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 - JOUR A1 - Muhammad, S. A1 - Han, S.W. A1 - Na, S.J. A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Study on the role of recondensation flux in high power laser welding by computational fluid dynamics simulations JF - Journal of laser applications N2 - Partial penetration welding with fiber laser on 20mm thick plates was carried out in horizontal position to study the role of secondary heating in modeling of high power fiber laser welding. Experiments were carried out using 18.8kW laser with 1.5 m/min welding speed at Ar assist gas flow rates of 0, 17, 29, and 40 l/min, all four cases show similar bead shape with bright emission of vapor plume. Numerical simulations were performed using volume of fluid method by considering three different models as models A–C. Model A considers only Fresnel reflection inside the keyhole using real time tracking of free surface. Model B considers vapor recondensation flux inside keyhole along with model A. Finally, model C is used, which considers vapor plume heating at 4100K temperature along with models A B. Secondary heating by recondensation and vapor plume is vital in modeling of high power fiber laser welding; especially, the upper part of the bead is more influenced due to secondary heating. Tungsten particles are also used to visualize the flow pattern of melt pool. KW - Laser keyhole welding KW - Fresnel reflection KW - Secondary heat source KW - Plume heating KW - Vapor recondensation KW - High brightness KW - High power KW - Partial penetration KW - Fiber laser PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.2351/1.4994246 SN - 1042-346X SN - 1938-1387 VL - 30 IS - 1 SP - 012013-1 EP - 012013-12 PB - Laser Institute of America CY - Orlando, Fla. AN - OPUS4-44345 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Üstündag, Ö. A1 - Fritzsche, André A1 - Avilov, V. A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Study of gap and misalignment tolerances at hybrid laser arc welding of thick-walled steel with electromagnetic weld pool support system JF - Procedia CIRP N2 - The hybrid laser arc welding (HLAW) process provides many advantages such as improved gap bridgeability, deep penetration and misalignment of edges, that is why the process is used increasingly in industrial applications e.g. shipbuilding, power plant industry and line-pipe manufacturing. The obvious encountered problem for single pass welding in flat position is the gravity drop-out at low welding velocities. With the usage of an electromagnetic weld pool support system, which is based on generating Lorentz forces within the weld pool, wide seams followed by reduced welding velocities could be achieved in this study leading to the realization of a gap bridgeability up to 1 mm, misalignment of edges up to 2 mm and a single pass weld up to 28 mm thickness with a 20-kW fibre laser. These developments expand the boundaries of the HLAW process for different industrial applications. As a result, less accurate preparation of the edges would be sufficient, which saves time for manufacturing. KW - Hybrid laser-arc welding KW - Electromagnetic weld pool support system KW - Thick-walled steel KW - Gap bridgeability KW - Single pass welding KW - Misalignment of edges PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-468263 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2018.08.016 SN - 2212-8271 VL - 74 SP - 757 EP - 760 PB - Elsevier AN - OPUS4-46826 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gook, S. A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Orbital hybrid laser-arc welding using a high-power fibre laser for pipeline construction JF - Global Nuclear Safety N2 - Recently developed fibre lasers provide multi-kilowatt beam power with high quality at impressive energy efficiency. Combined with gas metal arc welding (GMAW) equipment these lasers can be used in a hybrid process to weld thick-walled constructions single-pass, that are currently welded using multi-pass techniques. The main benefits are a reduction of heat induced distortions, due to the low heat input, as well as savings in filler material and process time. Probable applications can be found in power generation, ship building and pipeline constructions. An orbital (girth) laser-hybrid process using a 20 kW fibre laser and a GMAW torch is currently examined at the BAM, Berlin. The aim of this research is to obtain a stable and crack free girth welding process and to demonstrate its application in pipeline construction. The experiments are carried out on 16 mm thick plates as well pipe rings with 36" (914 mm) pipe diameter of X65. Particular welding parameters, such as welding speed, GMAW power, arc length are varied and their influence on the appearance of the weld in the different welding positions is analyzed. Even though issues remain that demand