Numerische Analyse geschweißter Verbindungen von Duplexstahl und Quarzglas

Numerical analysis of welded joints between duplex steel and quartz glass. Welded joints are a vital element in structural engineering. Originating from conventional carbon steel welding in construction, recent advancements in welding technology now allow the joint of modern high‐strength steel and glass materials. With today's methods, an analysis of the welded joints' structural behaviour can be conducted by experiment, as well as by numerical analysis. Particularly for the numeric analysis, capturing the non‐linear thermal and mechanical properties of the materials is important, in order to allow a realistic determination of temperature, microstructure and residual stresses for different types of joints. Simulations of multi‐layered weld joint on duplex steel show, that a targeted heat treatment during MAG‐welding by variation of the welding parameters achieves a beneficial ratio between ferrite and austenite which, for example, ensures a high resistance of the weld to corrosion. The material quartz glass can generally be welded as butt‐weld with a CO₂‐laser. The simulations of a welded joint of a plate and a pipe show, that an optimization of the welding technology of preheat laser beam and welding laser beam is necessary, in order to reduce the thermal impact during the welding process, as well as residual stress in the joint. At the Department of Steel Structures at the Bauhaus‐Universität Weimar, numerical simulations of welded joints between steel and glass materials are a current and topical research focus.     

Höherfrequente Hämmerverfahren – Ursachen der Steigerung der Ermüdungsfestigkeit und Nachweismodell

Der Einsatz von Schweißnahtnachbehandlungsverfahren zur Optimierung wechselnd beanspruchter Stahlkonstruktionen in Hinblick auf deren Lebensdauerverlängerung oder eine Reduzierung des Konstruktionsgewichts wurde in den letzten Jahren verstärkt untersucht. Dabei erwiesen sich höherfrequente Hämmermethoden als besonders wirkungsvoll zur Steigerung der Ermüdungsfestigkeit. Der vorliegende Artikel zeigt die Potentiale der Verfahren auf und belegt deren Einfluss auf das Rissinitiierungs‐ und Rissfortschrittsverhalten von Schweißnähten. Anhand eines entwickelten Bemessungsmodells wird eine Möglichkeit der rechnerischen Erfassung der positiven Wirksamkeit der Verfahren dargelegt. Reasons and calculation of the improved fatigue life of welds treated with high frequency peening methods. The application of post weld treatment methods in order to optimize fatigue loaded steel structures in view of an extension of their service life or a reduction of the construction weight has been studied intensively in the last years. High frequency peening methods proved to be extreme effectively in order to increase the fatigue strength. The following article shows the potentials of the methods and proves their influence on the crack initiation and crack propagation behaviour of welds. With help of a developed design procedure the possibility of respecting the positive effect on the fatigue strength during the design is provided.