07 Fakultät Konstruktions-, Produktions- und Fahrzeugtechnik

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    Alumina and zirconia-reinforced polyamide PA-12 composites for biomedical additive manufacturing
    (2021) Nakonieczny, Damian S.; Kern, Frank; Dufner, Lukas; Antonowicz, Magdalena; Matus, Krzysztof
    This work aimed to prepare a composite with a polyamide (PA) matrix and surface-modified ZrO2 or Al2O3 to be used as ceramic fillers (CFs). Those composites contained 30 wt.% ceramic powder to 70 wt.% polymer. Possible applications for this type of composite include bioengineering applications especially in the fields of dental prosthetics and orthopaedics. The ceramic fillers were subjected to chemical surface modification with Piranha Solution and suspension in 10 M sodium hydroxide and Si3N4 to achieve the highest possible surface development and to introduce additional functional groups. This was to improve the bonding between the CFs and the polymer matrix. Both CFs were examined for particle size distribution (PSD), functional groups (FTIR), chemical composition (XPS), phase composition (XRD), and morphology and chemical composition (SEM/EDS). Filaments were created from the powders prepared in this way and were then used for 3D FDM printing. Samples were subjected to mechanical tests (tensility, hardness) and soaking tests in a high-pressure autoclave in artificial saliva for 14, 21, and 29 days.
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    Statistical power analysis in reliability demonstration testing : the probability of test success
    (2022) Grundler, Alexander; Dazer, Martin; Herzig, Thomas
    Statistical power analyses are used in the design of experiments to determine the required number of specimens, and thus the expenditure, of a test. Commonly, when analyzing and planning life tests of technical products, only the confidence level is taken into account for assessing uncertainty. However, due to the sampling error, the confidence interval estimation varies from test to test; therefore, the number of specimens needed to yield a successful reliability demonstration cannot be derived by this. In this paper, a procedure is presented that facilitates the integration of statistical power analysis into reliability demonstration test planning. The Probability of Test Success is introduced as a metric in order to place the statistical power in the context of life test planning of technical products. It contains the information concerning the probability that a life test is capable of demonstrating a required lifetime, reliability, and confidence. In turn, it enables the assessment and comparison of various life test types, such as success run, non-censored, and censored life tests. The main results are four calculation methods for the Probability of Test Success for various test scenarios: a general method which is capable of dealing with all possible scenarios, a calculation method mimicking the actual test procedure, and two analytic approaches for failure-free and failure-based tests which make use of the central limit theorem and asymptotic properties of several statistics, and therefore simplify the effort involved in planning life tests. The calculation methods are compared and their respective advantages and disadvantages worked out; furthermore, the scenarios in which each method is to be preferred are illustrated. The applicability of the developed procedure for planning reliability demonstration tests using the Probability of Test Success is additionally illustrated by a case study.
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    iWindow - Intelligentes Maschinenfenster
    (Düsseldorf : VDI Verlag, 2018) Sommer, Philipp; Verl, Alexander; Kiefer, Manuel; Rahäuser, Raphael; Müller, Sebastian; Brühl, Jens; Gras, Michael; Berckmann, Eva; Stautner, Marc; Schäfer, D.; Schotte, Wolfgang; Do-Khac, Dennis; Neyrinck, Adrian; Eger, Ulrich; Sommer, Philipp
    Das Verbundforschungsprojekt iWindow: Intelligentes Maschinenfenster beschäftigte sich mit der visuellen Unterstützung von Maschinenbedienern an Werkzeugmaschinen. Diese konnten bisher nur auf wenige bis keine Systeme, die sie bei ihren täglichen Aufgaben direkt an der Werkzeugmaschine unterstützen, zurückgreifen. Das Forschungsprojekt verbindet reale und virtuelle Welt in der Werkzeugmaschine durch Technologien wie Virtual und Augmented Reality, digitaler Zwilling, Simulation und Mehrwertdienste. Durch Nutzung jeweils für die aktuelle Arbeitssituation passender Dienste, werden Mitarbeiter befähigt, sich an die steigende Individualisierung der Produkte und die flexiblere Produktion anzupassen. Kunden und Geschäftspartner werden durch die Möglichkeit eigene mehrwertgenerierende Dienste zu entwickeln und anderen Anwendern zur Verfügung zu stellen in den Wertschöpfungsprozess eingebunden. Diese Publikation beleuchtet die im Rahmen des Forschungsprojekts erarbeiteten Ergebnisse hinsichtlich für ein intelligentes Maschinenfenster benötigter Technologien und Entwicklungen.
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    Comprehensive study of failure mechanisms of field-aged automotive lead batteries
    (2023) Conradt, Rafael; Schröer, Philipp; Dazer, Martin; Wirth, Jonathan; Jöris, Florian; Schulte, Dominik; Birke, Kai Peter
    Modern vehicles have increasing safety requirements and a need for reliable low-voltage power supply in their on-board power supply systems. Understanding the causes and probabilities of failures in a 12 V power supply is crucial. Field analyses of aged and failed 12 V lead batteries can provide valuable insights regarding this topic. In a previous study, non-invasive electrical testing was used to objectively determine the reasons for failure and the lifetime of individual batteries. By identifying all of the potential failure mechanisms, the Latin hypercube sampling method was found to effectively reduce the required sample size. To ensure sufficient confidence in validating diagnostic algorithms and calculating time-dependent failure rates, all identified aging phenomena must be considered. This study presents a probability distribution of the failure mechanisms that occur in the field, as well as provides insights into potential opportunities, but it also challenges diagnostic approaches for current and future vehicles.
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    3D FEM simulation of titanium alloy (Ti6Al4V) machining with harmonic endmill tools
    (2023) Kalu-Uka, Abraham; Ozoegwu, Chigbogu; Eberhard, Peter
    Usually, end milling operations have been carried out using conventional uniform helix tools with fixed helix angles. Thus, many studies have been conducted to study the effects of these tools on the thermomechanical properties of a milling process. Recently, there have been works that point to the benefits of using harmonic endmills. Harmonic endmills consist of cutting edge profiles that have continuously harmonically varying helix angles. The variation is described using a harmonic function of axial position (elevation) of points on the cutting edge. In this work, a 3D finite element simulation using ABAQUS, is carried out for the complex milling process of Titanium alloy Ti6Al4V. The envelope of the harmonic tool is first generated using a set of MATLAB codes and stored in a Standard Triangle Language (.stl) format. The machine tool is introduced into an FEM program which has been designed to provide for dynamic effects, thermo‐mechanical coupling, material damage law and the criterion for contact associated with the milling process. A Johnson‐Cook material constitutive equation which combines the effects of strain hardening, strain softening, and temperature softening is used. To account for the chip separation criterion, the Johnson Cook damage evolution equation is used. The milling process simulation for Ti6Al4V is then carried out. In the end, the stress distribution and the cutting forces are obtained.
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    Phase field simulation of fatigue crack propagation under complex load situations
    (2020) Schreiber, Christoph; Müller, Ralf; Kuhn, Charlotte
    Within this work, we utilize the framework of phase field modeling for fracture in order to handle a very crucial issue in terms of designing technical structures, namely the phenomenon of fatigue crack growth. So far, phase field fracture models were applied to a number of problems in the field of fracture mechanics and were proven to yield reliable results even for complex crack problems. For crack growth due to cyclic fatigue, our basic approach considers an additional energy contribution entering the regularized energy density function accounting for crack driving forces associated with fatigue damage. With other words, the crack surface energy is not solely in competition with the time-dependent elastic strain energy but also with a contribution consisting of accumulated energies, which enables crack extension even for small maximum loads. The load time function applied to a certain structure has an essential effect on its fatigue life. Besides the pure magnitude of a certain load cycle, it is highly decisive at which point of the fatigue life a certain load cycle is applied. Furthermore, the level of the mean load has a significant effect. We show that the model developed within this study is able to predict realistic fatigue crack growth behavior in terms of accurate growth rates and also to account for mean stress effects and different stress ratios. These are important properties that must be treated accurately in order to yield an accurate model for arbitrary load sequences, where various amplitude loading occurs.
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    Process limits for percussion drilling of stainless steel with ultrashort laser pulses at high average powers
    (2022) Brinkmeier, David; Holder, Daniel; Loescher, André; Röcker, Christoph; Förster, Daniel J.; Onuseit, Volkher; Weber, Rudolf; Abdou Ahmed, Marwan; Graf, Thomas
    The availability of commercial ultrafast lasers reaching into the kW power level offers promising potential for high-volume manufacturing applications. Exploiting the available average power is challenging due to process limits imposed by particle shielding, ambient atmosphere breakdown, and heat accumulation effects. We experimentally confirm the validity of a simple thermal model, which can be used for the estimation of a critical heat accumulation threshold for percussion drilling of AISI 304 steel. The limits are summarized in a processing map, which provides selection criteria for process parameters and suitable lasers. The results emphasize the need for process parallelization.
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    Stream finishing of additively manufactured AlSi10Mg PBF-LB parts: influence on surface quality and fatigue behaviour
    (2024) Wexel, Helena; Kramer, Steffen; Schubert, Johannes; Schulze, Volker; Zanger, Frederik
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    Application of data-driven surrogate models for active human model response prediction and restraint system optimization
    (2023) Hay, Julian; Schories, Lars; Bayerschen, Eric; Wimmer, Peter; Zehbe, Oliver; Kirschbichler, Stefan; Fehr, Jörg
    Surrogate models are a must-have in a scenario-based safety simulation framework to design optimally integrated safety systems for new mobility solutions. The objective of this study is the development of surrogate models for active human model responses under consideration of multiple sampling strategies. A Gaussian process regression is chosen for predicting injury values based on the collision scenario, the occupant's seating position after a pre-crash movement and selected restraint system parameters. The trained models are validated and assessed for each sampling method and the best-performing surrogate model is selected for restraint system parameter optimization.
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    Towards learning human-seat interactions for optimally controlled multibody models to generate realistic occupant motion
    (2023) Fahse, Niklas; Harant, Monika; Roller, Michael; Kempter, Fabian; Obentheuer, Marius; Linn, Joachim; Fehr, Jörg