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A fully coupled thermal–microstructural–mechanical finite element process model for directed energy deposition additive manufacturing of Ti–6Al–4V

Journal Article · · Science and Technology of Welding and Joining
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  1. Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hitit University, Corum, Turkey
  2. Faculty of Engineering, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Hitit University, Corum, Turkey
  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

A fully coupled thermal–microstructural–mechanical finite element modelling framework is developed to investigate the distortion and residual stresses during directed energy deposition (DED) of multi-phase Ti–6Al–4V alloy. The Johnson–Cook constitutive model is used to predict the yield strength of each phase as a function of strain, strain rate and temperature where the flow stress is calculated by a linear mixing rule based on the volumetric phase fractions. A thin-walled rectangular sample is chosen as the reference geometry and the results are compared with experimentally measured in situ thermal history and distortion data, where a reasonable agreement is achieved. The proposed modelling framework with physics-based material constitutive model provides useful information for a better understanding of process–microstructure–property relations in additive manufacturing by DED.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
NE0008994
OSTI ID:
2426667
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 2418368
Journal Information:
Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, Journal Name: Science and Technology of Welding and Joining Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 28; ISSN 1362-1718
Publisher:
SAGE PublicationsCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

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