAD-2 is an imaging instrument using low-energy (cold) neutrons. The instrument is installed at the end of a curved neutron guide which avoids the direct line of sight towards the reactor core. This ensures a very low background of high-energy neutrons and. photons at the sample position. The cold neutron beam provides a wavelength range which is suitable for phase-and diffraction-contrast imaging such as grating interferometry and Bragg edge mapping. The instrument is well suited for high resolution imaging due to the high efficiency of the very thin scintillators that can be used for the detection of cold neutrons. An instrument upgrade was performed recently as a part of an upgrade program for the cold neutron instrumentation at HZB. The parameters of the instrument as well as some research highlights will be presented. T2 - 10th World Conference on Neutron Radiography (WCNR) CY - Grindelwald, SWITZERLAND DA - 05.10.2014 KW - iron embrittlement KW - neutron imaging KW - neutron instrumentation KW - cold neutrons PY - 2015 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-373239 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2015.07.008 SN - 1875-3892 VL - 69 SP - 60 EP - 66 PB - Elsevier B.V. CY - Amsterdam, NL AN - OPUS4-37323 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gravenkamp, Hauke A1 - Bause, F. A1 - Rautenberg, J. A1 - Henning, B. ED - Declercq, N. F. T1 - Model Based Sensitivity Analysis in the Determination of Viscoelastic Material Properties Using Transmission Measurements through Circular Waveguides N2 - Several ultrasonic approaches for material determination are formulated in terms of an (nonlinear) inverse problem, e.g. immersion technique (Castaings et al. (2000)) or plate-waveguide techniques (Marzani et al. (2012)). In this contribution we focus on cylindrical waveguides for ultrasonic material determination and especially on the sensitivity of recorded transmission signals to the material properties. We utilize composite scaled sensitivities to determine the information content that can be achieved by the setup to certain parameters and discuss the limitations of the approach. T2 - ICU International Congress on Ultrasonics 2015 CY - Georgia Tech Lorraine, Metz, France DA - 10.05.2015 KW - Ultrasonic material determination KW - Sensitivity KW - Inverse problem PY - 2015 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-372551 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2015.08.127 SN - 1875-3892 VL - 70 SP - 204 EP - 207 PB - Elsevier B.V. CY - Amsterdam, Netherlands AN - OPUS4-37255 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Welding with high-power lasers: trends and developments N2 - High-power laser beam welding became new stimuli within the last 10 years due to the availability of a new generation of high brightness multi kilowatt solid state lasers. In the welding research new approaches have been developed to establish reliable and praxis oriented welding processes meeting the demands of modern industrial applications during this time. The paper focuses on some of the current scientific and technological aspects in this research field like hybrid laser arc welding, simulation techniques, utilization of electromagnetic fields or reduced pressure environment for laser beam welding processes, which contributed to the further development of this technology or will play a crucial role in its further industrial implementation. T2 - 9th International Conference on Photonic Technologies - LANE 2016 CY - Fürth, Germany DA - 19.09.2016 KW - High-power Laserbeam Welding KW - Electromagnetic Force KW - Vacuum KW - Simulation PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-377280 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2016.08.003 VL - 83 SP - 15 EP - 25 PB - Elsevier B.V. CY - Berlin, Germany AN - OPUS4-37728 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kemmler, Samuel A1 - Cuéllar, Pablo A1 - Rettinger, C. A1 - Köstler, H. T1 - A Fluid-Solid Coupled Micromechanical Simulation for the Analysis of Piping Erosion During the Seabed Installation of a Suction Bucket Foundation N2 - Suction buckets are a promising concept for the foundations of offshore wind turbines. During the installation process of a suction bucket, localized fluidization of the granular soil, so-called piping erosion, may lead to installation failure. A 3D fluid-solid coupled micromechanical simulation is presented to study the occurrence of piping. An Euler-Lagrangian coupling employs momentum exchange between the fluid phase and the geometrically resolved particles. We investigate the behavior of the soil for three cases with varying prescribed suction velocities. We observe piping in the case with the highest suction velocity by analyzing the deformation of the granular fabric and monitoring the differential pressure. The grains under the bucket wall-tip show the highest hydraulic gradients and forces at the onset of piping. This approach permits a detailed analysis of piping phenomena and brings novel insights on the triggering conditions for piping failure of suction-aided foundations. T2 - TC 105 International Symposium CY - Grenoble, France DA - 23.09.2024 KW - Micromechanical simulation KW - Piping erosion KW - Suction bucket foundation PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-629461 DO - https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1480/1/012024 SN - 1755-1307 VL - 1480 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 4 PB - IOP Publishing AN - OPUS4-62946 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 - Schröpfer, Dirk A1 - Flohr, Kerstin A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas ED - Holden, T.M. ED - Muránsky, O. ED - Edwards, L. T1 - Multi-axial Analyses of Welding Stresses in High-Strength Steel Welds N2 - Today’s efforts for lightweight design result in a growing application of high-strength structural steels from 960 MPa. In welded structures of these steels increased demands regarding component safety and a high elastic ratio should be considered. Hence, the prevention of an evolution of high weld-induced tensile residual stresses is required. Recent studies showed that component related restraint conditions of welds are able to elevate welding induced stresses to critical values, depending on material characteristics, the welding process and parameters. This work involves multi-axial welding loads as a consequence of the superposition of local residual stresses, global reaction stresses and moments, varying the welding parameters under different restraint conditions. The global welding loads are measured via GMA-weld tests in a special testing facility and via a DIC(Digital Image Correlation)-system in a slot weld. Local transverse residual stresses were analysed by means of X-ray diffraction. The application of a less amount of weld runs due to a modified welding parameters and welds seam configurations revealed as a beneficial approach to reduce welding loads in high-strength steels. T2 - 10th International Conference on Residual Stresses CY - Sydney, Australia DA - 04.07.2016 KW - High-Strength Steel KW - Welding KW - Reaction Stress KW - X-Ray Diffraction PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-390453 SN - 978-1-9452-9116-6 DO - https://doi.org/10.21741/9781945291173-35 SN - 2474-395X VL - 2 SP - 205 EP - 210 PB - Materials Research Forum LLC. CY - Millersville PA, USA AN - OPUS4-39045 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Dixneit, Jonny A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Boin, M. A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas A1 - Gibmeier, J. ED - Olden, T.-M. ED - Muransky, O. Muransky ED - Edwards, L. T1 - Influence of heat control on residual stresses in low transformation temperature (LTT) large scale welds N2 - The current paper presents residual stress analyses of large scale LTT (Low Transformation Temperature) welds. LTT filler materials are specially designed for residual stress engineering by means of an adjusted martensite phase transformation. Controlling the level of mostly detrimental residual stresses already during the welding process would be highly attractive as time and cost consuming post processing may be prevented. In large scale welds the residual stress state is influenced by the heat control (e.g. interpass temperature) during welding. Therefore, welding residual stresses are studied here putting the focus on the influence of welding process parameters while joining heavy steel sections with a thickness of 25 mm. The residual stress state was determined at the top surface using X-ray diffraction as well as in the bulk by neutron diffraction. The results show that control of the interpass temperature is vital for the residual stresses present in the joints. This accounts for the top surface but is most pronounced for the bulk of the welds. While high interpass temperatures are appropriate to induce compressive residual stresses in the weld metal, low interpass temperatures favor unwanted tensile residual stresses instead. T2 - ICRS 2016 - 10th International Conference on Residual Stresses CY - Sydney, Australia DA - 03.07.2016 KW - LTT KW - Welding residual stress KW - Phase transformation KW - Interpass temperature PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-389628 SN - 978-1-94529117-3 SN - 978-1-94529116-6 DO - https://doi.org/10.21741/9781945291173-38 SN - 2474-395X VL - 2 SP - 223 EP - 228 PB - Materials Research Forum LLC CY - Millersville (PA), USA AN - OPUS4-38962 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Schasse, R. A1 - Xu, Ping A1 - Mente, Tobias A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas ED - Olden, T.-M. ED - Muransky, O. ED - Edwards, L. T1 - Influence of weld repair by gouging on the residual stresses in high strength steels N2 - Carbon arc-air gouging is a common technology when repairing defects in welded structures. Often this technique is applied in repeated cycles even on the same location of the joint. Due to the multiple heat input by gouging and subsequent re-welding, the residual stresses are strongly influenced. This can become crucial when microstructure and mechanical properties are adversely affected by multiple weld reparations. Knowledge about the relation of gouging and residual stresses is scarce but important when high strength steels, which are sensitive to residual stresses, are processed. The present study shows the effect of repair welding on a high strength steel structural element. The weld and the heat affected zone were subjected to multiple thermal cycles by gouging and subsequent repair welding. The residual stresses were determined by X-ray diffraction at different positions along the joint. The results showed that the residual stress level has increased by the repair cycles. This is most pronounced for the heat affected zone. Adapted welding procedures may prevent detrimental residual stress distributions. T2 - ICRS 2016 - 10th International Conference on Residual Stresses CY - Sydney, Australia DA - 03.07.2016 KW - Repair welding KW - Weld residual stress KW - Carbon arc-air gouging PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-389242 SN - 978-1-94529117-6 SN - 978-1-94529117-3 DO - https://doi.org/10.21741/9781945291173-29 SN - 2474-395X VL - 2 SP - 169 EP - 174 PB - Materials Research Forum LLC CY - Millersville, PA, USA AN - OPUS4-38924 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schröpfer, Dirk A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Hannemann, Andreas A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas ED - Seefeldt, Marc T1 - In-situ determination of critical welding stresses during assembly of thick-walled components made of high-strength steel N2 - The performance and safety of welded high-strength low-alloyed steel (HSLA) components are substantially affected by the stresses occurring during and after welding fabrication, especially if welding shrinkage and distortion are severely restrained. The surrounding structure of the whole component affects loads in the far-field superimposing with welding stresses in the near-field of the weld. In this study a unique testing facility was used to restrain shrinkage and bending while analyse multiaxial far-field loads (max. 2 MN) during assembly of thick-walled component. A novel approach for the assessment of the in-situ-measured far-field data in combination with the actual weld geometry was elaborated. For the first time, analyses of the global bending moments of restrained welds based on the neutral axis of the actual weld load bearing section were achieved. Hence, far-field measurements offered the possibility to determine critical near-field stresses of the weld crosssections for the entire joining process. This work presents the approach for far-to-near field in-situ determination of stresses in detail for the 2-MN-testing system based on an extensive experimental work on HSLA steel welds, which demonstrates sources and consequences of these high local welding stresses. Thus, it was clarified, why the first weld beads are crucial regarding welding stresses and cold cracking, which is well known, but has never been measured so far. Accompanying analyses using X-ray diffraction (XRD) after welding show effects on local residual stress distributions. These analyses indicated viable prospects for stress reduction during assembly of thick-walled HSLA steel components. T2 - European Conference on Residual Stresses 2018 - ECRS-10 CY - Leuven, Belgium DA - 11.09.2018 KW - Residual stress KW - Welding KW - Large-scale test KW - X-ray diffraction KW - HSLA steel PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-466053 SN - 978-1-9452-9188-3 SN - 978-1-9452-9189-0 DO - https://doi.org/10.21741/9781945291890-30 SN - 2474-395X SN - 2474-3941 VL - 6 SP - 191 EP - 196 PB - Materials Research Forum LLC CY - Millersville, PA, USA AN - OPUS4-46605 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -