Texture Evolution During Laser Direct Metal Deposition of Ti-6Al-4V
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering; Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Applied Optimization, Dayton, OH (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Titanium alloys are used in a wide variety of high performance applications and hence the processing of the titanium and the resulting microstructures after additive manufacturing has received significant attention. During additive manufacturing the processing route involves the transition from a liquid to solid state. The addition of successive layers results in a complex microstructure due to solid-state transformations. The current study focuses on understanding the phase transformations and relate it to the transformation texture in Ti-6Al-4V to identify conditions leading to a strong alpha transformation texture. The as deposited builds were characterized using optical microscopy and electron backscattered diffraction. The results showed columnar prior β grains with a martensitic structure after the deposition of a single layer. On subsequent depositions the martensitic microstructure decomposes to a colony and basketweave microstructure with a stronger transformation texture. The alpha texture with a colony and basketweave microstructure shows a stronger transformation texture as a result of variant selection. Thus by controlling the cooling rate of the build from the β transus it is possible to control the alpha transformation texture.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). High Temperature Materials Lab. (HTML); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; Work for Others (WFO)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1302938
- Journal Information:
- JOM. Journal of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, Vol. 68, Issue 3; ISSN 1047-4838
- Publisher:
- SpringerCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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