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 -