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Chapter and Conference Paper
Deep Rolling for Tailoring Residual Stresses of AA2024 Sheet Metals
Deep Rolling as a well-known mechanical surface treatment process is investigated with the objective to tailor residual stress profiles over the sheet metal thickness. Experiments are performed in a milling po...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Modeling Approach for the Fatigue Behavior of Laser Drilled Micro Perforated Structural Panels
With hybrid laminar flow control the drag can be reduced for airfoils. This is done by boundary layer suction through millions of small holes in the skin panels. The goal of this paper is to assess the impact ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Probabilistic Reliability Assessment of a Component in the Presence of Internal Defects
Structural strength may degrade during the service life of an aircraft due to undetected material defects or accidental damages. Additively manufactured or welded structures are particularly susceptible to fat...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Fatigue Crack Propagation Influenced by Laser Shock Peening Introduced Residual Stress Fields in Aluminium Specimens
Laser Shock Peening (LSP) enables the generation and modification of residual stresses deep below the surface of metallic components. LSP-induced residual stress profiles provide penetration depths of compress...
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Article
Phase Transformations During Solidification of a Laser-Beam-Welded TiAl Alloy—An In Situ Synchrotron Study
An in situ highly time-resolved, high-energy X-ray diffraction investigation was carried out to observe the phase transformations of a TiAl alloy during laser beam welding. The diffraction patterns are recorded e...
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Article
Phase Transformation and Residual Stress in a Laser Beam Spot-Welded TiAl-Based Alloy
The microstructure, chemical composition, residual stress, and lattice parameter evolution of the welding zone (WZ) and heat-affected zone (HAZ) of a laser-beam-welded TiAl-based alloy were investigated. It wa...
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Article
Open AccessProcess Optimization of Dual-Laser Beam Welding of Advanced Al-Li Alloys Through Hot Cracking Susceptibility Modeling
Laser welding of advanced Al-Li alloys has been developed to meet the increasing demand for light-weight and high-strength aerospace structures. However, welding of high-strength Al-Li alloys can be problemat...
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Article
Laser Weldability of High-Strength Al-Zn Alloys and Its Improvement by the Use of an Appropriate Filler Material
Heat-treatable Al-Zn alloys are promising candidates for use as structural lightweight materials in automotive and aircraft applications. This is mainly due to their high strength-to-density ratio in compariso...
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Article
Effect of Post-weld Heat Treatment on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Laser Beam Welded TiAl-based Alloy
Post-weld heat treatment is carried out on the laser beam welded γ-TiAl-based alloy Ti-48Al-1Cr-1.5Nb-1Mn-0.2Si-0.5B (at. pct). The macro/microstructure and mechanical properties of both as-welded and heat-treate...