A review of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing of aluminium alloys: Microstructure and properties

HR Kotadia, G Gibbons, A Das, PD Howes - Additive Manufacturing, 2021 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing (AM) of metallic alloys for structural and functional applications has
attracted significant interest in the last two decades as it brings a step change in the …

Control of grain structure, phases, and defects in additive manufacturing of high-performance metallic components

T Mukherjee, JW Elmer, HL Wei, TJ Lienert… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The properties and serviceability of 3D-printed metal parts depend on a variety of attributes.
These include the chemical composition, phases, morphology, spatial distributions of grain …

In situ design of advanced titanium alloy with concentration modulations by additive manufacturing

T Zhang, Z Huang, T Yang, H Kong, J Luan, A Wang… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Additive manufacturing is a revolutionary technology that offers a different pathway for
material processing and design. However, innovations in either new materials or new …

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 …

Promoting the columnar to equiaxed transition and grain refinement of titanium alloys during additive manufacturing

MJ Bermingham, DH StJohn, J Krynen… - Acta Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Preventing columnar grain formation during additive manufacturing has become a
significant challenge. Columnar grains are generally regarded as unfavourable as their …

[HTML][HTML] Design of titanium alloys by additive manufacturing: A critical review

T Zhang, CT Liu - Advanced Powder Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing (AM) is an innovative technology that creates objects with a complex
geometry layer-by-layer, and it has rapidly prospered in manufacturing metallic parts for …

A novel crack-free Ti-modified Al-Cu-Mg alloy designed for selective laser melting

J Zhang, J Gao, B Song, L Zhang, C Han, C Cai… - Additive …, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel crack-free Ti-modified Al-Cu-Mg alloy for SLM was developed here, based on the
thermodynamic calculations of the crack susceptibility index and growth-restriction factor …

Grain refinement of alloys in fusion-based additive manufacturing processes

D Zhang, A Prasad, MJ Bermingham, CJ Todaro… - … Materials Transactions A, 2020 - Springer
One of the less desirable aspects of fusion-based additive manufacturing is the propensity
for coarse columnar grain structures crossing build layers to form. This paper initially …

Grain refinement mechanisms in additively manufactured nano-functionalized aluminum

JH Martin, B Yahata, J Mayer, R Mone, E Stonkevitch… - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing (AM) is a new and promising production methodology adept at
producing complex geometries, which can be optimized for lower weight and enhanced …

Ultrauniform, strong, and ductile 3D-printed titanium alloy through bifunctional alloy design

J Zhang, MJ Bermingham, J Otte, Y Liu, Z Hou, N Yang… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Coarse columnar grains and heterogeneously distributed phases commonly form in metallic
alloys produced by three-dimensional (3D) printing and are often considered undesirable …