Solidification in metal additive manufacturing: challenges, solutions, and opportunities

S Chandra, J Radhakrishnan, S Huang, S Wei… - Progress in Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
The physics of alloy solidification during additive manufacturing (AM) in methods such as
laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), electron beam powder bed fusion (EPBF), and laser …

Towards high-temperature applications of aluminium alloys enabled by additive manufacturing

RA Michi, A Plotkowski, A Shyam… - International …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Research on powder-based additive manufacturing of aluminium alloys is rapidly
increasing, and recent breakthroughs in printing of defect-free parts promise substantial …

The role of side-branching in microstructure development in laser powder-bed fusion

MS Pham, B Dovgyy, PA Hooper, CM Gourlay… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
In-depth understanding of microstructure development is required to fabricate high quality
products by additive manufacturing (for example, 3D printing). Here we report the governing …

Investigation of crystal growth mechanism during selective laser melting and mechanical property characterization of 316L stainless steel parts

D Wang, C Song, Y Yang, Y Bai - Materials & Design, 2016 - Elsevier
A fundamental investigation of the development of grain structure of 316L stainless steel
fabricated by selective laser melting (SLM) was conducted. Finite element analysis (FEA) …

Microstructure and properties of a high temperature Al–Ce–Mn alloy produced by additive manufacturing

A Plotkowski, K Sisco, S Bahl, A Shyam, Y Yang… - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract An Al–10Ce-8Mn (wt%) alloy was designed and fabricated by laser powder bed
fusion additive manufacturing (AM). The rapid cooling rates of the AM process produced a …

Site specific control of crystallographic grain orientation through electron beam additive manufacturing

RR Dehoff, MM Kirka, WJ Sames… - Materials Science …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Site specific control of the crystallographic orientation of grains within metal components has
been unachievable before the advent of metals additive manufacturing (AM) technologies …

Localized melt-scan strategy for site specific control of grain size and primary dendrite arm spacing in electron beam additive manufacturing

N Raghavan, S Simunovic, R Dehoff, A Plotkowski… - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
In addition to design geometry, surface roughness, and solid-state phase transformation,
solidification microstructure plays a crucial role in controlling the performance of additively …

Single-crystal laser deposition of superalloys: processing–microstructure maps

M Gäumann, C Bezençon, P Canalis, W Kurz - Acta materialia, 2001 - Elsevier
In order to extend the life cycle of modern single-crystal (SX) high-pressure high-
temperature gas turbine blades, repair of cracked or worn parts is of great interest. The …

Effect of cyclic rapid thermal loadings on the microstructural evolution of a CrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloy manufactured by selective laser melting

H Wang, ZG Zhu, H Chen, AG Wang, JQ Liu, HW Liu… - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Metallic materials produced by additive manufacturing experience complex stress and
thermal gyrations along the build direction. This has the potential to produce complicated …