Modulating laser intensity profile ellipticity for microstructural control during metal additive manufacturing
Abstract
Additively manufactured (AM) metals are often highly textured, containing large columnar grains that initiate epitaxially under steep temperature gradients and rapid solidification conditions. These unique microstructures partially account for the massive property disparity existing between AM and conventionally processed alloys. Although equiaxed grains are desirable for isotropic mechanical behavior, the columnar-to-equiaxed transition remains difficult to predict for conventional solidification processes, and much more so for AM. In this study, the effects of laser intensity profile ellipticity on melt track macrostructures and microstructures were studied in 316L stainless steel. Experimental results were supported by temperature gradients and melt velocities simulated using the ALE3D multi-physics code. As a general trend, columnar grains preferentially formed with increasing laser power and scan speed for all beam profiles. However, when conduction mode laser heating occurs, scan parameters that result in coarse columnar microstructures using Gaussian profiles produce equiaxed or mixed equiaxed-columnar microstructures using elliptical profiles. Furthermore, by modulating spatial laser intensity profiles on the fly, site-specific microstructures and properties can be directly engineered into additively manufactured parts.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Office of Workforce Development for Teachers & Scientists (WDTS); USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1393688
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1357374
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-713205
Journal ID: ISSN 1359-6454; S1359645417301167; PII: S1359645417301167
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344; 15-ERD-037; 15-ERD-006
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Acta Materialia
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Acta Materialia Journal Volume: 128 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 1359-6454
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 42 ENGINEERING; additive manufacturing; laser powder-bed fusion; microstructure control; laser modulation; beam shaping
Citation Formats
Roehling, Tien T., Wu, Sheldon S. Q., Khairallah, Saad A., Roehling, John D., Soezeri, S. Stefan, Crumb, Michael F., and Matthews, Manyalibo J. Modulating laser intensity profile ellipticity for microstructural control during metal additive manufacturing. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2017.02.025.
Roehling, Tien T., Wu, Sheldon S. Q., Khairallah, Saad A., Roehling, John D., Soezeri, S. Stefan, Crumb, Michael F., & Matthews, Manyalibo J. Modulating laser intensity profile ellipticity for microstructural control during metal additive manufacturing. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2017.02.025
Roehling, Tien T., Wu, Sheldon S. Q., Khairallah, Saad A., Roehling, John D., Soezeri, S. Stefan, Crumb, Michael F., and Matthews, Manyalibo J. Sat .
"Modulating laser intensity profile ellipticity for microstructural control during metal additive manufacturing". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2017.02.025.
@article{osti_1393688,
title = {Modulating laser intensity profile ellipticity for microstructural control during metal additive manufacturing},
author = {Roehling, Tien T. and Wu, Sheldon S. Q. and Khairallah, Saad A. and Roehling, John D. and Soezeri, S. Stefan and Crumb, Michael F. and Matthews, Manyalibo J.},
abstractNote = {Additively manufactured (AM) metals are often highly textured, containing large columnar grains that initiate epitaxially under steep temperature gradients and rapid solidification conditions. These unique microstructures partially account for the massive property disparity existing between AM and conventionally processed alloys. Although equiaxed grains are desirable for isotropic mechanical behavior, the columnar-to-equiaxed transition remains difficult to predict for conventional solidification processes, and much more so for AM. In this study, the effects of laser intensity profile ellipticity on melt track macrostructures and microstructures were studied in 316L stainless steel. Experimental results were supported by temperature gradients and melt velocities simulated using the ALE3D multi-physics code. As a general trend, columnar grains preferentially formed with increasing laser power and scan speed for all beam profiles. However, when conduction mode laser heating occurs, scan parameters that result in coarse columnar microstructures using Gaussian profiles produce equiaxed or mixed equiaxed-columnar microstructures using elliptical profiles. Furthermore, by modulating spatial laser intensity profiles on the fly, site-specific microstructures and properties can be directly engineered into additively manufactured parts.},
doi = {10.1016/j.actamat.2017.02.025},
journal = {Acta Materialia},
number = C,
volume = 128,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2017.02.025
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