IWOTE'11

International Workshop on Thermal Forming and  Welding Distortion

April 06 - 07, 2011

Hotel Munte, Bremen, Germany

Introduction

Nowadays, welding is a widespread and highly developed joining method. More than 120 automatic and manually operated processes are applicable. As an unwanted side effect, heating and melting induce thermal strains and alter certain material properties. This leads to distortions and high residual stresses which  should obviously be kept to a minimum. Therefore, various strategies are being developed in order to minimize distortions, materials are investigated and mechanical as well as thermal boundary conditions are researched. In contrast to welding, the aim of thermal forming is to deliberately use thermal strains to generate predicted shapes. In thermal forming well-defined heat sources offer a reproducible heat input into a highly localized area. The different forming mechanisms are specified and further investigated. Furthermore, thermal forming can overcome limits of the accessibility and avoid disadvantages of mechanical forming like the spring back effect.

The intention of the IWOTE'11 is to combine knowledge and experience in the fields of thermal forming and welding. Current shared questions concerning e.g. a quasi-static process behaviour, the analysis of large structures, size effects, the influence of the material strength and hardening behaviour and fast analysis methods will be discussed.

Objectives

The workshop is intended to promote the exchange of  experience at international level and foster the dialogue between science and industry, related to the shape changing phenomena in thermal forming and welding.

Who Should Attend

Young scientist, senior researchers and industrial technology managers are invited to discuss latest results from basic and applied research in the field of thermal induced shape changes, and to stimulate the diffusion of this knowledge into industrial application.

Accommodiation

At the conference venue "Hotel Munte" we have a special but limited room contingent reserved for participants of the IWOTE. Please book your accommodiation under the keyword "IWOTE11".

Ringhotel Munte am Stadtwald

Parkallee 299

D-28213 Bremen

phone: +49 421 2202 0

fax: +49 421 2202 609

e-mail: info(at)hotel-munte.de

url: www.hotel-munte.de

Submission of papers

Authors wishing to submit a paper are invited to send a short abstract to iwote11(at)bias.de. Topics include but are not limited to experimental and theoretical research on mechanisms of thermal induced shape changing with various heat sources, process modeling and simulation, research directed to specific applications, path planning, thermal forming and minimization of weld distortions in commercial production processes.

Conference language will be English.

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