further research it could already be shown that the rings can be welded using a girth hybrid process that is divided into two half girth processes in downward direction. KW - High-power fibre laser KW - Thick plates KW - Laser-hybrid welding KW - Pipeline PY - 2018 UR - http://gns.mephi.ru/en/issues/2018-126?art=418 SN - 2499-9733 SN - 2305-414X VL - 1 IS - 26 SP - 47 EP - 57 PB - National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI" CY - Volgodonsk AN - OPUS4-45046 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 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Bakir, Nasim A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Pavlov, Vitaly A1 - Zavjalov, Sergey A1 - Volvenko, Sergey T1 - Novel metrology to determine the critical strain conditions required for solidification cracking during laser welding of thin sheets N2 - The weldability of materials is still for many years a highly contentious issue, particularly regarding the causes of the hot crack formation. Because of the process-related temperature and emissions, direct measurement for the arising strain in the close vicinity of the welding process is challenged. therefore, the externally loaded hot cracking testes remain for decades the only way to determine the critical straining conditions for solidification cracking. In this study, a novel optical two-dimensional in situ observation technique has been developed to analyse the strain evaluation during the welding process in the moment of crack formation. Additionally, the Controlled Tensile Weldability test (CTW test) was used to generate the hot crack under different global straining conditions. To record the welding process and the moment of the solidification crack initiation a CMOS camera was used which inserted coaxially into the optical path of the welding laser. As illumination source a diode laser with wave length 808 nm was employed to illuminate the welding region. An interference filter was placed on the camera lens, allowing only the illumination wavelength to pass through and reflecting all other wavelengths, so that the melt pool and the re-solidifying metal could be visualized in a single image. in order to obtain good temporal resolution, the frame rate of the camera was set to 1100 frame per second in. The contrast in images obtained using this unique setup allows to apply the optical flow technique based on Lucas-Kanade (LK) algorithm to follow the pixels in each image sequence and then to calculate the displacement field. The strain was calculated based on the estimated displacement. Using this technique, the local strains and strain rates under different global straining condition has been determined and analysed. The results shown Dependency between the external strain rate and the critical local strain and strain rate has been observed. That is to say, the critical local strain and strain rate are increased with an increase of the strain rate. Moreover, the described procedure of the optical measurement allows to determine the real martial dependent values of critical strain and strain rate characterizing transition to the hot cracking during laser welding processes.The experiments as well as the measurement has been performed on the stainless steel 316L (1.4404) T2 - 9-th international Conference Beam Technology and Laser Application CY - St. Petersburg, Russia DA - 17.09.2018 KW - Laser welding KW - Novel optical metrology KW - Solidification cracking KW - Stainless steel PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-46287 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 JF - Journal of physics: Conference series 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 - Fritzsche, André A1 - Avilov, Vjaceslav A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Laserstrahlschweißen dicker Stahlplatten mit elektromagnetischer Schmelzbadunterstützung T2 - 37. Assistentenseminar Füge- und Schweißtechnik N2 - Das bislang zur Vermeidung unzulässiger Wurzelüberhöhungen beim Laserstrahlschweißen von Aluminiumlegierungen bzw. austenitischem Stahl eingesetzte Verfahren der elektromagnetischen Schmelzbadstütze konnte innerhalb der vorliegenden Untersuchung erfolgreich zur Kompensation des hydrostatischen Druckes von ferromagnetischen Stählen übertragen werden. Es wurden dabei Laserstrahlschweißversuche in PA-Position an bis zu 20 mm dickem Duplexstahl 1.4462 sowie Baustahl S235JR durchgeführt. Unter konstanten Schweißparametern wurden Durchschweißungen generiert. Dem hydrostatischen Druck wurde unter Verwendung der Technologie zur elektromagnetischen Schmelzbadunterstützung durch Variation der Oszillationsfrequenz und der AC-Leistung des Magnetsystems entgegengewirkt. Zunächst konzentrierten sich die Versuche auf den Duplexstahl 1.4462, welcher jeweils aus 50 % Ferrit und Austenit besteht. Hierbei konnte festgestellt werden, dass zur idealen Kompensation von 15 