TY - JOUR A1 - Meng, Xiangmeng A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Numerical study of additional element transport in wire feed laser beam welding N2 - The transport phenomena in the wire feed laser beam welding are investigated numerically. A three-dimensional transient heat transfer and fluid flow model coupled with free surface tracing and element transport is developed. A ray-tracing method with local grid refinement algorithm is used to calculate the multiple reflections and Fresnel absorption on the keyhole wall. The filler material flows backward along the lateral side of the weld pool, and subsequently flows forward along the longitudinal plane. The occurrence of the bulging phenomenon may further prevent the downward transfer of the additional elements to the root of the weld pool. KW - Laser beam welding KW - Element transport KW - Filler wire KW - Numerical modelling PY - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-513271 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2020.09.129 VL - 94 SP - 722 EP - 725 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-51327 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bakir, Nasim A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Numerical simulation on the origin of solidification cracking in laser welded thick-walled structures N2 - One of the main factors affecting the use of lasers in the industry for welding thick structures is the process accompanying solidification cracks. These cracks mostly occurring along the welding direction in the welding center, and strongly affect the safety of the welded components. In the present study, to obtain a better understanding of the relation between the weld pool geometry, the stress distribution and the solidification cracking, a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamic (CFD) model was combined with a thermo-mechanical model. The CFD model was employed to analyze the flow of the molten metal in the weld pool during the laser beam welding process. The weld pool geometry estimated from the CFD model was used as a heat source in the thermal model to calculate the temperature field and the stress development and distributions. The CFD results showed a bulging region in the middle depth of the weld and two narrowing areas separating the bulging region from the top and bottom surface. The thermo-mechanical simulations showed a concentration of tension stresses, transversally and vertically, directly after the solidification during cooling in the region of the solidification cracking. T2 - 27TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON METALLURGY AND MATERIALS - METAL 2018 CY - Brno, Czech Republic DA - 23.05.2018 KW - Laser beam welding KW - Weld pool KW - Full penetration KW - Finite element method (FEM) KW - CFD model KW - Numerical simulation KW - Solidification cracking PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-450595 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/met8060406 SN - 2075-4701 VL - 8 IS - 6 SP - 406, 1 EP - 15 PB - MDPI CY - Basel, Switzerland AN - OPUS4-45059 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Carstensen, J. A1 - Bergmann, L. A1 - dos Santos, J. F. A1 - Wu, C. S. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Numerical simulation of thermally induced residual stresses in friction stir welding of aluminum alloy 2024-T3 at different welding speeds N2 - The paper deals with a numerical finite element simulation of the residual stress evolution in friction stir welding of 6 mm thick aluminum alloy AA2024-T3. The transient thermal field during the welding process was calculated with the commercial code COMSOL Multiphysics 5.0. Therefore, a thermal-pseudo-mechanical (TPM) heat source was implemented. A subsequent mechanical simulation was performed with varying hardening models for different welding speeds of 60 and 300 mm/min. The influence of softening of the material, which was due to hardening precipitation dissolution associated to the heating, was also investigated. Experiments in terms of thermocouple measurements as well as Vickers hardness and X-ray measurements of the residual stresses were conducted and compared to numerically obtained results. A qualitatively as well as quantitatively good agreement was found for different applied welding speeds. KW - Friction stir welding KW - Residual stress KW - Finite element simulation KW - Thermal softening KW - Aluminum alloy 2024-T3 PY - 2017 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-016-9793-8 SN - 0268-3768 SN - 1433-3015 VL - 91 SP - 1443 EP - 1452 PB - Springer CY - London AN - OPUS4-40511 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lange, Fritz A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai T1 - Numerical simulation of the weld pool dynamics during pulsed laser welding using adapted heat source models N2 - A transient simulation including the impact of the laser energy, the melting of the metal and the development of the weld pool was conducted to observe the evolution of the vapor capillary and the solidification of the melt in pulsed laser beam welding of AISI 304 steel. The phase field method was implemented to investigate the evolution and behavior of the liquid-gas interface during welding and to describe the condensed and vapor phases. The effects of phase transition, recoil pressure, thermo-capillary and natural convection, vaporization and temperature dependent material properties were taken into account. A Gaussian-like heat source under consideration of the Fresnel absorption model was used to model the energy input of the laser beam. The heat source model was extended by a newly developed empirical approach of describing multiple beam reflections in the keyhole. To validate this new model, the numerical results were compared to experimental data and good agreement regarding the size and shape of the weld pool was observed. T2 - LANE Conference 2018 CY - Fürth, Germany DA - 03.09.2018 KW - Pulsed laser beam welding KW - Weld pool dynamics KW - Multiple reflections KW - Vaporization PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-458749 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2018.08.044 SN - 2212-8271 VL - 74 SP - 679 EP - 682 PB - Elsevier Ltd. CY - Amsterdam [u.a.] AN - OPUS4-45874 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bakir, Nasim A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael ED - Bakir, Nasim T1 - Numerical simulation of solidification crack formation during laser beam welding of austenitic stainless steels under external load N2 - Solidification cracking phenomena taking place under Controlled Tensile Weldability (CTW) test conditions have already been investigated both experimentally and numerically via FEA in order to get a better understanding of the mechanisms of hot crack formation during laser beam welding of austenitic steel grades. This paper develops a three dimensional finite element model employing the contact elements technique to simulate the formation and propagation of solidification cracks during laser full penetration welding of fully austenitic stainless steel 1.4376. During the experimental procedure the resulting strain and displacement directed to the laser beam in the Close vicinity of the weld pool was measured at the surface of the workpiece using a Digital Image Correlation (DIC) technique with an external diode laser as an illuminating source. Local strain fields, global loads and crack lengths predicted by the model are in good Agreement with those observed in experiments. T2 - The 3rd IIW South‐East European Welding Congress CY - Timisoara, Romania DA - 03.06.2015 KW - Solidification cracking KW - DIC technique KW - Laser beam welding KW - Contact element KW - FEA PY - 2015 SN - 978-606-554-955-5 SP - 1 EP - 6 CY - Timisoara, Romania AN - OPUS4-36519 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bakir, Nasim A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Numerical simulation of solidification crack formation during laser beam welding of austenitic stainless steels under external load N2 - Solidification cracking phenomena taking place under controlled tensile weldability (CTW) test conditions have already been investigated both experimentally and numerically via FEA in order to get a better understanding of the mechanisms of hot crack formation during laser beam welding of austenitic steel grades. This paper develops a threedimensional finite element model employing the contact element technique to simulate the formation and propagation of solidification cracks during laser full penetration welding of fully austenitic stainless steel 1.4376. During the experimental procedure, the resulting strain and displacement directed to the laser beam in the close vicinity of the weld pool was measured at the surface of the workpiece using a digital image correlation (DIC) technique with an external diode laser as an illuminating source. Local strain fields, global loads and crack lengths predicted by the model are in good agreement with those observed in experiments. KW - Solidification cracking KW - Finite element analysis KW - Imaging KW - Laser welding KW - Austenitic stainless steels PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-016-0357-1 SN - 0043-2288 SN - 1878-6669 VL - 60 IS - 5 SP - 1001 EP - 1008 PB - Springer CY - Berlin, Heidelberg AN - OPUS4-37287 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Neubert, Sebastian A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Numerical sensitivity analysis of TRIP-parameter K on weld residual stresses for steel S355J2+ N N2 - A combined experimental numerical approach is applied for sensitivity analysis of the transformation induced plasticity (TRIP)-parameter K on weld residual stresses for welding of structural steel of grade S355J2+N. K was determined experimentally using the Gleeble 3500 facility. A thermomechanical FE model of the real welding process was experimentally validated against temperature field and X-ray stress measurements. Within sensitivity analyses K was varied by several orders of magnitude and the influence on the calculated residual stresses is evaluated by performing corresponding FEA. The correct order of magnitude is sufficient to reproduce the residual stresses qualitatively and quantitatively. KW - TRIP - transformation induced plasticity KW - welding residual stresses KW - sensitivity analysis KW - FEA PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/01495739.2015.1124641 SN - 0149-5739 VL - 2016 IS - 39/2 SP - 201 EP - 219 PB - Journal of Thermal Stresses AN - OPUS4-35880 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Neubert, S. A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Numerical Sensitivity Analysis of TRIP-Parameter K on Weld Residual Stresses and Weld Distortion N2 - A combined experimental numerical approach is applied for a sensitivity analysis of the transformation induced plasticity (TRIP)-parameter K on welding residual stresses and welding distortion for the welding of the low-alloyed high-strength S960QOL with the high-alloyed hig-strength filler material CN13-4-IG. A thermo-mechanical FE model of a real GMA welding process was experimentally validated against termperature field, X-Ray stress measurments and optical distortion measurement. Within the sensititvity analysis K was varied and the influence on the calculated welding residual stresses and welding distortion is evaluated by performing corresponding FEA. The correct order of K magnitude is necessary in order to reproduce the residual stresses qualitatively and quantitatively. For the sufficient reproducing of the welding distortion the transformation induced plasticity can be neglected. T2 - 11th International Seminar - Numerical Analysis of Weldability CY - Graz, Austria DA - 27.09.2015 KW - TRIP PY - 2016 SN - 978-3-85125-490-7 SN - 2410-0544 SP - 361 EP - 383 PB - Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz CY - Graz AN - OPUS4-38904 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Avilov, Vjaceslav A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Numerical assessment and experimental verification of the influence of the Hartmann effect in laser beam welding processes by steady magnetic fields N2 - Controlling the dynamics in the weld pool is a highly demanding challenge in deep-penetration laser beam welding with modern high power laser systems in the multi kilowatt range. An approach to insert braking forces in the melt which is successfully used in large-scaled industrial applications like casting is the so-called Hartmann effect due to externally applied magnetic fields. Therefore, this study deals with its adaptation to a laser beam welding process of much smaller geometric and time scale. In this paper, the contactless mitigation of fluid dynamic processes in the melt by steady magnetic fields was investigated by numerical simulation for partial penetration welding of aluminium. Three-dimensional heat transfer, fluid dynamics including phase transition and electromagnetic field partial differential equations were solved based on temperature-dependent material properties up to evaporation temperature for two different penetration depths of the laser beam. The Marangoni convection in the surface region of the weld pool and the natural convection due to the gravitational forces were identified as main driving forces in the weld pool. Furthermore, the latent heat of solide-liquid phase transition was taken into account and the solidification was modelled by the Carman-Kozeny equation for porous medium morphology. The results show that a characteristic change of the flow pattern in the melt can be achieved by the applied steady magnetic fields depending on the ratio of magnetic induced and viscous drag. Consequently, the weld bead geometry was significantly influenced by the developing Lorentz forces. Welding experiments with a 16 kW disc laser with an applied magnetic flux density of around 500 mT support the numerical results by showing a dissipating effect on the weld pool dynamics. KW - Electromagnetic weld pool control KW - Hartmann effect KW - Laser beam weliding KW - Lorentz force KW - Marangoni flow KW - Natural convection KW - Aluminium PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2015.10.030 SN - 1290-0729 VL - 101 SP - 24 EP - 34 PB - Elsevier CY - Paris AN - OPUS4-35034 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Meng, Xiangmeng A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Numerical and experimental investigation of thermo-fluid flow and element transport in electromagnetic stirring enhanced wire feed laser beam welding N2 - The introduction of electromagnetic stirring to laser beam welding can bring several beneficial effects e.g. element homogenization and grain refinement. However, the underlying physics has not been fully explored due to the absence of quantitative data of heat and mass transfer in the molten pool. In this paper, the influence of electromagnetic stirring on the thermo-fluid flow and element transport in the wire feed laser beam welding is studied numerically and experimentally. A three-dimensional transient heat transfer and fluid flow model coupled with dynamic keyhole, magnetic induction and element Transport is developed for the first time. The results suggest that the Lorentz force produced by an oscillating magnetic field and its induced eddy current shows an important influence on the thermo-fluid flow and the keyhole stability. The melt flow velocity is increased by the electromagnetic stirring at the rear and lower regions of molten pool. The keyhole collapses more frequently at the upper part. The additional Elements from the filler wire are significantly homogenized because of the enhanced forward and downward flow. The model is well verified by fusion line shape, high-speed images of molten pool and measured element distribution. This work provides a deeper understanding of the transport phenomena in the laser beam welding with magnetic field. KW - Thermo-fluid flow KW - Element transport KW - Laser beam welding KW - MHD KW - Numerical analysis PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2019.118663 VL - 144 SP - 118663 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-49299 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Prabitz, Konstantin Manuel A1 - Antretter, Thomas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - El-Sari, Bassel A1 - Schubert, Holger A1 - Hilpert, Benjamin A1 - Gruber, Martin A1 - Sierlinger, Robert A1 - Ecker, Werner T1 - Numerical and experimental assessment of liquid metal embrittlement in externally loaded spot welds N2 - Zinc-based surface coatings are widely applied with high-strength steels in automotive industry. Some of these base materials show an increased brittle cracking risk during loading. It is necessary to examine electrogalvanized and uncoated samples of a high strength steel susceptible to liquid metal embrittlement during spot welding with applied external load. Therefore, a newly developed tensile test method with a simultaneously applied spot weld is conducted. A fully coupled 3D electrical, thermal, metallurgical and mechanical finite element model depicting the resistant spot welding process combined with the tensile test conducted is mandatory to correct geometric influences of the sample geometry and provides insights into the sample’s time dependent local loading. With increasing external loads, the morphology of the brittle cracks formed is affected more than the crack depth. The validated finite element model applies newly developed damage indicators to predict and explain the liquid metal embrittlement cracking onset and development as well as even ductile failure. KW - Resistance spot welding KW - Finite element simulation KW - Advanced high-strength steel KW - Liquid metal embrittlement KW - Damage prediction KW - Tensile resistance spot welding experiment PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-594848 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-024-01696-7 SN - 0043-2288 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC AN - OPUS4-59484 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Yang, Chunliang A1 - Wu, Chuansong A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Numerical analysis of ultrasonic vibration enhanced friction stir welding of dissimilar Al/Mg alloys N2 - The ultrasonic vibration enhanced friction stir welding (UVeFSW) process has unique advantages in joining dissimilar Al/Mg alloys. While there are complex coupling mechanisms of multi-fields in the process, it is of great significance to model this process, to reveal the influence mechanism of ultrasonic vibration on the formation of Al/Mg joints. In this study, the acoustic-plastic constitutive equation was established by considering the influence of both ultrasonic softening and residual hardening on the flow stress at different temperatures and strain rates. And the ultrasonic induced friction reduction (UiFR) effect on friction coefficient in different relative directions at the FSW tool-workpiece interface was quantitatively calculated and analyzed. The Al/Mg UVeFSW process model was developed through introducing the above acoustic effects into the model of Al/Mg friction stir welding (FSW). The ultrasonic energy is stronger on the aluminum alloy side. In the stirred zone, there is the pattern distribution of ultrasonic sound pressure and energy. The heat generation at the tool-workpiece contact interface and viscous dissipation were reduced after applying ultrasonic vibra-tion. Due to the UiFR effect, the projection of friction coefficient and heat flux distributions at the tool-workpiece interface present a "deformed" butterfly shape. The calculated results show that ultrasonic vibra-tion enhanced the material flow and promoted the mixing of dissimilar materials. T2 - 13th International Seminar Numerical Analysis of Weldability CY - Seggau, Austria DA - 04.09.2022 KW - Friction stir welding KW - Ultrasonic vibration KW - Al/Mg alloys KW - Numerical simulation PY - 2023 SN - 2410-0544 VL - 13 SP - 517 EP - 538 PB - Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz AN - OPUS4-58805 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Meng, Xiangmeng A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Numerical analysis of the partial penetration high power laser beam welding of thick sheets at high process speeds N2 - The present work is devoted to the numerical analysis of the high-power laser beam welding of thick sheets at different welding speeds. A three-dimensional transient multi-physics numerical model is developed, allowing for the prediction of the keyhole geometry and the final penetration depth. Two ray tracing algorithms are implemented and compared, namely a standard ray tracing approach and an approach using a virtual mesh refinement for a more accurate calculation of the reflection points. Both algorithms are found to provide sufficient accuracy for the prediction of the keyhole depth during laser beam welding with process speeds of up to 1.5 m/min. However, with the standard algorithm, the penetration depth is underestimated by the model for a process speed of 2.5 m/min due to a trapping effect of the laser energy in the top region. In contrast, the virtually refined ray tracing approach results in high accuracy results for process speeds of both 1.5 m/min and 2.5 m/min. A detailed study on the trapping effect is provided, accompanied by a benchmark including a predefined keyhole geometry with typical characteristics for the high-power laser beam welding of thick plates at high process speed, such as deep keyhole, inclined front keyhole wall, and a hump. KW - High-power laser beam welding KW - High process speeds KW - Deep penetration KW - Numerical modeling KW - Ray tracing PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-532170 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/met11081319 SN - 2075-4701 VL - 11 IS - 8 SP - 1 EP - 16 PB - MDPI CY - Basel AN - OPUS4-53217 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Yang, Fan A1 - Meng, Xiangmeng A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Putra, Stephen Nugraha A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Numerical analysis of the influence of an auxiliary oscillating magnetic field on suppressing the porosity formation in deep penetration laser beam alloys of aluminum alloys N2 - The contactless magnetohydrodynamic technology has been considered as a potential and promising method to improve the weld qualities of deep penetration laser beam welding. In this paper, numerical investigations are conducted to study the influence of the auxiliary oscillating magnetic field on the porosity suppression in laser beam welding of 5754 aluminum alloy. To obtain a deeper insight into the suppression mechanism, a three-dimensional transient multi-physical model is developed to calculate the heat transfer, fluid flow, keyhole dynamic, and magnetohydrodynamics. A ray tracing algorithm is employed to calculate the laser energy distribution on the keyhole wall. A time-averaged downward Lorentz force is produced by an oscillating magnetic field. This force acts in the molten pool, leading to a dominant downward flow motion in the longitudinal section, which blocks the bubble migration from the keyhole tip to the rear part of the molten pool. Therefore, the possibility for the bubbles to be captured by the solidification front is reduced. The electromagnetic expulsive force provides an additional upward escaping speed for the bubbles of 1 m/s ~ 5 m/s in the lower and middle region of the molten pool. The simulation results are in a good agreement with experimental measurements. Based on the results obtained in this study, a better understanding of the underlying physics in laser beam welding enhanced by an auxiliary oscillating magnetic field can be provided and thus the welding process can be further optimized reducing the porosity formation. T2 - 13th International Seminar Numerical Analysis of Weldability CY - Seggau, Austria DA - 04.09.2022 KW - Deep penetration laser beam welding KW - Oscillating magnetic field KW - Numerical simulation KW - Porosity KW - Molten pool behaviour PY - 2023 SN - 2410-0544 VL - 13 SP - 237 EP - 254 PB - Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz AN - OPUS4-58804 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Yang, Fan A1 - Meng, Xiangmeng A1 - Putra, Stephen Nugraha A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Numerical analysis of the effect of the metal vapor plume on the keyhole and the molten pool behavior during deep penetration laser beam welding N2 - The effect of the oscillating metal vapor plume on the keyhole and molten pool behavior during the laser beam welding of AlMg3 aluminum alloys is investigated by the experimental and numerical method. The real-time height of the metal vapor plume is measured by high-speed camera observation. The obtained experimental results are used to evaluate the additional heating source and laser beam attenuation caused by the scattering and absorption based on the Beer-Lambert theory. Furthermore, the dynamic behavior of the metal vapor plume is incorporated into a 3D transient heat transfer and fluid flow model, coupled with the ray tracing method, for the laser beam welding of the AlMg3 alloy. It is found that the additional heating resulting from the scattered and absorbed laser beam energy by the metal vapor plume significantly expands the shape of the molten pool on the top region. Moreover, the oscillating metal vapor plume caused the fluctuation of the molten pool shape. The probability of keyhole collapse at the bottom increases significantly to 72% due to the oscillating laser power induced by the laser beam attenuation. The internal interplay between the metal vapor plume, molten pool shape, and the keyhole collapse are obtained. The developed model has been validated by the experiments, which shows a good agreement. T2 - International Congress of Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics 2023 CY - Chicago, Illinois, USA DA - 16.10.2023 KW - Deep penetration laser beam welding KW - Numerical simulation KW - Oscillating vapor plume KW - Keyhole collapse PY - 2023 SP - 1 EP - 10 AN - OPUS4-58841 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Yang, Fan A1 - Meng, Xiangmeng A1 - Putra, Stephen Nugraha A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Numerical analysis of the effect of an oscillating metal vapor plume on the keyhole and molten pool behavior during deep penetration laser beam welding N2 - The effect of the oscillating metal vapor plume on the keyhole and molten pool behavior during the laser beam welding of AlMg3 aluminum alloys is investigated by experimental and numerical methods. The real-time height of the metal vapor plume is measured by high-speed camera observation. The obtained experimental results are used to evaluate the additional heating source and laser beam attenuation caused by the scattering and absorption based on the Beer–Lambert theory. Furthermore, the dynamic behavior of the metal vapor plume is incorporated into a 3D transient heat transfer and fluid flow model, coupled with the ray tracing method, for the laser beam welding of the AlMg3 alloy. It is found that additional heating resulting from the scattered and absorbed laser beam energy by the metal vapor plume significantly expands the shape of the molten pool on the top region. Moreover, the oscillating metal vapor plume caused the fluctuation of the high-temperature region in the molten pool. The probability of keyhole collapse at the bottom increases 17% due to the oscillating laser power induced by the laser beam attenuation. The internal interplay between the metal vapor plume, molten pool shape, and keyhole collapse is obtained. The developed model has been validated by experiments, which shows a good agreement. T2 - International Congress of Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics 2023 CY - Chicago, IL, USA DA - 16.10.2023 KW - Deep penetration laser beam welding KW - Numerical simulation KW - Oscillating vapor plume KW - Keyhole collapse PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-587978 DO - https://doi.org/10.2351/7.0001094 SN - 1938-1387 SN - 1042-346X VL - 35 IS - 4 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - AIP Publishing CY - Melville, NY AN - OPUS4-58797 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Kising, Pascal A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Meng, Xiangmeng A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Numerical analysis of the dependency of the weld pool shape on turbulence and thermodynamic activity of solutes in laser beam welding of unalloyed steels N2 - A three-dimensional numerical model was developed to accurately predict the steady-state weld pool shape in full penetration laser beam welding. The model accounts for the coupling between the heat transfer and the fluid dynamics by considering the effects of solid/liquid phase transition, thermo-capillary convection, natural convection, and phase-specific and temperature-dependent material properties up to the evaporation temperature. A fixed right circular cone was utilized as a keyhole geometry to consider the heat absorbed from the laser beam. The model was used to analyze the influence of the thermodynamic activity of solutes and turbulence on the weld pool shape. A mesh sensitivity analysis was performed on a hybrid mesh combining hexahedral and tetrahedral elements. For the case of full penetration laser beam welding of 8 mm thick unalloyed steel sheets, the dependence of the weld pool shape on the surface-active element sulfur was found to be negligible. The analysis of the results showed that a laminar formulation is sufficient for accurately predicting the weld pool shape since the turbulence has a minor impact on the flow dynamics in the weld pool. The validity of the numerical results was backed up by experimental measurements and observations, including weld pool length, local temperature history, and a range of metallographic crosssections. T2 - 13th International Seminar Numerical Analysis of Weldability CY - Seggau, Austria DA - 04.09.2022 KW - Weld pool shape KW - Numerical modeling KW - Laser beam welding KW - Thermo-capillary convection KW - Turbulence PY - 2023 SN - 978-3-85125-968-1 SN - 978-3-85125-969-8 SN - 2410-0544 VL - 13 SP - 161 EP - 188 PB - Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz AN - OPUS4-58803 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gebhardt, M.O. A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Numerical analysis of hot cracking in laser-hybrid welded tubes N2 - In welding experiments conducted on heavy wall pipes, the penetration mode (full or partial penetration) occurred to be a significant factor influencing appearance of solidification cracks. To explain the observed phenomena and support further optimization of manufacturing processes, a computational model was developed, which used a sophisticated strategy to model the material. High stresses emerged in the models in regions which showed cracking during experiments. In partial penetration welding, they were caused by the prevention of weld shrinkage due to the cold and strong material below the joint. Another identified factor having an influence on high stress localization is bulging of the weld. PY - 2013 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-302961 DO - https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/520786 SN - 1687-8442 SN - 1687-8434 IS - Article ID 520786 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation CY - New York, NY, USA AN - OPUS4-30296 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bakir, Nasim A1 - Pavlov, V. A1 - Zavjalov, S. A1 - Volvenko, S. A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Novel metrology to determine the critical strain conditions required for solidification cracking during laser welding of thin sheets N2 - This paper represents the results for proposed optical flow method based on the Lucas-Kanade (LK) algorithm applied to two different problems. The following observations can be made: - The estimated strain and displacement for conducted tensile test are generally very close to those measured with conventional DIC-technique. - The LK technique allows measurement of strain or displacement without special selection of a region of interest. Using a novel optical measurement technique together with the optical flow algorithm, a twodimensional deformation analysis during welding was conducted. This technique is the first to provide a measurement of the full strain field locally in the immediate vicinity of the solidification front. Additionally, the described procedure of the optical measurement allows the real material-dependent values of critical strain characterizing the transition to hot cracking during laser welding processes to be determined. T2 - Beam Technologies and Laser Application CY - Sankt Petersburg, Russia KW - Hot cracking test KW - Local critical strain KW - Solidification cracking KW - Laser beam welding KW - Novel metrology PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-467226 DO - https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1109/1/012047 SN - 1742-6596 VL - 1109 IS - 012047 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - IOP Publ. CY - Bristol AN - OPUS4-46722 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Gook, Sergej A1 - Krieger, Steffen A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - El-Batahgy, Abdel-Monem T1 - Notch impact toughness of laser beam welded thick sheets of cryogenic nickel alloyed steel X8Ni9 N2 - This research work deals with the investigations of the impact toughness of laser beam welded 14.5 mm thick sheets made of cryogenic steel X8Ni9 as a function of preheating. This 9% nickel alloyed steel is widely used in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry. An application of highly efficient welding processes such as high-power laser beam welding (LBW) in LNG sector requires an understanding of the interactions between the LBW process parameters and weld properties, in particular the impact toughness. The results show that the original fine-grained martensitic microstructure of the base metal (BM) is significantly changed by melting and crystallization during the LBW, what can lead to a decrease in the impact toughness of the weld metal (WM) below the required level. An optimal preheating temperature range leads to the favorable thermal welding cycle and is of remarkable importance for maintaining the notch impact toughness of laser beam welded joints of these thick steel sheets. A parameter window was identified in which V-notch impact toughness comparable to that of the BM at -196 °C was achieved. T2 - 11th CIRP Conference on Photonic Technologies LANE 2020 CY - Online meeting DA - 06.09.2020 KW - Cryogenic steel KW - Laser beam welding KW - Welding thermal cycle PY - 2020 AN - OPUS4-51750 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -