Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 83, Issue -, Pages 18-33Publisher
JOURNAL MATER SCI TECHNOL
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmst.2020.12.026
Keywords
Laser additive manufacturing; Directed energy deposition; Titanium alloy; Low-cycle fatigue; Microstructure
Funding
- National Key Research and Development Plan of China [2016YFB1100104]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51971166]
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The microstructural features of a Ti-6Al-4 V alloy manufactured via high power laser directed energy deposition subjected to low-cycle fatigue loading were studied, revealing that fatigue microcracks typically initiated at the surface of the fatigue specimens and various dislocation substructure features were observed.
Laser additive manufacturing (LAM) technique has unique advantages in producing geometrically complex metallic components. However, the poor low-cycle fatigue property (LCF) of LAM parts restricts its widely used. Here, the microstructural features of a Ti-6Al-4 V alloy manufactured via high power laser directed energy deposition subjected to low-cycle fatigue loading were studied. Before fatigue loading, the microstructure of the as-deposited parts was found to exhibit a non-homogeneous distribution of columnar prior-beta grains (200-4000 mu m) at various scanning velocities (300-1500 mm/min) and relatively coarse alpha-laths (1.0-4.5 mu m). Under cyclic loading, fatigue microcracks typically initiated within the aligned alpha phases in the preferred orientation (similar to 45 degrees to the loading direction) at the surface of the fatigue specimens. Fatigued Ti-6Al-4 V exhibited a single straight dislocation character at low strain amplitudes (<0.65 %) and dislocation dipoles or even tangled dislocations at high strain amplitudes (>1.1 %). In addition, dislocation substructure features, such as dislocation walls, stacking faults, and dislocation networks, were also observed. These findings may provide opportunities to understand the fatigue failure mechanism of additive manufactured titanium parts. (C) 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The editorial office of Journal of Materials Science & Technology.
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