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Spall damage mechanisms in laser powder bed fabricated stainless steel 316L

Journal Article · · Materials Science and Engineering. A, Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing
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  1. Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States); University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW)
  2. Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
  3. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  4. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)

This paper reports on spall damage mechanisms in laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) fabricated stainless steel 316L (SS316L) subjected to uniaxial, strain plate-impact loading and explores failure evolution with increasing impact velocity and peak pressure. Analysis of velocimetry profiles reveals a heterogeneous failure response with several different failure mechanisms activated during impact and resulting spall. The analysis is supported by optical microscopy and electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) observation of soft recovered impacted samples, which show evidence of localized nano-twinning, twin growth, severe grain rotation, and grain refinement along the spall plane, in addition to pore nucleation, coalescence, and growth. Furthermore, the observed failure mechanisms, including crack formation and propagation along high angle grain boundaries (HAGBs), are not consistently indicative of ductile fracture typical of wrought stainless steel.

Research Organization:
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF)
Grant/Contract Number:
NA0003921; AC52-07NA27344
OSTI ID:
1895150
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 2229593
Report Number(s):
LLNL--JRNL-842500
Journal Information:
Materials Science and Engineering. A, Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, Journal Name: Materials Science and Engineering. A, Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing Vol. 851; ISSN 0921-5093
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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