TY - GEN A1 - Valkov, Stefan A1 - Kotlarski, Georgi A1 - Ormanova, Maria A1 - Doynov, Nikolay A1 - Ossenbrink, Ralf A1 - Petrov, Peter A1 - Michailov, Vesselin T1 - Crystallography and Mechanical Properties of Wire Arc Additively Manufactured Al5356 Components T2 - Comptes Rendus de L'Academie Bulgare des Sciences N2 - In this study, we present results of the evolution of the crystallographic texture and imperfections, as well as the corresponding mechanical properties of wire and arc additively manufactured (WAAM) Al5356 specimens, studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and tensile testing, respectively. The results show that the phase composition is in the form of a face-centred cubic (fcc) crystal structure, corresponding to the base material, as well as some traces of oxide phase Al2O3. The WAAM specimen growing is accompanied by a slight change in the preferred crystallographic orientation, from (111) to (200) and a decrease in the imperfections concentration. Also, it was found that the ultimate tensile strength (UTS), yield strength (YS), and elongation slightly decrease from the initial to the more advanced stages of growth. KW - wire arc additive manufacturing KW - Al5356 alloy KW - crystallography KW - mechanical properties Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.7546/CRABS.2021.06.03 SN - 1310-1331 VL - 74 IS - No. 6 SP - 820 EP - 827 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kotlarski, Georgi A1 - Ormanova, Maria A1 - Nikitin, Alexander A1 - Morozova, Iuliia A1 - Ossenbrink, Ralf A1 - Michailov, Vesselin A1 - Doynov, Nikolay A1 - Valkov, Stefan T1 - Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of CAP-WAAM Single-Track Al5356 Specimens of Differing Scale T2 - Materials N2 - The mass production of metallic components requires high agility in the working process conditioned by the necessity of building details of different shapes and sizes. Changing the size of the components theoretically influences the thermal dissipation capability of the same, which could lead to a change in their structure and mechanical properties. This is particularly important when aluminum alloys are concerned. For this reason, two Al5356 single-track specimens were built using the same technological conditions of layer deposition by varying only their geometrical size. In all cases, the specimens were wire and arc additively manufactured (WAAM) using a process based on gas metal arc welding (GMAW) in the cold arc pulse mode (CAP). The structure of both specimens was studied and defects along their surfaces were detected in the form of micro-pores and micro-cracks. A high concentration of undissolved Mg particles was also detected, along with some standalone Si particles. Uniformity in the build-up process was achieved, which led to the formation of nearly identical structures in the specimens. Subsequently, the resultant mechanical properties were also highly comparable. This indicates that the geometry-related variation in thermal conditions has an insignificant influence on the component’s structure and properties. KW - microstructure KW - WAAM KW - cold arc pulse (CAP) KW - AlMg5Cr KW - Al5356 KW - single-track KW - mechanical properties Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/machines12010072 SN - 2075-1702 VL - 12 IS - 1 ER -