mm bei einer Frequenz von 1,7 kHz eine AC-Leistung von 1,6 kW erforderlich ist, die Schweißnähte aber bereits bei einer AC-Leistung von ca. 0,8 kW in die Bewertungsgruppe B der DIN EN ISO 13919-1:1996-09 eingeordent werden können. Zur idealen Kompensation des hydrostatischen Druckes bei 20 mm dickem Duplexstahl war eine um 20 % höhere AC-Leistung notwendig. Im Anschluss an die Versuche mit dem Duplexstahl wurden die Untersuchungen auf bis zu 20 mm dicke Proben aus Baustahl S235JR erweitert. Für 15 mm konnten die Schweißnähte bei einer Frequenz von 1,7 kHz ab einer AC-Leistung von 1,3 kW in die Bewertungsgruppe B eingeordnet werden. Zur idealen Kompensation von 20 mm dickem Baustahl war eine AC-Leistung von 1,6 kW bei einer Frequenz von 636 Hz nötig. Mit steigender AC-Leistung konnte in allen Versuchsreihen eine sukzessive Verringerung der Wurzelüberhöhung demonstriert werden. T2 - Assistentenseminar 2016 der Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft Fügetechnik e.V. im DVS CY - Paewesin, Germany DA - 05.09.2016 KW - Elektromagnetische Schmelzbadunterstützung KW - Laserstrahlschweißen KW - Ferromagnetischer Stahl PY - 2018 SN - 978-3-96144-025-2 VL - 339 SP - 38 EP - 43 PB - DVS Media GmbH CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-44302 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bakir, Nasim A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Investigation of solidification cracking susceptibility during laser beam welding using an in-situ observation technique JF - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF WELDING AND JOINING N2 - In recent years, laser beam welding has found wide applications in many industrial fields. Solidification cracks are one of the most frequently encountered welding defects that hinder obtaining a safe weld joint. Decades of research have shown that one of the main causes of such cracks are the strain and the strain rate. Obtaining meaningful measurements of these strains has always been a major challenge for scientists, because of the specific environment of the measurement range and the many obstacles, as well as the high temperature and the plasma plume. In this study, a special experimental setup with a high-speed camera was employed to measure the strain during the welding process. The hot cracking susceptibility was investigated for 1.4301 stainless steel, and the critical strain required for solidification crack formation was locally and globally determined. KW - Solidification cracking KW - Laser welding KW - Optical measurement KW - In situ strain KW - Critical strain KW - Strain rate PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/13621718.2017.1367550 SN - 1362-1718 SN - 1743-2936 VL - 23 IS - 3 SP - 234 EP - 240 PB - Taylor and Francis AN - OPUS4-43992 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Üstündağ, Ö. A1 - Fritzsche, André A1 - Avilov, V. A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Hybrid laser-arc welding of thick-walled ferromagnetic steels with electromagnetic weld pool support JF - Welding in the World N2 - The hybrid laser-arc welding (HLAW) process provides many advantages over laser welding and arc welding alone, such as high welding speed, gap bridgeability, and deep penetration. The developments in hybrid laser-arc welding technology using modern high-power lasers allow single-pass welding of thick materials. This technology can be used for the heavy metal industries such as shipbuilding, power plant fabrication, and line-pipe manufacturing. The obvious problem for single-pass welding is the growth of the hydrostatic pressure with increasing thickness of materials leading to drop-out of molten metal. This phenomenon is aggravated at slow welding velocities because of increasing weld seam width followed by a decrease of Laplace pressure compensating the hydrostatic pressure. Therefore, weld pool support is necessary by welding of thick materials with slow welding velocities. The innovative electromagnetic weld pool support system is contactless and has been used successfully for laser beam welding of aluminum alloys and austenitic and ferromagnetic steels. The support system is based on generating Lorentz forces within the weld pool. These are produced by an oscillating magnetic field orientated perpendicular to the welding direction. The electromagnetic weld pool support facilitates a decrease in the welding speed without a sagging and drop-out of the melt thus eliminating the limitations of weldable material thickness. KW - Hybrid laser-arc welding KW - Thick-walled steel KW - Electromagnetic weld pool support KW - Ferromagnetic steels KW - High-power laser beam PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-018-0597-3 SN - 1878-6669 VL - 62 IS - 4 SP - 767 EP - 774 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-46825 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -