TY - JOUR A1 - Heßmann, Jennifer A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai T1 - Numerical and experimental investigation of controlled weld pool displacement by electromagnetic forces for joining dissimilar materials N2 - In order to reduce CO2 emissions, an increasing interest in lightweight construction exists in the automotive industry, especially the multi-material-design approach. The main construction materials here are steels and aluminium alloys. Due to their different physical material properties and limited mutual solubility, these two materials cannot be joined thermally without difficulty. This paper presents a new joining approach for dissimilar materials. It uses electromagnetic displacement of a laser-generated melt pool to produce overlap joints between 1 mm steel (1.0330) and 2 mm aluminium alloy (EN AW 5754). Contactless induced Lorentz forces are generated by an alternating current (AC) magnet system. The controlled displacement of the aluminium alloy melt into the hole of the overlying steel sheet is investigated through numerical and experimental studies. The numerical results are compared with cross sections and thermocouple measurements. For the first time, it is possible to achieve a reproducible controlled melt pool displacement on thin sheets to produce overlap joints between dissimilar materials. KW - Displacement KW - Laser beam welding KW - Dissimilar materials KW - Joining technology KW - Electromagnetic field KW - Lorentz force KW - Numerical investigation PY - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-516640 VL - 10 IS - 11 SP - 1447 EP - 1462 PB - MDPI CY - Basel, Schweiz AN - OPUS4-51664 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -