TY - JOUR A1 - Payton, E. A1 - Nolze, Gert T1 - The Backscatter Electron Signal as an Additional Tool for Phase Segmentation in Electron Backscatter Diffraction N2 - The advent of simultaneous energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) data collection has vastly improved the phase separation capabilities for electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) mapping. A major problem remains, however, in distinguishing between multiple cubic phases in a specimen, especially when the compositions of the phases are similar or their particle sizes are small because the EDS interaction volume is much larger than that of EBSD, and the EDS spectra collected during spatial mapping are generally noisy due to time limitations and the need to minimize sample drift. The backscatter electron (BSE) signal is very sensitive to the local composition due to its atomic number (Z) dependence. BSE imaging is investigated as a complimentary tool to EDS to assist phase segmentation and identification in EBSD through examination of specimens of meteorite, Cu dross, and steel oxidation layers. The results demonstrate that the simultaneous acquisition of EBSD patterns, EDS spectra, and the BSE signal can provide new potential for advancing multiphase material characterization in the scanning electron microscope. KW - Electron backscatter diffraction KW - Energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy KW - Scanning electron microscopy KW - Multiphase microstructure KW - Phase identification KW - Backscattered electron imaging KW - Meteorite KW - Monte Carlo simulation PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927613000305 VL - 19 IS - 4 SP - 929 EP - 941 AN - OPUS4-37895 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gallo, Emanuela A1 - Sánchez-Olivares, G. A1 - Schartel, Bernhard T1 - Flame retardancy of starch-based biocomposites - aluminium hydroxide-coconut fiber synergy N2 - The use of coconut fiber (CF) agricultural waste was considered as an environmentally friendly and inexpensive alternative in flame retarded biocomposites. To decrease the high content of aluminum trihydrate (ATH) required, the thermal decomposition (thermogravimetry), flammability [oxygen index (LOI) and UL 94 test] and fire behavior (cone calorimeter) of a combination of CF and ATH were investigated in a commercial blend of thermoplastic starch (TPS) and cellulose derivatives. CF induced some charring activity, slightly decreasing the fire load and burning propensity in cone calorimeter test. ATH decomposes endothermically into water and inorganic residue. Significant fuel dilution as well as a pronounced residual protection layer reduces the fire hazards. Replacing a part of ATH with coconut fibers resulted in improved flame retardancy in terms of ignition, reaction to small flame, and flame-spread characteristics [heat release rate (HRR), fire growth rate (FIGRA), etc.]. The observed ATH and CF synergy opens the door to significant reduction of the ATH contents and thus to interesting flame retarded biocomposites. KW - Biocomposites KW - Flammability KW - Starch KW - Aluminium hydroxide KW - Coconut fiber PY - 2013 SN - 0032-2725 VL - 58 IS - 5 SP - 395 EP - 402 PB - Industrial chemistry research inst CY - Warszawa, Poland AN - OPUS4-28513 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gallo, Emanuela A1 - Schartel, Bernhard A1 - Schmaucks, G. A1 - von der Ehe, Kerstin A1 - Böhning, Martin T1 - Effect of well dispersed amorphous silicon dioxide in flame retarded styrene butadiene rubber N2 - Spherically shaped amorphous silicon dioxide with broad size particle distribution was used in combination with aluminium trihydroxide (ATH) in styrene butadiene rubber composites. The pyrolysis, flammability, fire properties, flame spread and gas diffusion were investigated. The kind and amount of ATH, but in particular the fine silicon dioxide chosen as an additive, influenced the thermal decomposition and fire behaviour of styrene butadiene rubber composites. Gravimetric gas sorption measurements showed that the gas diffusion was systematically lower with silicon dioxide. The initial pyrolysis gas release was hindered, increasing the temperature at which decomposition begins as well as the ignition time in fire tests. During combustion, ATH and silicon dioxide accumulate on the surface of the specimen, forming a residual protective layer. A reduced peak heat release rate and fire spread were observed. The addition of a special kind of silicon dioxide is proposed to play a key role in optimising fire retardancy. KW - Flame retardancy KW - Styrene butadiene rubber KW - SBR KW - Silicon dioxide KW - Aluminium trihydroxide KW - ATH PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.1179/1743289812Y.0000000012 SN - 1465-8011 SN - 1743-2898 VL - 42 IS - 1 SP - 34 EP - 42 PB - IOM Communications CY - London, UK AN - OPUS4-27626 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - THES A1 - Schempp, Philipp T1 - Grain refinement in aluminium GTA welds N2 - Grain refinement is an important opportunity to improve mechanical properties of fusion welds and the weldability (cracking sensitivity) of the base metal. In this thesis, grain refinement was achieved for aluminium welds by additions of a grain refiner. For this purpose, inserts consisting of aluminium base metal and small additions of commercial Al Ti5B1 grain refiner were cast, deposited in base metal plates, and fused in a gas tungsten arc (GTA) welding process. As a result, higher grain refiner additions increased the weld’s titanium and boron content resulting in a significant decrease in the weld metal mean grain size up to 86%. This grain size reduction led to a transition from predominantly columnar to equiaxed grain shape (columnar to equiaxed transition CET). The grain refinement was thereby found to be strongly dependent upon the base metal chemical composition. Accordingly, the grain refining efficiency was the highest in commercial pure Al (Alloy 1050A, Al 99.5), followed by Alloy 6082 (Al Si1MgMn) and Alloy 5083 (Al Mg4.5Mn0.7). In this regard, the parameters P and Q were applied to investigate the influence of alloying elements on the supply of constitutional undercooling during solidification and on final grain size. Also, WDS (wavelength dispersive x-ray spectroscopy) and TEM (transmission electron microscopy) analysis found an increasing number of particles rich in Ti and B. These substrates are probably TiB2 particles coated by Al3Ti likely nucleating Al grains during solidification. The variation in torch speed showed that increasing torch speeds support the CET effect leading to many small and equiaxed grains at high torch speed. To give explanations for this observation, the thermal conditions, that are controlled by welding parameters such as torch speed, were determined with temperature measurements via thermocouples. These measurements revealed that solidification parameters like solidification growth rate, cooling rate, (local) thermal gradient and solidification time vary significantly along the solidification front (from weld centreline to weld fusion line). In a further step, the solidification parameters were related to the corresponding grain size and shape. On the basis of this comparison, an analytical approach was used to model the CET. This allowed the prediction of critical values for both solidification growth rate and thermal gradient, at which the CET occurs in aluminium weld metal. The influence of grain refinement on the weld mechanical properties was investigated in tensile tests. Accordingly, the ductility of Alloy 5083 welds was increased through grain refinement whereas no improvement in weld metal strength was observed. Furthermore, tear tests with notched specimens revealed for Alloy 1050A that the resistance against initiation and propagation of cracks in the weld metal can be enhanced through grain refinement. In addition, when welding Alloy 6082, weld metal grain refinement prevented the formation of centreline solidification cracking that was present only in welds with unrefined grain structure. On the basis of the above experiments, the Ti/B contents needed in commercial filler wires or rods to allow optimum weld metal grain refinement were estimated. Accordingly, this work gives specific recommendations to filler material producers through a simple calculation that considers the influence of base alloy and welding process. The results show that the Ti/B contents defined by the corresponding standards for filler alloys are too low to allow weld metal grain refinement. T3 - BAM Dissertationsreihe - 111 KW - Aluminium KW - Kornfeinung KW - WIG-Schweißen PY - 2013 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-477 SN - 978-3-9815944-4-7 SN - 1613-4249 VL - 111 SP - 1 EP - 121 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-47 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - THES A1 - Perret, William T1 - Welding Simulation of Complex Automotive Welded Assembly - Possibilities and Limits of the Application of Analytical Temperature Field Solutions N2 - Before the development of computational science, heat conduction problems were mainly solved by analytical techniques. Analytical solutions are exact solutions of differential equations; the investigated physical phenomena, for instance the temperature, are solved locally for one single point independently of the rest of the investigated structure resulting in extremely short computational times. These analytical solutions are however only valid for some simple geometries and boundary conditions making their applications for complex industrial geometries directly not possible. Numerical techniques, such as the Finite Element Method, enable overcoming this problem. However, the numerical simulation of the structural heat effect of welding for complex and large assemblies requires high computational effort and time. Therefore, the wide application of welding simulation in industry is not established, yet. The aim of this study is to combine the advantages of analytical and numerical simulation methods to accelerate the calibration of the thermal model of structure welding simulation. This is done firstly by calibrating automatically the simulation model with a fast analytical temperature field solution and secondly by solving the welding simulation problem numerically with the analytically calibrated input parameters. In order to achieve this goal, the analytical solution of the heat conduction problem for a point source moving in an infinite solid was extended and validated against reference models until a solution for a volumetric heat source moving on a thin small sheet with several arbitrary curved welding paths was found. The potential of this analytical solution by means of computational time was subsequently demonstrated on a semi-industrial geometry with large dimensions and several curved welds. The combined method was then transferred to an industrial assembly welded with four parallel welds. For this joint geometry, it was possible to apply the extended analytical solution. The calibration of the simulation model was done automatically against experimental data by combining the extended fast analytical solution with a global optimisation algorithm. For this calibration, more than 3000 direct simulations were required which run in less computational time than one corresponding single numerical simulation. The results of the numerical simulation executed with the analytically calibrated input parameters matched the experimental data within a scatter band of ± 10 %. The limit of the combined method is shown for an industrial assembly welded with eight overlap welds. For this joint geometry, a conventional numerical approach was applied, since no analytical solution was actually available. The final simulation results matched the experimental data within a scatter band of ± 10 %. The results of this work provide a comprehensive method to accelerate the calibration of the thermal model of the structure welding simulation of complex and large welded assemblies, even though within limitation. In the future, the implementation of this method in a welding simulation tool accessible to a typical industrial user still has to be done. T3 - BAM Dissertationsreihe - 108 KW - Schweißen KW - industrielle Anwendung KW - Simulation KW - analytische Lösung KW - komplexe Geometrie PY - 2013 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-505 SN - 978-3-9815944-0-9 SN - 1613-4249 VL - 108 SP - 1 EP - 183 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-50 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kühn, Hans-Joachim ED - Christ, H.-J. T1 - Vom E-Modul bis zum TMF-Versuch - Praktische Herausforderungen der Werkstoffprüfung T1 - From the modulus of elasticity to the TMF-test - Practical challenges of material testing N2 - Durch Normen werden die für die Kennwertbestimmung erforderlichen Versuchsbedingungen (z. B. Belastungsgeschwindigkeit, Klasse der Prüfmittel) und auch die Datenauswertung eindeutig festgelegt. Sie sind die Grundlage für eine belastbare Kennwertermittlung und dürfen bei normkonformen Versuchen nicht ignoriert werden. Weiterführende Betrachtungen (Plausibilität, cross-check) finden sich dagegen in Normen sehr selten. Hier eröffnet sich nun dem Werkstoffprüfer ein weites Feld. Zum einen können die Versuchsabläufe unter Berücksichtigung des im Labor vorhandenen Inventars optimiert, zum anderen können durch erweiterte Auswertung der Messdaten Hinweise auf eine fehlerhafte Versuchsführung gefunden werden. Werden dagegen von der Norm abweichende oder nicht genormte Versuche durchgeführt, sind der Kreativität des Werkstoffprüfers kaum Grenzen gesetzt. Dieses wird durch die schnell fortschreitende Entwicklung auf dem Gebiet der Mess- und Prüftechnik unterstützt. An Beispielen aus meiner 36-jährigen BAM-Tätigkeit im Bereich der Werkstoffprüfung werden Prüfmittel und Lösungswege zu unterschiedlichen Aufgabenstellungen vorgestellt. Die gewählten Beispiele stehen auch für die Werkstoffprüfung im Wandel der Zeit und belegen die gewachsenen Anforderungen an den Werkstoffprüfer. N2 - Standards clearly define the test conditions (e.g. loading rate, class of test equipment) and data analysis for the determination of the test results. They are the basis for a reliable determination of parameters and must not be ignored in standard-compliant tests. However, additional considerations (plausibility, cross-check) are very rarely addressed in standards. This opens a wide field for the material tester. On the one hand the experimental procedures can be optimized taking into account the existing inventory in the laboratory; on the other hand a faulty experimental procedure can be identified by advanced analysis of the measured data. If non-standard-tests are performed there are hardly any creative limits for the material tester. This is supported by the rapid increase of development in the field of measuring and testing technique. Using examples from my 36-year BAM activity in the field of material testing, equipment and solutions are presented for different tasks. The examples also show material testing in the course of time and confirm the growing demands on the material tester. T2 - Tagung Werkstoffprüfung 2013 - Fortschritte in der Werkstoffprüfung für Forschung und Praxis CY - Neu-Ulm, Germany DA - 28.11.2013 KW - Elastizitätsmodul KW - Zugversuch KW - Temperaturmessung KW - TMF-Versuch KW - Modulus of elasticity KW - Tensile test KW - Temperature measurement KW - TMF-test PY - 2013 SN - 978-3-514-00806-9 SP - 49 EP - 58 PB - Verlag Stahleisen CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-29736 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kühn, Hans-Joachim T1 - Vom E-Modul bis zum TMF-Versuch Praktische Herausforderungen der Werkstoffprüfung T2 - Tagung Werkstoffprüfung 2013 - Fortschritte in der Werkstoffprüfung für Forschung und Praxis CY - Neu-Ulm, Germany DA - 28.11.2013 PY - 2013 AN - OPUS4-29683 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Liu, X. C. A1 - Wu, Chuan Song A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Pittner, Andreas T1 - Mechanical properties of 2024-T4 aluminium alloy joints in ultrasonic vibration enhanced friction stir welding N2 - Ultrasonic vibration enhanced friction stir welding (UVeFSW) is a recent modification of conventional friction stir welding (FSW), which transmits ultrasonic vibration directly into the localized area of the workpiece near and ahead of the rotating tool. In this study, a high strength aluminium alloy (2024-T4) was welded by this process and conventional FSW, respectively. Then tensile tests, microhardness tests and fracture surface analysis were performed successively on the welding samples. The tests results reveal that ultrasonic vibration can improve the tensile strength and the elongation of welded joints. The microhardness of the stir zone also increases. KW - Ultrasonic vibration KW - Friction stir welding KW - Mechanical properties PY - 2013 UR - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286735810_Mechanical_properties_of_2024-T4_aluminium_alloy_joints_in_ultrasonic_vibration_enhanced_friction_stir_welding VL - 22 IS - 4 SP - 8 EP - 13 AN - OPUS4-40773 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Amts- und Mitteilungsblatt, Band 43, Heft 1 T3 - Amts- und Mitteilungsblatt der BAM - 1/2013 PY - 2013 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-83 SN - 0340-7551 VL - 43 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 155 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-8 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - THES A1 - Günzel, Stephan T1 - Analyse der Schädigungsprozesse in einem kurzglasfaserverstärkten Polyamid unter mechanischer Belastung mittels Röntgenrefraktometrie, Bruchmechanik und Fraktografie N2 - In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird das Schädigungsverhalten eines kurzglasfaserverstärkten Polyamids analysiert. Die Mikrorissschädigung wird mittels Röntgenrefraktionsanalyse für verschiedene mechanische Betriebsbelastungen untersucht. Dabei werden Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Röntgenrefraktionsanalyse für kurzglasfaserverstärkte Polyamide herausgearbeitet. Insbesondere werden der Einfluss der Faserorientierungsverteilung und der Einfluss der Schädigungsmechanismen auf die Röntgenrefraktionsanalyse und deren Ergebnisinterpretation betrachtet. Die Methode ermöglicht eine quantitative und phänomenologisch basierte Mikrorissschädigungscharakterisierung. Für den untersuchten Werkstoff tritt Mikrorissschädigung in Form von Faser-Matrix-Ablösung und Matrixrissbildung auf. Die Schädigungshöhe korreliert linear mit dem nichtlinear elastischen Dehnungsanteil und ist abhängig von der Art der Betriebsbelastung. Eine Feuchtigkeitsaufnahme des Werkstoffs kann das Mikrorissschädigungsverhalten deutlich beeinflussen. Die Schädigung durch Mikrorissbildung tritt vorrangig unter Zugbelastungen auf. Die Makroschädigung durch Einzelrissfortschritt wird in Abhängigkeit der Faserorientierung und des Feuchtegehalts in einem automatisierten Versuch charakterisiert. Aufgrund der gewonnenen Erkenntnisse wird ein empirisches Berechnungsmodell erstellt. Die Untersuchungen des Mikro- und Makroschädigungsverhaltens werden fraktografisch begleitet, um die in den Modellvorstellungen vorausgesetzten Schädigungs- und Versagensmechanismen abzusichern. N2 - This thesis presents an analysis of the damage behaviour in a short glass fibre reinforced polyamide. The micro cracking is investigated by X-ray refraction technique under various, mechanical in-service loadings. In this context, potentials and limits of X-ray refraction analysis for short glass fibre reinforced polyamides are compiled. In particular the influence of fibre orientation and the influence of damage mechanisms are examined according to the X-ray refraction analysis and its interpretation. The method offers a quantitative and phenomenological based characterisation of micro crack damage. For the investigated material micro crack damage emerges as fibre matrix debonding and matrix micro cracking. The state of damage correlates with a nonlinear strain portion in a linear manner and depends on the kind of loading. Absorption of moisture in the material may influence significantly the micro crack damage behaviour. Damage of micro cracking appears preferentially under tension. The macro damage due to propagation of a single crack is characterised in an automated test setup, considering the fibre orientation and content of moisture. Based on the findings an empirical assessment approach is developed. The investigations of the micro and macro damage behaviour are accompanied by fractography, in order to support the model assumptions according to damage and fracture mechanisms. T3 - BAM Dissertationsreihe - 97 KW - Schädigung KW - Betriebsfestigkeit KW - Kunststoff KW - faserverstärkt KW - zerstörungsfrei PY - 2013 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-617 SN - 978-3-9815360-4-1 SN - 1613-4249 VL - 97 SP - 1 EP - 188 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-61 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -