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Title: Texture evolution as a function of scan strategy and build height in electron beam melted Ti-6Al-4V

Abstract

Metal additive manufacturing (AM) enables customizable, on-demand parts, allowing for new designs and improved engineering performance. Yet, the ability to control AM metal alloy microstructures (i.e., grain morphology, crystallographic texture, and phase content) is lacking. Furthermore, this work performs corroborative neutron diffraction and large-scale electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) measurements to assess crystallographic texture in electron beam melted (EBM) Ti-6Al-4V as a function of scan strategy and build height. Texture components for one raster and two spot melt scan strategies were evaluated using a triclinic specimen symmetry to capture all possible texture components, which were found to be considerably different than previously reported values from studies employing orthotropic specimen symmetry. This finding highlights the importance of a standard method and best practice for assessing textures produced by AM.

Authors:
 [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3];  [4];  [5]; ORCiD logo [6];  [1];  [1];  [5];  [1]
  1. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
  2. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  3. National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
  4. National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO (United States)
  5. Air Force Research Lab., Dayton, OH (United States)
  6. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR)
OSTI Identifier:
1883941
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; 2019260337; 89233218CNA000001; N00014-18-1-2794
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Additive Manufacturing
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 46; Journal ID: ISSN 2214-8604
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Crystallographic texture; Solidification and solidification modelling; Beta-Ti; Reconstructions; Scan strategy; Ti-6Al-4V

Citation Formats

Saville, Alec I., Vogel, Sven C., Creuziger, Adam, Benzing, Jake T., Pilchak, Adam L., Nandwana, Peeyush, Klemm-Toole, Jonah, Clarke, Kester D., Semiatin, S. Lee, and Clarke, Amy J. Texture evolution as a function of scan strategy and build height in electron beam melted Ti-6Al-4V. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1016/j.addma.2021.102118.
Saville, Alec I., Vogel, Sven C., Creuziger, Adam, Benzing, Jake T., Pilchak, Adam L., Nandwana, Peeyush, Klemm-Toole, Jonah, Clarke, Kester D., Semiatin, S. Lee, & Clarke, Amy J. Texture evolution as a function of scan strategy and build height in electron beam melted Ti-6Al-4V. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2021.102118
Saville, Alec I., Vogel, Sven C., Creuziger, Adam, Benzing, Jake T., Pilchak, Adam L., Nandwana, Peeyush, Klemm-Toole, Jonah, Clarke, Kester D., Semiatin, S. Lee, and Clarke, Amy J. Sat . "Texture evolution as a function of scan strategy and build height in electron beam melted Ti-6Al-4V". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2021.102118. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1883941.
@article{osti_1883941,
title = {Texture evolution as a function of scan strategy and build height in electron beam melted Ti-6Al-4V},
author = {Saville, Alec I. and Vogel, Sven C. and Creuziger, Adam and Benzing, Jake T. and Pilchak, Adam L. and Nandwana, Peeyush and Klemm-Toole, Jonah and Clarke, Kester D. and Semiatin, S. Lee and Clarke, Amy J.},
abstractNote = {Metal additive manufacturing (AM) enables customizable, on-demand parts, allowing for new designs and improved engineering performance. Yet, the ability to control AM metal alloy microstructures (i.e., grain morphology, crystallographic texture, and phase content) is lacking. Furthermore, this work performs corroborative neutron diffraction and large-scale electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) measurements to assess crystallographic texture in electron beam melted (EBM) Ti-6Al-4V as a function of scan strategy and build height. Texture components for one raster and two spot melt scan strategies were evaluated using a triclinic specimen symmetry to capture all possible texture components, which were found to be considerably different than previously reported values from studies employing orthotropic specimen symmetry. This finding highlights the importance of a standard method and best practice for assessing textures produced by AM.},
doi = {10.1016/j.addma.2021.102118},
journal = {Additive Manufacturing},
number = ,
volume = 46,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jun 12 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Sat Jun 12 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}

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