TY - JOUR A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Equivalent heat source approach in a 3D transient heat transfer simulation of full-penetration high power laser beam welding of thick metal plates JF - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer N2 - A three-dimensional multi-physics numerical model was developed for the calculation of an appropriate equivalent volumetric heat source and the prediction of the transient thermal cycle during and after fusion welding. Thus the modelling process was separated into two studies. First, the stationary process simulation of full-penetration keyhole laser beam welding of a 15 mm low-alloyed steel thick plate in flat position at a welding speed of 2 m/min and a laser power of 18 kW was performed. A fixed keyhole with a right circular cone shape was used to consider the energy absorbed by the workpiece and to calibrate the model. In the calculation of the weld pool geometry and the local temperature field, the effects of phase transition, thermo-capillary convection, natural convection and temperature-dependent material properties up to evaporation temperature were taken into account. The obtained local temperature field was then used in a subsequent study as an equivalent heat source for the computation of the transient thermal field during the laser welding process and the cooling stage of the part. The system of partial differential equations, describing the stationary heat transfer and the fluid dynamics, were strongly coupled and solved with the commercial finite element software COMSOL Multiphysics 5.0. The energy input in the transient heat transfer simulation was realised by prescription of the nodes temperature. The prescribed nodes reproduced the calculated local temperature field defining the equivalent volumetric heat source. Their translational motion through the part was modelled by a moving mesh approach. An additional remeshing condition and helper lines were used to avoid highly distorted elements. The positions of the elements of the polygonal mesh were calculated with the Laplace’s smoothing approach. Good correlation between the numerically calculated and the experimentally observed weld bead shapes and transient temperature distributions was found. KW - Laser beam welding KW - Process simulation KW - Equivalent heat source KW - Transient heat transfer KW - Deformed geometry PY - 2018 UR - https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1WbSq44xZwola DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.02.058 SN - 0017-9310 SN - 1879-2189 VL - 122 SP - 1003 EP - 1013 PB - Elsevier Ltd. CY - Amsterdam [u.a.] AN - OPUS4-44272 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 JF - Metals 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 - CONF A1 - Karkhin, Victor A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Khomich, P. A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Modelling of welding thermal cycles by boundary element method N2 - A numerical model for simulation of the steady-state thermal behaviour in keyhole mode welding has been developed. It is based on the equivalent heat source concept and consists of two parts: computational thermo-hydrodynamics and heat conduction. The solution of the thermo-hydrodynamics problem by the finite element method for a bounded domain results in a weld pool interface geometry being the input data for a subsequent heat conduction problem solved for a workpiece by a proposed boundary element method. The main physical phenomena, such as keyhole shape, thermo-capillary and natural convection and temperature-dependent material properties are taken into consideration. The developed technique is applied to complete-penetration keyhole laser beam welding of a 15 mm thick low-alloyed steel plate at a welding speed of 33 mm/s and a laser power of 18 kW. The fluid flow of the molten metal has a strong influence on the weld pool geometry. The thermo-capillary convection is responsible for an increase of the weld pool size near the plate surfaces and a bulge formation near the plate middle plane. The evaluated and experimental molten pool, cross-sectional weld dimensions and thermal cycles of the heat affected zone are in close agreement. T2 - Trends in Joining, BTU Cottbus CY - Cottbus, Germany DA - 14.11.2018 KW - Keyhole welding KW - Computational fluid dynamics KW - Boundary element method KW - Thermal cycles PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-46606 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Lange, Fritz 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 and vaporization 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 AN - OPUS4-45873 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 JF - Procedia CIRP 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 - JOUR A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Bakir, Nasim A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Weld pool shape observation in high power laser beam welding JF - Procedia CIRP N2 - The geometry of the melt pool in laser beam welding plays a major role to understand the dynamics of the melt and its solidification behavior. In this study, a butt configuration of 15 mm thick structural steel and transparent quartz glass was used to observe the weld pool geometry by means of high-speed camera and an infrared camera recording. The observations show that the dimensions of the weld pool vary depending on the depth. The areas close to the weld pool surface take a teardrop-shape. A bulge-region and its temporal evolution were observed approximately in the middle of the depth of the weld pool. Additionally, a 3D transient thermal-fluid numerical simulation was performed to obtain the weld pool shape and to understand the formation mechanism of the observed bulging effect. The model takes into account the local temperature field, the effects of phase transition, thermo-capillary convection, natural convection and temperature-dependent material properties up to evaporation temperature. The numerical results showed good accordance and were furthermore used to improve the understanding of the experimentally observed bulging effect. T2 - LANE Conference 2018 CY - Fürth, Germany DA - 03.09.2018 KW - High power laser beam welding KW - Weld pool shape KW - Bulging KW - Numerical process simulation PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-458759 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2018.08.043 SN - 2212-8271 VL - 74 SP - 683 EP - 686 PB - Elsevier Ltd. CY - Amsterdam [u.a.] AN - OPUS4-45875 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Ivanov, S. A1 - Valdaytseva, E. T1 - A simplified model for numerical simulation of laser metal deposition process with beam oscillation N2 - A simplified model for the numerical simulation of the laser metal deposition process with beam oscillation is proposed. The model studies circular and lateral oscillations in order to reduce the porosity of the deposited part, to increase the process efficiency and the gap bridging ability as well. The deposition rate is increased by modifying the shape and the width of the molten pool through an optimized laser beam power distribution and oscillation amplitude. The relationship between the process conditions and the shape of the fabricated part are determined. It is found that an increase of the amplitude by a lateral oscillation of the beam reduces the heat flux and hence the shape of the deposited wall. A good correlation between the numerically calculated results and the experimental measurements is obtained. T2 - 9th International Conference on Beam Technologies and Laser Applications CY - St. Petersburg, Russia DA - 17.09.2018 KW - Numerical modelling KW - Laser metal deposition KW - Beam oscillations PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-46017 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Karkhin, V. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - A novel approach for calculating the thermal cycle of a laser beam welding process using a stationary CFD model N2 - This work aims to find the thermal cycles during and after fusion welding through simulation by first calculating the resulting local temperature field in the quasi-stationary part of the process. Here complete-penetration keyhole laser beam welding with a laser power of 18 kW on a 15 mm thick slab of a low-alloyed steel at a welding speed of 2 m/min is considered. In order to physically depict the laser material interaction a multi-physics numerical model including the effects of phase transformation, thermo-capillary convection, natural convection and temperature-dependent material properties up to evaporation temperature is developed. It uses a fixed keyhole geometry with a right truncated circular cone shape to introduce the laser beam energy to the workpiece. In a subsequent study, the resulting local temperature field is then used as an equivalent heat source in order to predict the unsteady thermal cycle during and after fusion welding. The translational movement of the laser beam through the workpiece is represented by a moving mesh approach. For the simulation, stationary heat transfer and fluid dynamics are described by a system of strongly coupled partial differential equations. These are solved with the commercial finite element software COMSOL Multiphysics 5.0. The results of the numerical simulation are validated by experiments, where the weld bead shapes and the thermal cycles show good correlation. T2 - 12th International Seminar "Numerical Analysis of Weldability" CY - Graz-Seggau, Austria DA - 23.09.2018 KW - Equivalent volumetric heat source KW - Process simulation KW - Laser beam welding KW - Transient heat transfer KW - Moving mesh PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-46037 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Bakir, Nasim A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Na, S.-J. A1 - Retmeier, Michael T1 - On the search for the origin of the bulge effect in high power laser beam welding N2 - The shape of the weld pool in laser beam welding plays a major role to understand the dynamics of the melt and its solidification behavior. The aim of the present work was its experimental and numerical investigation. To visualize the geometry of the melt pool in the longitudinal section a butt joint configuration of 15 mm thick structural steel and transparent quartz glass was used. The weld pool shape was recorded by means of a high-speed video camera and two thermal imaging MWIR and VIS cameras. The observations show that the dimensions of the weld pool vary depending on the depth. The regions close to the surface form a teardrop shaped weld pool. A bulge-region and its temporal evolution were observed approximately in the middle of the depth of the weld pool. Additionally, a transient numerical simulation was performed until reaching a steady state to obtain the weld pool shape and to understand the formation mechanism of the observed bulging phenomena. A fixed keyhole with an experimentally obtained shape was used to represent the full-penetration laser beam welding process. The model considers the local temperature field, the effects of phase transition, thermo-capillary convection, natural convection and temperature-dependent material properties up to evaporation temperature. It was found that the Marangoni convection and the movement of the laser heat source are the dominant factors for the formation of the bulging-region. Good correlation between the numerically calculated and the experimentally observed weld bead shapes and the time-temperature curves on the upper and bottom surface were found. T2 - International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO®) CY - Orlando, FL, USA DA - 14.10.2018 KW - High power laser beam welding KW - Solidification cracking KW - Bulging effect KW - Numerical modelling PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-46339 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ivanov, Sergei A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Valdaytseva, Ekaterina A1 - Stankevich, Stanislav A1 - Andreevich, Gleb T1 - A simplified model for numerical simulation of laser metal deposition process with beam oscillation JF - Journal of physics: Conference series N2 - A model of laser metal deposition with beam oscillation has been developed. The proposed model consists of two coupled sub-models calculating the heat transfer in the deposited part and the free surface of the molten pool, respectively. The heat transfer simulation of the deposited part solves a three-dimensional quasi-stationary heat conduction problem. The free surface of the molten pool are determined by solving the Laplace-Young equation. The developed model enables the layer-by-layer prediction of the shape of the deposited part and the resulting temperature field. It is shown that for an oscillation amplitude equal to the beam radius the peak value of the heat flux decreases by about 53% and 73% in the case of lateral oscillation and circular oscillation, respectively. Lateral oscillating laser beam results in a higher penetration depth due to the higher thermal efficiency. The amplitude of the laser beam oscillation effects the shape of the deposited wall and the deposition rate. A good correlation between the numerically calculated and experimentally observed results is obtained. KW - Laser metal deposition KW - Beam oscillation KW - Numerical modelling PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-467081 DO - https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1109/1/012006 SN - 1742-6588 SN - 1742-6596 VL - 1109 SP - 012006, 1 EP - 8 PB - IOP Publ. CY - Bristol AN - OPUS4-46708 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -