TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Mechanical and thermal properties of aluminum titanate (AT) N2 - In this seminar I present the microstructure and micromechanical properties of diesel particulate filter materials, and then particularize them to porous microcracked aluminum titanate. I show that neutron diffraction is particularly suited for bulk studies, especially under applied load or at high temperatures. The combination of macroscopic and microscopic tests with modeling and simulation yields great added value to understand the mechanics of microcracking. T2 - Webinar DFG Hotmix CY - Online meeting DA - 14.06.2021 KW - Imaging KW - Neutron and X-ray Diffraction KW - Non-linear stress-strain KW - Anisotropy KW - Microcracking KW - Porosity PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-52838 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Roveda, Ilaria A1 - Kupsch, Andreas A1 - Müller, Bernd R. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Synchrotron X-ray refraction detects microstructure and porosity evolution during in-situ heat treatments N2 - For the first time, synchrotron X-ray refraction radiography (SXRR) has been paired with in-situ heat treatment to monitor microstructure and porosity evolution as a function of temperature. The investigated material was a laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) manufactured AlSi10Mg, where the initial eutectic Si network is known to disintegrate and spherodize into larger particles with increasing temperature. Such alloy is also prone to thermally induced porosity (TIP). We show that SXRR allows detecting the changes in the Si-phase morphology upon heating, while this is currently possible only using scanning electron microscopy. SXRR also allows observing the growth of pores, usually studied via X-ray computed tomography, but on much smaller fields-of-view. Our results show the great potential of in-situ SXRR as a tool to gain in-depth knowledge of the susceptibility of any material to thermally induced damage and/or microstructure evolution over statistically relevant volumes. KW - Synchrotron X-ray refraction radiography KW - Si network disintegration KW - Thermally induced porosity (TIP) KW - Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) KW - Statistically relevant volumes KW - AlSi10Mg alloy PY - 2022 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2022.142732 SN - 0921-5093 VL - 838 SP - 1 EP - 11 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-54297 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Morphological and crystallographic Anisotropy in porous ceramic N2 - In this talk, the morphological (pore space) and crystallographic (domain) anisotropy of porous ceramics fordiesel particulate filter applications are discussed. The influence of such microstructural feature on the macroiscopic properties at componnt level is also shown. T2 - MSCA Webinar CY - Online meeting DA - 05.12.2024 KW - Neutron Diffraction KW - Porosity KW - X-ray Computed Tomography KW - X-ray refraction radiography KW - Large Scale facilites PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-62047 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Fernández, R. A1 - Saliwan Neumann, Romeo A1 - González-Doncel, G. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Dislocation structures after creep in an Al-3.85 %Mg alloy studied using EBSD-KAM technique N2 - The electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) technique is used to investigate the dislocation structures formed after steady-state creep deformation of an Al-3.85%Mg alloy. This material is crept at two different stress levels, corresponding to the so-called power-law and power-law breakdown regimes. The results show that, regardless of the creep stress level, the strain tends to localize, leading to the formation of intragranular bands. The thickness of such bands is larger when the material is tested at loads corresponding to the power-law breakdown. This suggests enhanced diffusion by dislocation pipes. KW - Steady-state creep KW - Al-3.85%Mg alloy KW - Power-law breakdown KW - Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) KW - Denoising filter PY - 2023 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2023.133978 SN - 0167-577X VL - 337 SP - 1 EP - 4 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-56941 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - How 3D X-ray Imaging and Residual Stress Analysis contribute to safety of materials and structures N2 - The safety of materials and structures can be detrimentally influenced by residual stresses (RS) and defect populations (voids or other features leading to failure) if they are not correctly accounted for in the design. Therefore, the accurate characterization of these features and the consideration of their impact is crucial for the safe design of components. The ability to characterize these features non-destructively enables the direct correlation on resulting mechanical performance. 3D X-ray computed tomography (XCT) is used to resolve and quantitively analyze microstructural features (i.e., voids, porosity). This is often used to assess the capability of the manufacturing route, i.e., additive manufacturing (AM). The non-destructive nature of the method also enables the study of the evolution of damage in materials from such microstructural features [1]. Using in-situ methods such as compression or tension, the propagation of damage from initial microstructure can be assessed, aiding our understanding of which features are detrimental to safety [3]. Diffraction based residual stress analysis methods including high energy X-ray and neutron diffraction can be used to study the residual stress gradients from the surface, subsurface and into the bulk non-destructively. These methods can be used to study the influence of heat treatments on residual stress and can be combined with XCT results to correlate the interaction of residual stresses with microstructural features (i.e., void clusters). This talk will give an overview of the capabilities and opportunities of 3D XCT and diffraction based residual stress analysis to close the gap in our understanding of material degradation on mechanical performance, enabling manufacturers to adjust their designs accordingly for safety critical applications. A particular focus will be made on examples where the two advanced techniques are combined to enhance such understanding. T2 - MaterialsWeek 2025 CY - Frankfurt am Main, Germany DA - 02.04.2025 KW - Neutron Diffraction KW - Residual Stress KW - X-ray Computed Tomography KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Large Scale facilites KW - Creep KW - Defects KW - BAMline PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-62895 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - BAM activities in material characterization by advanced X-ray imaging N2 - The overview of the activity of Federal Institute for Material Research and Testing (BAM, Belin, Germany) in the field of additively manufacturing material characterization will be presented. The research of our group is focused on the 3D imaging of AM materials by means of X-ray Computed Tomography at the lab and at synchrotron, and the residual stress characterization by diffraction (nondestructive technique). Also, two successful research project in collaboration with CAM2, Sweden are presented. T2 - CAM2 Annual Meeting CY - Gothenburg, Sweden DA - 25.10.2023 KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Residual stress KW - X-ray computed tomography PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-58828 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - X-Ray absorption, refraction, and diffraction techniques for the characterization and non-destructive testing of materials N2 - The combination of tomographic, microstructural data with other experimental techniques and with modeling is paramount, if we want to extract the maximum amount of information on material and component properties. In particular, quantitative image analysis, statistical approaches, direct discretization of tomographic reconstructions represent concrete possibilities to extend the power of the tomographic 3D representation to insights into the material and component performance. This logic thread equally holds for industrial and academic research and valorizes expensive experiments such as those carried out at synchrotron sources, which cannot be daily repeated. I will show a few examples of possible use of X-ray tomographic data for quantitative assessment of damage evolution and microstructural properties, as well as for non-destructive testing. Examples of micro-structured inhomogeneous materials will be given, such as Composites, Ceramics, Concrete, and Additively manufactured parts. I will also show how X-ray refraction computed tomography (CT) can be highly complementary to classic absorption CT, being sensitive to internal interfaces. Additionally, I will show how Neutron Diffraction, which is extremely well suited to the study of internal stresses, both residual and under external load, can well be coupled to the microstructural framework gained by CT, allowing understanding the microstructure-property relationships in materials. T2 - VDI FA101- Anwendungsnahe zerstörungsfreie Werkstoff und Bauteilprüfung Jährliches Treffen CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 10.04.2025 KW - Neutron Diffraction KW - X-ray computed tomography KW - Large Scale Facilities KW - X-ray refraction radiography KW - BAMline PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-62939 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Evsevleev, Sergei A1 - Mehta, B. A1 - Nyborg, L. A1 - Virtanen, E. A1 - Markötter, Henning A1 - Hryha, E. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Failure Mechanisms Investigation by Means of in-situ Synchrotron Computed Tomography in Aluminum MMC-based Alloy Tailored for Additive Manufacturing (AM) N2 - The availability of high-performance Al alloys in AM is limited due to difficulties in printability, requiring both the development of synergetic material and AM process to mitigate problems such as solidification cracking during laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). The goal of this work was to investigate the failure mechanism in a LPBF 7017 Aluminium alloy + 3 wt% Zr + 0.5 wt% TiC. The processing leads to different categories of Zr-rich inclusions, precipitates and defects. T2 - Alloys for Additive Manufacturing Symposium 2022 (AAMS22) CY - Munich, Germany DA - 11.09.2022 KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Laser powder bed fusion KW - Synchrotron X-ray computed tomography KW - MMC PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-56110 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - BAM Akademie 2023- Modul 2 Computertomographie N2 - Hier werden die Grundprinzipien der Computertomographie dargestellt, die Artefakte, die bei den Messungen auftreten und die Datenanalysemethoden erklärt. T2 - BAM Akademie - Webinar Reihe CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 05.10.2023 KW - Artefakte KW - Auflösung KW - Radon Transformation KW - Rekonstruktion KW - Metrologie PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-58509 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Kupsch, Andreas A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar T1 - Absorption and refraction tomography: Characterization and Non-destructive Testing of Micro-structured Materials N2 - The combination of tomographic, microstructural data with other experimental techniques and with modeling is paramount, if we want to extract the maximum amount of information on material and component properties. In particular, quantitative image analysis, statistical approaches, direct discretization of tomographic reconstructions represent concrete possibilities to extend the power of the tomographic 3D representation to insights into the material and component performance. This logic thread holds equally for industrial and academic research, and valorizes expensive experiments such as those carried out at synchrotron sources, which cannot be daily repeated. I will show a few examples of possible use of X-ray tomographic data for quantitative assessment of damage evolution and microstructural properties, as well as for non-destructive testing. I will also show how X-ray refraction computed tomography (CT) can be highly complementary to classic absorption CT, being sensitive to internal interfaces. T2 - MPA Seminar 2024 CY - Stuttgart, Germany DA - 08.10.2024 KW - X-ray Refaction radiography KW - X-ray computed tomography KW - Damage KW - Composites KW - Large Scale facilites KW - Synchrotron PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-61347 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Introduction to Residual Stress N2 - The determination of residual stress in additively manufactured materials is a challenge, even after decades from the establishment of the basics of residual stress analysis. This is due to the peculiar microstructure of such materials. In fact, researchers have discovered that conventional methods for the determination of RS in materials do not properly work for AM materials. In this tutorial, the basics of RS analysis will be explained, together with the basics of AM manufacturing techniques. The microstructure of the peculiar materials (AM) dealt with here will be elucidated. Successively, the necessary modifications to the conventional approaches to RS analysis will be explained and case studies will be displayed, for the attendant to touch with hands the peculiarities of the approaches. Finally, a few experimental and theoretical tips will be given on dos and don’ts for a correct determination of RS in AM materials. T2 - 11th European Conference on Residual Stresses (ECRS-11) CY - Prague, Czech Republic DA - 03.06.2024 KW - Neutron Diffraction KW - Residual Stress KW - Mechanical Properties KW - X-ray diffraction PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60422 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Jaenisch, Gerd-Rüdiger A1 - Bellon, Carsten A1 - Jaczinski, Jessica T1 - Virtual XCT - Simulation of Industrial XCT-Systems with aRTist N2 - One of the few 3D methods, that can be used to analyze an object non-destructively, is X-ray computed tomography (CT). The determination of the object's deviations, such as shape and the internal structure of objects, including defects and material degradation, is of particular interest to industry. The ability of CT to scan an object with its internal and external features at once causes increasing adoption in dimensional metrology. This includes the need to determine the measurement uncertainty. Experimental uncertainty determination by conducting repeated CT measurements is costly and time-consuming. The simulation of the CT measurement process offers the possibility of determining the task-specific measurement uncertainty numerically in a resource-efficient manner. There are already several software programs available that simulate CT systems, such as aRTist. Once the virtual replica of a CT system has been completed, it’s accuracy must be evaluated quantitively in comparison to the CT measurements. To focus on analyzing the quality of the simulated CT images different metrics are introduced for the comparison of experimental and simulated CT projections. The results of the comparisons are presented, and conclusions are drawn how to improve the simulation of industrial CT systems. T2 - MPA Seminar 2024 CY - Stuttgart, Germany DA - 08.10.2024 KW - X-ray Computed tomography KW - Simulations KW - Virtual XCT KW - Digital Twin PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-61346 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - X-ray Computed Tomography: Facts and Myths N2 - In this talk, I will describe the principle of Computed Tomography, explain its mathematical fundaments, show the artefacts occurring during data acquisition and give examples of applications. T2 - Chalmers Annual Meeting 2024 CY - Gothenburg, Sweden DA - 23.10.2024 KW - X-ray Computed tomography KW - Defects KW - Machine Learning KW - Reconstruction KW - Artefacts KW - Synchrotron PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-61514 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Capabilities at BAM, division 8.5- X-ray Imaging N2 - The X-ray computed tomography capabilities at BAM (especially in Division 8.5) are shown. It is also shown that the group possesses X-ray refraction radiography techniques, which are complementary to absorption radiography, and uses diffraction for residual stress analysis. Examples of applications in the field of Additive Manufacturing ale also shown. T2 - DGM AK XCT CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 27.11.2024 KW - X-ray Computed tomography KW - Defects KW - X-ray refraction radiography KW - Additive Manufacturing PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-62046 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zurcher, Theo A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Abreu Faria, Guilherme A1 - Degener, Sebastian A1 - Fridrici, Vincent A1 - Charkaluk, Eric A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Sliding wear resistance and residual stresses of parts repaired by laser metal deposition N2 - Large temperature gradients inherent to additive manufacturing (AM) processes induce large residual stress (RS) in the final part. Because RS can influence the tribological properties, this study focuses on the relationship between wear sliding properties and RS in IN718 coatings. Such coatings were deposited with a Laser metal deposition (LMD) machine using two different scanning strategies. The wear resistance and RS state were investigated after surface milling. RS were measured before and after wear tests on a reciprocating sliding test apparatus. Two different X-ray diffraction techniques were employed to measure the surface and subsurface state RS: Laboratory Energy Dispersive X-ray Diffraction (LEDXD) and Synchrotron X-ray Energy Dispersive Diffraction (SXEDD). Due to the milling process, the coatings show similar depth distributions of RS from 22 to 92 μm depth, but exhibit different magnitudes depending on the scanning strategy used. Reciprocating sliding wear tests induced high compressive residual stresses that erased the initial RS state, and a similar wear behavior was observed in the two samples. These samples possess similar texture and grain morphology. This demonstrates that the influence of RS on wear resistance is a second-order effect. Nevertheless, it was observed that RS can still impact the wear performance at the early testing stages of the repaired parts. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Wear resistance KW - Residual stress PY - 2023 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-023-09129-4 SN - 0022-2461 SP - 1 EP - 18 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-59084 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Schröder, Jakob A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar T1 - How to experimentally determine residual stress in AM structures N2 - The experimental determination of residual stress becomes more complicated with increasing complexity of the structures investigated. Unlike the conventional and most of the additive manufacturing (AM) fabrication techniques, laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB) allows the production of complex structures without any additional manufacturing step. However, due to the extremely localized melting and solidification, internal stress-induced deformation and cracks are often observed. In the best case, significant residual stress is retained in the final structures as a footprint of the internal stress during manufacturing. Here we report solutions to the most prevalent challenges when dealing with the diffraction-based determination of residual stress in AM structures, in particular the choice of the correct diffraction elastic constants. We show that for Nickel-based alloys, the diffraction elastic constants of AM material significantly deviate from their conventional counterparts. Furthermore, measurement strategies to overcome the hurdles appearing when applying diffraction-based techniques to complex-shaped lattice structures are presented: a) proper sample alignment within the beam, b) the proper determination of the residual stress field in a representative part of the structure (i.e., with an engineering meaning). Beyond the principal stress magnitude, the principal direcions of residual stress are discussed for different geometries and scan strategies, as they are relevent for failure criteria. We show that the RS in the lattice struts can be considered to be uniaxial and to follow the orientation of the strut, while the RS in the lattice knots is more hydrostatic. Additionally, we show that strain measurements in at least seven independent directions are necessary for the correct estimation of the principal stress directions. The measurement directions should be chosen according to the sample geometry and to an informed choice on the possible strain field (i.e., reflecting the scan strategy). We finally show that if the most prominent direction is not measured, the error in the calculated stress magnitude increases in such a manner that no reliable assessment of RS state can be made. T2 - Additive 2024 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 12.06.2024 KW - Neutron Diffraction KW - Residual Stress KW - X-ray Computed Tomography KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Lattice Structure KW - Inconel PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60423 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Röntgen Bildgebende Absorptions- und Refraktionsverfahren zur Charakterisierung keramischer Werkstoffe N2 - Wir präsentieren Labor- und Synchrotron-Röntgenrefraktionstechniken, wie sie an der BAM implementiert sind. Wir zeigen, dass die Labor-Röntgenrefraktionstopographie (XRRT) und die Synchrotron-Röntgenrefraktionsradiographie (SRRR) außergewöhnliche Werkzeuge zur Untersuchung von Schädigungen und inneren Defekten (Poren, Mikrorisse) in leichten Materialien wie Keramiken und Kompositen sind. Tatsächlich nutzen diese Techniken den an Grenzflächen auftretenden Röntgenbrechungseffekt aus, um den Kontrast zwischen dem (schwach absorbierenden) Objekt und dem Hintergrund zu erhöhen. Dies ermöglicht die Erkennung sehr kleiner Objekte (sogar bis zu 1 nm Rissöffnung) und die Quantifizierung ihrer spezifischen Oberfläche, die mit ihrem Einfluss auf die Materialeigenschaften korreliert. Wir zeigen die folgenden Anwendungen: a) Quantifizierung der Faserentbindung in laminaten Epoxid-Kohlenstoff-Verbundwerkstoffen; b) Mapping der Porengröße in gesinterten Keramiken; c) Eindringstiefe von Aschen in Keramikschutzschichten; d) Quantifizierung der Porenorientierung in Diesel Partikelfiltern; e) 3D-Darstellung von Makrorissen und Faserentbindung in Verbundwerkstoffen auf Ti-Basis für Anwendungen in der Luft- und Raumfahrt (unter Verwendung von Röntgenrefraktionstomographie). T2 - IAK Keramikbearbeitung CY - Online meeting DA - 22.10.2021 KW - Röntgenrefraktion KW - Leichtbau KW - Keramiken KW - Poren KW - Risse PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-54069 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Eddah, Mustapha A1 - Markötter, Henning A1 - Mieller, Björn A1 - Widjaja, Martinus Putra A1 - Beckmann, Jörg A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Multi-energy high dynamic range synchrotron X-ray computed tomography N2 - Synchrotron X-ray computed tomography (SXCT) is regularly used in materials science to correlate structural properties with macroscopic properties and to optimize manufacturing processes. The X-ray beam energy must be adapted to the sample properties, such as size and density. If both strongly and weakly absorbing materials are present, the contrast to the weakly absorbing materials is lost, resulting in image artifacts and a poor signal-tonoise ratio (SNR). One particular example is a low-temperature co-fired ceramics (LTCC), in which metal connections are embedded in a ceramic matrix and form 3-dimensional conducting structures. This article describes a method of combining SXCT scans acquired at different beam energies, significantly reducing metal artifacts, and improving image quality. We show how to solve the difficult task of merging the scans at low and high beam energy. Our proposed merging approach achieves up to 35 % improvement in SNR within ceramic regions adjacent to metallic conductors. In this way, previously inaccessible regions within the ceramic structure close to the metallic conductors are made accessible. The paper further discusses methodological requirements, limitations, and potential extensions of the presented multi-energy SXCT merging technique. KW - Synchrotron computed tomography KW - Reconstruction algorithm KW - High dynamic range KW - Data merging KW - Low-temperature cofired ceramics PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-652339 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmater.2025.100079 SN - 2949-673X VL - 9 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-65233 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Chi, J. A1 - Agea Blanco, B. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Günster, Jens A1 - Zocca, Andrea T1 - Self-Organization Postprocess for Additive Manufacturingin Producing Advanced Functional Structure and Material N2 - Additive manufacturing (AM) is developing rapidly due to itsflexibility in producing complex geometries and tailored material compositions. However, AM processes are characterized by intrinsic limitations concerning their resolution and surface finish, which are related to the layer-by-layer stacking process. Herein, a self-organization process is promoted as an approach to improve surface quality and achieve optimization of 3D minimal surface lightweight structures. The self-organization is activated after the powder bed 3D printing process via local melting, thereby allowing surface tension-driven viscous flow.The surface roughness Ra (arithmetic average of the roughness profile) could bedecreased by a factor of 1000 and transparent lenses and complex gyroid structures could be produced for demonstration. The concept of self-organization is further elaborated by incorporating external magnetic fields to intentionally manipulate magnetic particles, which are mixed with the polymer before printing and self-organization. This concept can be applied to develop programmable materials with specific microtextures responding to the external physical conditions. KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Self-organization KW - Triply Periodical Minimal Surface PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-540588 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202101262 VL - 24 IS - 6 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - Wiley VCH AN - OPUS4-54058 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zocca, Andrea A1 - Müller, Bernd R. A1 - Laquai, René A1 - Kupsch, Andreas A1 - Wieder, Frank A1 - Benemann, Sigrid A1 - Wilbig, Janka A1 - Günster, Jens A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Microstructural characterization of AP40 apatite-wollastonite glass-ceramic N2 - The microstructure of an apatite-wollastonite (code name AP40) glass-ceramic is analyzed in this study by combining 2D microscopy, phase analysis, X-ray absorption and synchrotron X-ray refraction computed tomography (XCT and SXRCT, respectively). It is shown that this combination provides a useful toolbox to characterize the global microstructure in a wide scale range, from sub-micrometer to millimeter. The material displays a complex microstructure comprising a glassy matrix with embedded fluorapatite and wollastonite small crystals. In this matrix, large (up to 200 μm) spike-shaped structures are distributed. Such microstructural features are oriented around a central sphere, thereby forming a structure resembling a sea urchin. A unique feature of SXRCT, in contrast to XCT, is that internal interfaces are visualized; this allows one to show the 3D distribution of these urchins with exceptionally good contrast. Furthermore, it is revealed that the spike-shaped structures are not single crystals, but rather composed of sub-micrometric crystals, which are identified as fluorapatite and diopside phases by SEM-EDX analysis. KW - Glass-ceramic KW - X-ray refraction KW - Computed tomography KW - Microstructure PY - 2023 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2022.12.130 SN - 0272-8842 VL - 49 IS - 8 SP - 12672 EP - 12679 PB - Elsevier Science CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-57452 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lorenzoni, Renata A1 - Cunningham, Patrick A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Kruschwitz, Sabine A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Microstructure analysis of cement‑biochar composites N2 - The use of biochar as a concrete constituent has been proposed to reduce the massive carbon footprint of concrete. Due to the low density and complex porosity of biochar, microstructural analysis of Portland cement-biochar composites is challenging. This causes challenges to the improvement of the micro-scale understanding of biochar composite behavior. This work advances the microstructural understanding of Portland cement composites with 0, 5, and 25 volume percent (vol%) of cement replaced with wood biochar by applying common characterization techniques of mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP), gas sorption, scanning electron microscopy, and isothermal heat flow calorimetry (HFC) in conjunction with 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and micro-X-ray computed tomography (XCT) analysis techniques. The combination of these techniques allows a multi-scale investigation of the effect of biochar on the microstructure of cement paste. NMR and XCT techniques allow the observation and quantification of the pore space. HFC and MIP confirmed that biochar absorbs moisture and reduces the effective water-cement ratio. Gas sorption, MIP, and NMR shows that 5 vol% replacement does not significantly affect the gel and capillary pore structures. Results from XCT (supported by MIP and NMR) show that biochar can reduce the formation of larger pores. Importantly, XCT results suggest that biochar can act as a flaw in the microstructure which could explain reductions in the mechanical properties. Overall, the mechanical properties already analyzed in the literature are consistent with the microstructural changes observed, and these results highlight the need to carefully tailor the volume fraction of biochar to control its effect on the paste microstructure. KW - Cementitious materials KW - Biochar KW - Microstructure KW - Porosity KW - Pore size distribution PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-610900 DO - https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-024-02452-5 VL - 57 SP - 16 EP - 175 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-61090 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lorenzoni, Renata A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Kruschwitz, Sabine A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram T1 - Mechanical analysis of cement-biochar composites using in-situ X-ray microtomography and digital volume correlation N2 - This study addresses biochar as a potential carbon-sequestering filler in cement and examines its effect on mechanical properties using X-ray computed tomography (XCT) and digital volume correlation (DVC). DVC was reliably used to measure global displacement and has proven to be an effective method for correcting displacement data obtained from mechanical tests conducted without traditional instrumentation, such as extensometer. This made it possible to measure strain and Young’s modulus accurately. The results demonstrate that while 5 vol% biochar replacement had minimal effect on mechanical properties, a 25 vol% biochar replacement caused a 35 % reduction in Young’s modulus and 40 % reduction in the ultimate compressive strength. Additionally, DVC detected strain concentrations and predicted material failure locations even when cracks could not be quantified using XCT alone. Moreover, the study reveals that biochar particles, due to their sharp geometry, increase internal shear strain during uniaxial compression, unlike round phases such as pores. KW - Cementitious materials KW - Biochar KW - Mechanical proprieties KW - In-situ X-ray microtomography KW - Digital volume correlation PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-638065 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.142511 SN - 1879-0526 VL - 490 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-63806 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dayani, Shahabeddin A1 - Markötter, Henning A1 - Krug von Nidda, Jonas A1 - Schmidt, Anita A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Quantification of the Deep Discharge Induced Asymmetric Copper Deposition in Lithium‐Ion Cells by Operando Synchrotron X‐Ray Tomography N2 - AbstractLithium‐ion cells connected in series are prone to an electrical safety risk called overdischarge. This paper presents a comprehensive investigation of the overdischarge phenomenon in lithium‐ion cells using operando nondestructive imaging. The study focuses on understanding the behavior of copper dissolution and deposition during overdischarge, which can lead to irreversible capacity loss and internal short‐circuits. By utilizing synchrotron X‐ray computed tomography (SXCT), the concentration of dissolved and deposited copper per surface area is quantified as a function of depth of discharge, confirming previous findings. The results also highlight for the first time a nonuniform distribution pattern for copper deposition on the cathode. This research provides insights for safer battery cell design. KW - Lithium Ion Batteries KW - Deep Discharge KW - Computer Tomography KW - Copper Deposition KW - Litium Ion Cells PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-592717 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202301246 SP - 1 EP - 7 PB - Wiley AN - OPUS4-59271 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Böttcher, Nils A1 - Dayani, Shahabeddin A1 - Markötter, Henning A1 - Schmidt, Anita A1 - Kowal, J. A1 - Lu, Y. A1 - Krug von Nidda, Jonas A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Visualization of stepwise electrode decomposition in a nail penetrated commercial lithium-ion cell using low-temperature synchrotron X-ray computed tomography N2 - The transition towards zero carbon emissions in power generation hinges on the integration of efficient electrical energy storage systems, with lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) positioned as a pivotal technology. While generally safe, deviations in their operational guidelines due to manufacturing defects or misuse can lead to critical safety concerns, notably thermal runaway (TR) events. Internal short circuits (ISCs) are primary initiators of TR within LIBs. For abuse testing, ISCs are often triggered by nail penetration. This study explores the morphological changes and mechanisms underlying ISC-induced TR in LIBs using operando synchrotron X-ray computed tomography (SXCT) at subzero temperatures. A novel cryogenic setup was developed to control a stepwise temperature increase in the damaged sample while monitoring electrochemical characteristics and simultaneously enabling acquisition of high-resolution SXCT images. The findings reveal that conducting nail penetration at minus 80°C prevents immediate TR, enabling detailed analysis of subsequent structural and electrochemical behavior during controlled thawing. Thus, the initiation of TR processes at localized ISC sites has been observed, evidenced by voltage fluctuations and morphological changes, such as cathode material cracking and decomposition. These results underscore the importance of temperature control in mitigating TR risks and provide critical insights into the internal dynamics of LIBs under abusive conditions. The developed cryogenic SXCT methodology offers a powerful tool for non-destructive, high-resolution investigation of battery failure mechanisms, contributing to the enhancement of LIB safety. KW - Tomography KW - X-ray imaging KW - Lithium-ion battery PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-611327 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2024.235472 VL - 623 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - Elsevier CY - New York, NY AN - OPUS4-61132 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Chen, Cong A1 - Müller, Bernd R. A1 - Prinz, Carsten A1 - Stroh, Julia A1 - Feldmann, Ines A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - The correlation between porosity characteristics and the crystallographic texture in extruded stabilized aluminium titanate for diesel particulate filter applications N2 - Porous ceramic diesel particulate filters (DPFs) are extruded products that possess macroscopic anisotropic mechanical and thermal properties. This anisotropy is caused by both morphological features (mostly the orientation of porosity) and crystallographic texture. We systematically studied those two aspects in two aluminum titanate ceramic materials of different porosity using mercury porosimetry, gas adsorption, electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray refraction radiography. We found that a lower porosity content implies a larger isotropy of both the crystal texture and the porosity orientation. We also found that, analogous to cordierite, crystallites do align with their axis of negative thermal expansion along the extrusion direction. However, unlike what found for cordierite, the aluminium titanate crystallite form is such that a more pronounced (0 0 2) texture along the extrusion direction implies porosity aligned perpendicular to it. KW - Preferred orientation KW - X-ray refraction KW - Pore orientation KW - Crystal structure KW - Extrusion KW - Microstructure-property relations PY - 2020 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2019.11.076 SN - 0955-2219 VL - 40 IS - 4 SP - 1592 EP - 1601 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-50325 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Orientation of pore space in diesel particulate filter materials N2 - Porous ceramic diesel particulate filters (DPFs) are extruded products that possess macroscopic anisotropic mechanical and thermal properties. This anisotropy is caused by both morphologic features (mostly the orientation of porosity) and crystallographic texture. We systematically studied those two aspects in a cordierite and two aluminum titanate (AT) ceramic materials of different porosity using mercury porosimetry, gas adsorption, electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray refraction radiography. We found that a lower porosity in AT content implies a larger isotropy of both the crystal texture and the porous space orientation. We also found that, analogous to cordierite, AT crystallites do align with their axis of negative thermal expansion along the extrusion direction. However, unlike what found for cordierite, the aluminium titanate crystallite form is such that a more pronounced (0 0 2) texture along the extrusion direction implies porosity aligned perpendicular to it. T2 - 6th Cellular Materials CellMAT 2020 CY - Online meeting DA - 07.10.2020 KW - Microstructure-property relations KW - Preferred orientation KW - X-ray refraction KW - Pore orientation KW - Crystal structure KW - Extrusion PY - 2020 AN - OPUS4-51451 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Eddah, Mustapha A1 - Markötter, Henning A1 - Mieller, Björn A1 - Widjaja, Martinus Putra A1 - Beckmann, Jörg A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Multi-Energy High Dynamic Range (HDR) Synchrotron X-ray Computed Tomography applied to LTCC samples N2 - Synchrotron X-ray computed tomography (SXCT) is regularly used in materials science to correlate structural properties with macroscopic properties and to optimize manufacturing processes. The X-ray beam energy must be adapted to the sample properties, such as size and density. If both strongly and weakly absorbing materials are present, the contrast to the weakly absorbing materials is lost, resulting in image artifacts and a poor signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). One example is a low-temperature co-fired ceramics (LTCC), in which metal connections are embedded in a ceramic matrix and form 3-dimensional conducting structures. This article describes a method of combining SXCT scans acquired at different beam energies, significantly reducing metal artifacts, and improving image quality. We show how to solve the difficult task of merging the scans at low and high beam energy. Our proposed merging approach achieves up to 35% improvement in SNR within ceramic regions adjacent to metallic conductors. In this way, previously inaccessible regions within the ceramic structure close to the metallic conductors are made accessible. The paper further discusses methodological requirements, limitations, and potential extensions of the presented multienergy SXCT merging technique. T2 - iCT 2026 CY - Linz, Austria DA - 10.02.2026 KW - Synchrotron x-ray CT KW - Multi-energy CT KW - Low-Temperature cofired ceramics PY - 2026 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-655848 SP - 1 EP - 7 CY - e-Journal of Nondestructive Testing AN - OPUS4-65584 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrari, Bruno A1 - Fantin, Andrea A1 - Said, D. A1 - Fitch, A. N. A1 - Suárez Ocano, Patricia A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Roveda, Ilaria A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Darvishi Kamachali, Reza A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Requena, G. A1 - Agudo Jácome, Leonardo A1 - Serrano Munoz, Itziar T1 - The impact of scanning strategy on cell structures in PBF-LB/M/IN718: an in situ synchrotron x-ray diffraction study N2 - In additive manufacturing, any change of the process parameters, such as scanning strategy, directly affects the cooling rates, heat accumulation, and overall thermal history of the build. Consequently, parts built with different process parameters tend to have different levels of crystallographic texture, residual stress, and dislocation density. These features can influence the properties of the material and their development during post-processing operations. In this study, IN718 prisms were built by laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB/M) using two different scanning strategies (continuous 67° rotations around the build direction, ROT, and alternating 0°/67° scans, ALT) to provide two different as-built conditions. In situ time-resolved synchrotron diffraction was performed during a solution heat treatment at 1027 °C for 1 h. Ex situ scanning electron microscopy was used to support and complement the in situ observations. An approach to quantify the effect of elemental microsegregation at the cell walls is developed based on the deconvolution of asymmetric γ-nickel matrix peaks. Following this approach, the scanning strategies are shown to affect the as-built fraction of cell walls in the material, resulting in a difference of approximately 5 %, in weight fraction, between ROT and ALT (19 % vs. 24 %, respectively). This microsegregation was observed to be rapidly homogenized during the heating ramp, and no significant changes to the peak shape in the γ peaks occurred during the isothermal part of the heat treatment, regardless of the scanning strategy. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Inconel 718 KW - Synchrotron x-ray diffraction KW - Heat treatment KW - Laser powder bed fusion KW - Cellular microstructure PY - 2026 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-650958 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2025.11.214 SN - 2238-7854 VL - 41 SP - 593 EP - 608 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-65095 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Liens, A. A1 - Reveron, H. A1 - Douillard, T. A1 - Blanchard, N. A1 - Lughi, V. A1 - Sergo, V. A1 - Laquai, René A1 - Müller, Bernd R. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Schomer, S. A1 - Fürderer, T. A1 - Adolfsson, E. A1 - Courtois, N. A1 - Swain, M. A1 - Chevalier, J. T1 - Phase transformation induces plasticity with negligible damage in ceria-stabilized zirconia-based ceramics N2 - Ceramics and their composites are in general brittle materials because they are predominantly made up of ionic and covalent bonds that avoid dislocation motion at room temperature. However, a remarkable ductile behavior has been observed on newly developed 11 mol.% ceria-stabilized zirconia (11Ce-TZP) composite containing fine alumina (8 vol.% Al2O3) and elongated strontium hexa-aluminate (8 vol.% SrAl12O19) grains. The as-synthesized composite also has shown full resistance to Low Temperature Degradation (LTD), relatively high strength and exceptionally high Weibull modulus, allowing its use in a broader range of biomedical applications. In this study, to deepen the understanding of plastic deformation in Ce-TZP based composites that could soon be used for manufacturing dental implants, different mechanical tests were applied on the material, followed by complete microstructural characterization. Distinct from pure Ce-TZP material or other zirconia-based ceramics developed in the past, the material here studied can be permanently strained without affecting the Young modulus, indicating that the ductile response of tested samples cannot be associated to damage occurrence. This ductility is related to the stress-induced tetragonal to monoclinic (t-m) zirconia phase transformation, analogue to Transformation-Induced Plasticity (TRIP) steels, where retained austenite is transformed to martensite. The aim of this study is to corroborate if the observed plasticity can be associated exclusively to the zirconia t-m phase transformation, or also to microcraking induced by the transformation. The t-m transformed-zones produced after bending and biaxial tests were examined by X-ray refraction and SEM/TEM coupled with Raman. The results revealed that the observed elastic-plastic behavior occurs without extensive microcracking, confirming a purely elastic-plastic behavior driven by the phase transformation (absence of damage). KW - Zirconia KW - Ceria KW - Ceramic matrix composite KW - Plasticity KW - Phase transformation KW - X-Ray Refraction PY - 2020 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359645419307177 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2019.10.046 SN - 1359-6454 VL - 183 SP - 261 EP - 273 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-49740 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mehta, B. A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Evsevleev, Sergei A1 - Markötter, Henning A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Hryha, E. A1 - Nyborg, L. A1 - Virtanen, E. T1 - Microstructure, mechanical properties and fracture mechanisms in a 7017 aluminium alloy tailored for powder bed fusion – laser beam N2 - This study addressed a 7017 Al-alloy tailored for powder bed fusion – laser beam (PBF-LB) process. The alloy was prepared by mixing 3 wt% Zr and 0.5 wt% TiC powder to standard pre-alloyed 7017 grade aluminium powder. This made printing of the alloys possible avoiding solidification cracking in the bulk and achieving high relative density (99.8 %). Such advanced alloys have significantly higher Young’s modulus (>80 GPa) than conventional Al-alloys (70–75 GPa), thus making them attractive for applications requiring high stiffness. The resulting microstructure in as-printed condition was rich in particles originating from admixed powders and primary precipitates/inclusions originating from the PBF-LB process. After performing a T6-like heat treatment designed for the PBF-LB process, the microstructure changed: Zr-nanoparticles and Fe- or Mg/Zn- containing precipitates formed thus providing 75 % increase in yield strength (from 254 MPa to 444 MPa) at the cost of decreasing ductility (∼20 % to ∼9 %). In-situ tensile testing combined with SXCT, and ex-situ tensile testing combined with fracture analysis confirmed that the fracture initiation in both conditions is highly dependent on defects originated during printing. However, cracks are deflected from decohesion around Zr-containing inclusions/precipitates embedded in the Al-matrix. This deflection is seen to improve the ductility of the material. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Powder bed fusion Laser beam KW - X-ray computed tomography KW - Strengthening mechanisms KW - Crack propagation KW - Zirconium PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-568243 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2023.111602 SN - 0264-1275 VL - 226 SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - Elsevier Science CY - Amsterdam [u.a.] AN - OPUS4-56824 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Procedures for quantitative characterization of periodic minimal surface structures (TMPSS) N2 - Additively manufactured (AM) triply periodic metallic minimum surface structures (TPMSS, from the English Triply Periodic Minimum Surface Structures) fulfill several requirements in both biomedical and engineering fields: tunable mechanical properties, low sensitivity to manufacturing defects, mechanical stability, and high energy absorption. However, they also present some quality control challenges that may prevent their successful application. In fact, optimization of the AM process is impossible without considering structural features such as manufacturing accuracy, internal defects, and surface topography and roughness. In this study, quantitative nondestructive analysis of Ti-6Al-4V alloy TPMSS was performed using X-ray computed tomography (XCT). Several new image analysis workflows are presented to evaluate the effects of buildup direction on wall thickness distribution, wall degradation, and surface roughness reduction due to chemical etching of TPMSS. It is shown that the fabrication accuracy is different for the structural elements printed parallel and orthogonal to the fabricated layers. Different strategies for chemical etching showed different powder removal capabilities and thus a gradient in wall thickness. This affected the mechanical performance under compression by reducing the yield stress. A positive effect of chemical etching is the reduction of surface roughness, which can potentially improve the fatigue properties of the components. Finally, XCT was used to correlate the amount of powder retained with the pore size of the TPMSS, which can further improve the manufacturing process. T2 - MSE 2022 CY - Darmstadt, Germany DA - 27.09.2022 KW - Surface roughness KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Computed tomography KW - Wall thickness KW - Machine learning KW - Manufacturing defects PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-56162 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Buffière, J.-Y. A1 - Wegener, T. A1 - Niendorf, T. A1 - Wu, T. A1 - Zhang, X. A1 - Kashaev, N. A1 - Meneghetti, G. A1 - Hrabe, Nik A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Werner, Tiago A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai A1 - Koukolikova, M. A1 - Prochazka, R. A1 - Dzugan, J. A1 - Möller, B. A1 - Beretta, S. A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Wagener, R. A1 - Schnabel, K. T1 - Damage tolerant design of additively manufactured metallic components subjected to cyclic loading: State of the art and challenges N2 - This article is an outcome of a workshop on Fatigue of Additive Manufactured Metallic Components jointly organized by the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) Berlin, Germany and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Boulder, CO, U.S.A. The aim of the workshop was a comprehensive discussion of the specific aspects of additively manufactured (AM) components in regard to failure under cyclic loading. Undoubtedly, a better understanding and the further development of approaches for damage tolerant component design of AM parts are among the most significant challenges currently facing the use of these new technologies. This article presents a thorough overview of the workshop discussions. It aims to provide a review of the parameters affecting the damage tolerance of AM parts with special emphasis on the process parameters intrinsic to the AM technologies, the resulting defects and residual stresses. Based on these aspects, concepts for damage tolerant component design for AM are reviewed and critically discussed. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Fatigue loading KW - Component assessment KW - Damage tolerance KW - Defects KW - Residual stresses PY - 2021 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2021.100786 SN - 0079-6425 VL - 121 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-51937 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai T1 - Towards a Methodology for Component Design of Metallic AM Parts Subjected to Cyclic Loading N2 - The safe fatigue design of metallic components fabricated by additive manufacturing (AM) is still a largely unsolved problem. This is primarily due to (a) a significant inhomogeneity of the material properties across the component; (b) defects such as porosity and lack of fusion as well as pronounced surface roughness of the asuilt components; and (c) residual stresses, which are very often present in the as‐built parts and need to be removed by post‐fabrication treatments. Such morphological and microstructural features are very different than in conventionally manufactured parts and play a much bigger role in determining the fatigue life. The above problems require specific solutions with respect to the identification of the critical (failure) sites in AM fabricated components. Moreover, the generation of representative test specimens characterized by similar temperature cycles needs to be guaranteed if one wants to reproducibly identify the critical sites and establish fatigue assessment methods taking into account the effect of defects on crack initiation and early propagation. The latter requires fracture mechanics‐based approaches which, unlike common methodologies, cover the specific characteristics of so‐called short fatigue cracks. This paper provides a discussion of all these aspects with special focus on components manufactured by laser powder bed fusion (L‐PBF). It shows how to adapt existing solutions, identifies fields where there are still gaps, and discusses proposals for potential improvement of the damage tolerance design of L‐PBF components KW - L‐PBF KW - Fatigue KW - Fracture KW - Defects PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-525822 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/met11050709 VL - 11 IS - 5 SP - 709 PB - MDPI CY - Basel AN - OPUS4-52582 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Surmeneva, M. A1 - Koptyug, A. A1 - Khrapov, D. A1 - Ivanov, Yuriy A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Evsevleev, Sergei A1 - Prymak, O. A1 - Loza, K. A1 - Epple, M. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Surmenev, R. T1 - In situ synthesis of a binary Ti–10at% Nb alloy by electron beam melting using a mixture of elemental niobium and titanium powders N2 - This study reports the results of the preliminary assessment to fabricate Ti-10at% Nb alloy by electron beam melting (EBM®) from a blend of elemental Nb and Ti powders. The microstructure of the EBM-manufactured Ti-10at% Nb alloys is sensitive to the following factors: different sintering properties of Nb and Ti powders, powder particle properties, material viscosities at varying melt pool temperatures, β-stabilizer element content and the EBM® process parameters. Three phases were observed in as-manufactured Ti-10at% Nb alloy: μm-size Nb phase, a Nb-rich β-solid solution surrounding Nb phase, lamellar structured α-phase and β-solid solution with different distribution and volume fraction. Thus, the combination of powder particle characteristics, very short time material spends in molten condition and sluggish kinetics of mixing and diffusional process in Ti-Nb alloy results in heterogeneous microstructures depending on the local Nb content in the powder blend and the EBM® process conditions. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Electron beam melting KW - Ti-Nb alloy KW - In situ alloying PY - 2020 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2020.116646 VL - 282 SP - 116646 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-50457 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Léonard, Fabien A1 - Zhang, Zhen A1 - Krebs, Holger A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Structural and Morphological Quantitative 3D Characterisation of Ammonium Nitrate Prills by X-ray Computed Tomography N2 - The mixture of ammonium nitrate (AN) prills and fuel oil (FO), usually referred to as ANFO, is extensively used in the mining industry as a bulk explosive. One of the major performance predictors of ANFO mixtures is the fuel oil retention, which is itself governed by the complex pore structure of the AN prills. In this study, we present how X-ray computed tomography (XCT), and the associated advanced data processing workflow, can be used to fully characterise the structure and morphology of AN prills. We show that structural parameters such as volume fraction of the different phases and morphological parameters such as specific surface area and shape factor can be reliably extracted from the XCT data, and that there is a good agreement with the measured oil retention values. Importantly, oil retention measurements (qualifying the efficiency of ANFO as explosives) correlate well with the specific surface area determined by XCT. XCT can therefore be employed non-destructively; it can accurately evaluate and characterise porosity in ammonium nitrate prills, and even predict their efficiency. KW - ANFO KW - Explosives KW - Surface area KW - Porosity KW - XCT KW - Data processing PY - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-505395 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13051230 VL - 13 IS - 5 (Special Issue "Micro Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation") SP - 1230 PB - MDPI AN - OPUS4-50539 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Altenburg, Simon A1 - Oster, Simon A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Bruno, Giovanni ED - Czujko, T. ED - Benedetti, M. T1 - Can Potential Defects in LPBF Be Healed from the Laser Exposure of Subsequent Layers? A Quantitative Study N2 - Additive manufacturing (AM) of metals and in particular laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) enables a degree of freedom in design unparalleled by conventional subtractive methods. To ensure that the designed precision is matched by the produced LPBF parts, a full understanding of the interaction between the laser and the feedstock powder is needed. It has been shown that the laser also melts subjacent layers of material underneath. This effect plays a key role when designing small cavities or overhanging structures, because, in these cases, the material underneath is feed-stock powder. In this study, we quantify the extension of the melt pool during laser illumination of powder layers and the defect spatial distribution in a cylindrical specimen. During the LPBF process, several layers were intentionally not exposed to the laser beam at various locations, while the build process was monitored by thermography and optical tomography. The cylinder was finally scanned by X-ray computed tomography (XCT). To correlate the positions of the unmolten layers in the part, a staircase was manufactured around the cylinder for easier registration. The results show that healing among layers occurs if a scan strategy is applied, where the orientation of the hatches is changed for each subsequent layer. They also show that small pores and surface roughness of solidified material below a thick layer of unmolten material (>200 µm) serve as seeding points for larger voids. The orientation of the first two layers fully exposed after a thick layer of unmolten powder shapes the orientation of these voids, created by a lack of fusion. KW - Computed tomography KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - In situ monitoring KW - infrared Thermography KW - Optical Tomography KW - Additive manufacturing KW - AISI 316L PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-528778 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/met11071012 VL - 11 IS - 7 SP - 1012 PB - MDPI CY - Basel AN - OPUS4-52877 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Laquai, René A1 - Müller, Bernd R. A1 - Kasperovich, G. A1 - Requena, G. A1 - Haubrich, J. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Classification of defect types in SLM Ti-6Al-V4 by X-ray refraction topography N2 - Porosity in additively manufactured materials, such as laser powder bed fusion Ti-Al6-V4, can play an important role in their mechanical performance. Not only the total porosity but also the shape/morphology of the individual pores need to be considered. Therefore, it is necessary to determine the distributions of different defect types (especially fusing defects and keyhole pores) and their dependence on process parameters. We show that synchrotron X-ray refraction radiography allows analysis of large samples (up to several millimeters) without compromising the detectability of submicrometer defects. Correspondingly, a classification tool is introduced that is able to quantitatively distinguish defects such as keyhole pores and binding defects with a confidence level of 94 %, even when the shape cannot be discerned because of limited spatial resolution. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Selective laser melting KW - X-ray refraction KW - Microscopy KW - Porosity KW - X-ray computed tomography KW - BAMline KW - Synchrotron Radiation PY - 2020 DO - https://doi.org/10.1520/MPC20190080 SN - 2379-1365 VL - 9 IS - 1 SP - 82 EP - 93 PB - ASTM International CY - West Conshohocken, PA AN - OPUS4-50470 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Fernández, R. A1 - Saliwan Neumann, Romeo A1 - González-Doncel, G. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Dislocation substructures in pure aluminium after creep deformation as studied by electron backscatter diffraction N2 - In the present work, electron backscatter diffraction was used to determine the microscopic dislocation structures generated during creep (with tests interrupted at the steady state) in pure 99.8% aluminium. This material was investigated at two different stress levels, corresponding to the power-law and power-law breakdown regimes. The results show that the formation of subgrain cellular structures occurs independently of the crystallographic orientation. However, the density of these cellular structures strongly depends on the grain crystallographic orientation with respect to the tensile axis direction, with <111> grains exhibiting the highest densities at both stress levels. It is proposed that this behaviour is due to the influence of intergranular stresses, which is different in <111> and <001> grains. KW - Creep KW - Pure aluminium KW - Electron backscatter diffraction KW - Cellular structures KW - Power law and power-law breakdown PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-552003 DO - https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576722005209 SN - 0021-8898 SN - 1600-5767 VL - 55 SP - 860 EP - 869 PB - Wiley-Blackwell CY - Copenhagen AN - OPUS4-55200 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tsamos, Athanasios A1 - Evsevleev, Sergei A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Noise and blur removal from corrupted X-ray computed tomography scans: A multilevel and multiscale deep convolutional framework approach with synthetic training data (BAM SynthCOND) N2 - Regardless of the experimental care practiced in acquiring X-ray computed tomography (XCT) data, artifacts might still exist, such as noise and blur. This is typical for fast XCT data acquisitions (e.g., in-situ investigations), or low-dose XCT. Such artifacts can complicate subsequent analysis of the data. Digital filters can moderately cure extensive artifacts. The selection of filter type, intensity, and order of application is not always straight forward. To tackle these problems, a complete sequential multilevel, multi-scale framework: BAM SynthCOND, employing newly designed deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs), was formulated. Although data conditioning with neural networks is not uncommon, the main complication is that completely artifact-free XCT data for training do not exist. Thus, training data were acquired from an in-house developed library (BAM SynthMAT) capable of generating synthetic XCT material microstructures. Some novel DCNN architectures were introduced (2D/3D ACEnet_Denoise, 2D/3D ACEnet_Deblur) along with the concept of Assertive Contrast Enhancement (ACE) training, which boosts the performance of neural networks trained with continuous loss functions. The proposed methodology accomplished very good generalization from low resemblance synthetic training data. Indeed, denoising, sharpening (deblurring), and even ring artifact removal performance were achieved on experimental post-CT scans of challenging multiphase Al-Si Metal Matrix Composite (MMC) microstructures. The conditioning efficiencies were: 92% for combined denoising/sharpening, 99% for standalone denoising, and 95% for standalone sharpening. The results proved to be independent of the artifact intensity. We believe that the novel concepts and methodology developed in this work can be directly applied on the CT projections prior to reconstruction, or easily be extended to other imaging techniques such as: Microscopy, Neutron Tomography, Ultrasonics, etc. KW - XCT Data Conditioning KW - Denoising Deblurring Sharpening KW - Deep Convolutional Neural Network (DCNN) KW - Synthetic Training Data KW - ACEnet KW - Metal Matrix Composite (MMC) PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-579129 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmater.2023.100011 VL - 2 SP - 1 EP - 16 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-57912 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Müller, Bernd R. A1 - Mack, D. E. A1 - Laquai, René A1 - Kupsch, Andreas A1 - Helle, O. A1 - Sebold, D. A1 - Vaßen, R. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Charakterisierung der Porositäts- und Rissdichteentwicklung in Wärmedämmschichten von Gasturbinenschaufeln mittels Synchrotron Refraktions Radiographie N2 - Die Degradation von Wärmedämmschichten(thermal barrier coatings - TBCs) in Gasturbinen durch glasartige Calcium-Magnesium-Aluminiumsilikat (CMAS)Ablagerungen aus verschiedenen Quellen istseit vielen Jahren ein anhaltendes Problem. In dieser Studie wurde mit Hilfe derSynchrotron-Röntgen-Refraktions-Radiographie (SXRR), und vergleichend mit der Elektronenmikroskopie, das Eindringen von CMAS in die poröse Struktur von atmosphärisch plasmagespritzten (APS)TBCs sowie die Bildung und das Wachstum von Rissen unter thermisch zyklischer Belastung untersucht. Die Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass die Infiltration sowie deren Kinetik im Brenner-Teststand wesentlich vom Benetzungsverhalten des CMAS beeinflusst werden. Trotz desoffensichtlichen Angriffs von CMAS auf die Korngrenzen hat die Wechselwirkung von Yttriumdioxid-stabilisiertem Zirkoniumdioxid (YSZ) mit intrudiertem CMAS keinen unmittelbaren Einfluss auf die Struktur und Dichte der innen Oberflächen(Risse, Poren). In einem späteren Stadium wird die Bildung von Rissen senkrecht zur äußeren Oberfläche in einer breiteren Zone der TBC-Schicht beobachtet. T2 - DGZfP-Jahrestagung 2021 CY - Online meeting DA - 10.05.2021 KW - CMAS - Calcium-Magnesium-Aluminiumsilikat KW - SXRR - Synchrotron X-ray Refraction Radiography KW - TBC - Thermal barrier coatings PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-526732 UR - https://jahrestagung.dgzfp.de/Programm#P32 SP - 1 EP - 15 PB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung (DGZfP) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-52673 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Schröder, Jakob A1 - Pirling, T. A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Suárez Ocaño, Patricia A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Resolving the Subsurface Residual Stress Maximum in Laser Powder Bed-Fused 316L Stainless Steel by Diffraction-Based Analysis N2 - Laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB/M) is a metal additive manufacturing process. Due to the complex nature of the layer-wise, repeated heating and cooling cycles, it tends to generate high-magnitude residual stresses. If not correctly understood and mitigated through in- or post-process approaches, these residual stresses can be detrimental as they are often tensile at the surface. However, determining the magnitude and location of peak tensile residual stresses is not trivial as they are often located subsurface. This work focuses on determining the magnitude and location of these deleterious tensile residual stresses in a PBF-LB/316L specimen. Two diffraction-based Methods are used to reveal the relationship between the residual stresses and the underlying microstructure. On the one hand, high spatial resolution Neutron diffraction is used to determine triaxial stresses from the bulk to a depth of 0.15 mm. On the other hand, laboratory X-ray diffraction coupled with electrolytical layer removal allows the biaxial residual stress depth profile to be probed from the surface to a depth of about 0.6 mm. The results show a good agreement between the two methods. The peak residual stress is shown to be 500 MPa, which appears as a plateau between 0.08 and 0.35 mm in depth. KW - Residual stress KW - Diffraction KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - 316L KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Microstructure KW - AGIL PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-652138 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-025-07719-y SN - 1543-1851 VL - 77 IS - 12 SP - 9726 EP - 9737 PB - Springer Nature AN - OPUS4-65213 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Evsevleev, Sergei A1 - Cabeza, S. A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Garcés, G. A1 - Sevostianov, I. A1 - Requena, G. A1 - Boin, M. A1 - Hofmann, M. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Stress-induced damage evolution in cast AlSi12CuMgNi alloy with one and two ceramic reinforcements. Part II: Effect of reinforcement orientation N2 - While there is a large body of literature on the micro-mechanical behavior of metal matrix composites (MMCs) under uniaxial applied stress, very little is available on multi-phase MMCs. In order to cast light on the reinforcement mechanisms and damage processes in such multi-phase composites, materials made by an Al-based piston alloy and containing one and two ceramic reinforcements (planar-random oriented alumina fibers and SiC particles) were studied. In-situ compression tests during neutron diffraction experiments were used to track the load transfer among phases, while X-ray computed tomography on pre-strained samples was used to monitor and quantify damage. We found that damage progresses differently in composites with different orientations of the fiber mat. Because of the presence of intermetallic network, it was observed that the second ceramic reinforcement changed the load transfer scenario only at very high applied load, when also intermetallic particles break. We rationalized the present results combining them with previous investigations and using a micromechanical model. KW - Multi-phase KW - Metal matrix composites KW - Intermetallics KW - Computed tomography KW - In-situ neutron diffraction KW - Piston alloy KW - Load transfer PY - 2020 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-04069-4 SN - 1573-4803 VL - 55 IS - 3 SP - 1049 EP - 1068 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-49460 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fernández, R. A1 - Bokuchava, G. A1 - Toda-Caraballo, I. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Turchenko, V. A1 - Gorshkova, Y. A1 - González-Doncel, G. T1 - Analysis of the Combined Strengthening Effect of Solute Atoms and Precipitates on Creep of Aluminum Alloys N2 - The creep strengthening mechanisms in (age-hardenable) aluminum alloys are analyzed on the basis of a new microstructural study of powder samples, an analysis of a comprehensive revision of creep data from the literature, and a new modeling approach. A strategy based on the strength difference (SD) method to separate the contributions of solid solution atoms and precipitates to creep strengthening is proposed. The new methodology considers the combination of the two contributions avoiding the need of a threshold stress term in the creep equation. The contribution of both precipitates and solid solution is taken into account by means of the analysis of the lattice parameter variation with aging time. For this study, powders of two commercial AA2xxx alloys have been analyzed using diffraction methods. The experimental results are modeled using Lubarda's approach combined with the SD method. KW - Aluminium KW - Creep KW - Diffraction KW - Precipitation KW - Solute atoms PY - 2020 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.201901355 SN - 1438-1656 VL - 22 SP - 1901355 EP - 4 PB - Wiley-VCH Verlag AN - OPUS4-50424 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Fernández, R. A1 - González-Doncel, G. A1 - Garcés, G. T1 - Towards a comprehensive understanding of creep: Microstructural dependence of the pre-exponential term in Al N2 - We show that the equation proposed by Takeuchi and Argon to explain the creep behavior of Al–Mg solid solution can be used to describe also the creep behavior of pure aluminum. In this frame, it is possible to avoid the use of the classic pre-exponential fitting parameter in the power law equation to predict the minimum creep strain rate. The effect of the fractal arrangement of dislocations, developed at the mesoscale, must be considered to fully explain the experimental data. These ideas allow improving the recently introduced SSTC model, fully describing the primary and secondary creep regimes of aluminum alloys without the need for fitting. Creep data from commercially pure Al99.8% and Al–Mg alloys tested at different temperatures and stresses are used to validate the proposed ideas. KW - Creep KW - Aluminum alloys KW - Dislocations KW - Fractal KW - Stress exponent KW - Neutron diffraction PY - 2020 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2020.139036 VL - 776 SP - 139036 AN - OPUS4-50437 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Evsevleev, Sergei A1 - Paciornik, S. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Advanced Deep Learning-Based 3D Microstructural Characterization of Multiphase Metal Matrix Composites N2 - The quantitative analysis of microstructural features is a key to understanding the micromechanical behavior of metal matrix composites (MMCs), which is a premise for their use in practice. Herein, a 3D microstructural characterization of a five-phase MMC is performed by synchrotron X-ray computed tomography (SXCT). A workflow for advanced deep learning-based segmentation of all individual phases in SXCT data is shown using a fully convolutional neural network with U-net architecture. High segmentation accuracy is achieved with a small amount of training data. This enables extracting unprecedently precise microstructural parameters (e.g., volume fractions and particle shapes) to be input, e.g., in micromechanical models. KW - Computed tomography KW - Convolutional neural networks KW - Deep learning KW - Metal matrix composites KW - Segmentations PY - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-504261 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.201901197 SN - 1438-1656 VL - 22 IS - 4 SP - 1901197 PB - WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-50426 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Léonard, Fabien A1 - Zhang, Zhen A1 - Krebs, Holger A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Morphological characterisation of explosive powders by XCT: When grain numbers count N2 - Ammonium nitrate (AN) prills are commonly used as an ingredient in industrial explosives and in fertilisers. Conventional techniques (such as BET or mercury intrusion porosimetry) can measure the open porosity and specific surface area of AN prill, but the closed porosity is not obtainable. This work was focused on evaluating X-ray computed tomography (XCT) as a non-destructive technique for the assessment of porosity in AN prills. An advanced data processing workflow was developed so that the segmentation and quantification of the CT data could be performed on the entire 3D volume, yet allowing the measurements (e.g.; volume, area, shape factor…) to be extracted for each individual phase (prill, open porosity, closed porosity) of each individual prill, in order to obtain statistically relevant data. Clear morphological and structural differences were seen and quantified between fertiliser and explosive products. Overall, CT can provide a very wide range of parameters that are not accessible to other techniques, destructive or non-destructive, and thus offers new insights and complementary information. T2 - 10th Conference on Industrial Computed Tomography (iCT 2020) CY - Wels, Austria DA - 04.02.2020 KW - Ammonium nitrate KW - Prill KW - Non-destructive characterisation KW - Porosity KW - Specific surface area PY - 2020 UR - http://www.ndt.net/?id=25118 SN - 1435-4934 VL - 25 IS - 2 SP - 1 EP - 6 PB - NDT.net CY - Kirchwald AN - OPUS4-50348 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schröder, Jakob A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Polatidis, E. A1 - Čapek, J. A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Understanding the impact of texture on the micromechanical anisotropy of laser powder bed fused Inconel 718 N2 - The manufacturability of metallic alloys using laser-based additive manufacturing methods such as laser powder bed fusion has substantially improved within the last decade. However, local melting and solidification cause hierarchically structured and crystallographically textured microstructures possessing large residual stress. Such microstructures are not only the origin of mechanical anisotropy but also pose metrological challenges for the diffraction-based residual stress determination. Here we demonstrate the influence of the build orientation and the texture on the microstructure and consequently the mechanical anisotropy of as-built Inconel 718. For this purpose, we manufactured specimens with [001]/[011]-, [001]- and [011]/[111]-type textures along their loading direction. In addition to changes in the Young’s moduli, the differences in the crystallographic textures result in variations of the yield and ultimate tensile strengths. With this in mind, we studied the anisotropy on the micromechanical scale by subjecting the specimens to tensile loads along the different texture directions during in situ neutron diffraction experiments. In this context, the response of multiple lattice planes up to a tensile strain of 10% displayed differences in the load partitioning and the residual strain accumulation for the specimen with [011]/[111]-type texture. However, the relative behavior of the specimens possessing an [001]/[011]- and [001]-type texture remained qualitatively similar. The consequences on the metrology of residual stress determination methods are discussed. KW - Laser powder bed fusion KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Electron backscatter diffraction KW - Tensile testing KW - Diffraction PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-555840 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-022-07499-9 SN - 1573-4803 VL - 2022 IS - 57 SP - 15036 EP - 15058 PB - Springer Science + Business Media B.V. CY - Dordrecht AN - OPUS4-55584 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schröder, Jakob A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Luzin, V. A1 - Abreu Faria, G. A1 - Degener, Sebastian A1 - Polatidis, E. A1 - Čapek, J. A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Dovzhenko, G. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Texture-based residual stress analysis of laser powder bed fused Inconel 718 parts N2 - Although layer-based additive manufacturing methods such as laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB) offer an immense geometrical freedom in design, they are typically subject to a build-up of internal stress (i.e. thermal stress) during manufacturing. As a consequence, significant residual stress (RS) is retained in the final part as a footprint of these internal stresses. Furthermore, localized melting and solidification inherently induce columnar-type grain growth accompanied by crystallographic texture. Although diffraction-based methods are commonly used to determine the RS distribution in PBF-LB parts, such features pose metrological challenges in their application. In theory, preferred grain orientation invalidates the hypothesis of isotropic material behavior underlying the common methods to determine RS. In this work, more refined methods are employed to determine RS in PBF-LB/M/IN718 prisms, based on crystallographic texture data. In fact, the employment of direction-dependent elastic constants (i.e. stress factors) for the calculation of RS results in insignificant differences from conventional approaches based on the hypothesis of isotropic mechanical properties. It can be concluded that this result is directly linked to the fact that the {311} lattice planes typically used for RS analysis in nickel-based alloys have high multiplicity and less strong texture intensities compared with other lattice planes. It is also found that the length of the laser scan vectors determines the surface RS distribution in prisms prior to their removal from the baseplate. On removal from the baseplate the surface RS considerably relaxes and/or redistributes; a combination of the geometry and the scanning strategy dictates the sub-surface RS distribution. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Electron backscattered diffraction KW - Principal stress KW - Residual stress PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-578331 DO - https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576723004855 SN - 1600-5767 VL - 56 IS - Pt 4 SP - 1076 EP - 1090 AN - OPUS4-57833 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Oster, Simon A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Altenburg, Simon T1 - On the Registration of Thermographic In Situ Monitoring Data and Computed Tomography Reference Data in the Scope of Defect Prediction in Laser Powder Bed Fusion N2 - The detection of internal irregularities is crucial for quality assessment in metal-based additive manufacturing (AM) technologies such as laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF). The utilization of in-process thermography as an in situ monitoring tool in combination with post-process X-ray micro computed tomography (XCT) as a reference technique has shown great potential for this aim. Due to the small irregularity dimensions, a precise registration of the datasets is necessary as a requirement for correlation. In this study, the registration of thermography and XCT reference datasets of a cylindric specimen containing keyhole pores is carried out for the development of a porosity prediction model. The considered datasets show variations in shape, data type and dimensionality, especially due to shrinkage and material elevation effects present in the manufactured part. Since the resulting deformations are challenging for registration, a novel preprocessing methodology is introduced that involves an adaptive volume adjustment algorithm which is based on the porosity distribution in the specimen. Thus, the implementation of a simple three-dimensional image-to-image registration is enabled. The results demonstrate the influence of the part deformation on the resulting porosity location and the importance of registration in terms of irregularity prediction. KW - Selective laser melting (SLM) KW - Laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) KW - Additive manufacturing (AM) KW - Process monitoring KW - Infrared thermography KW - X-ray computed tomography (XCT) KW - Defect detection KW - Image registration PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-549412 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/met12060947 VL - 12 IS - 6 SP - 1 EP - 21 PB - MDPI AN - OPUS4-54941 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sprengel, Maximilian A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Altenburg, Simon A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Pirling, T. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas T1 - Triaxial Residual Stress in Laser Powder Bed Fused 316L: Effects of Interlayer Time and Scanning Velocity N2 - The triaxial distribution of the residual stress in laser powder bed fused austenitic steel 316L was determined by X-ray and neutron diffraction. The residual stress analysis results were linked to the thermal history of the specimens, which were manufactured with varying inter-layer-times and scanning velocities. A clear link between the in-process temperature of the specimens and the residual stress was found, based on in-situ monitoring data. KW - Stainless Steel KW - AGIL KW - Residual Stress KW - X-ray and Neutron Diffraction KW - Additive Manufacturing PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-542620 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202101330 SP - 1 EP - 13 PB - Wiley-VCH GmbH AN - OPUS4-54262 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Ávila Calderón, Luis A1 - Sommer, Konstantin A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Skrotzki, Birgit A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Evolution of Creep Damage of 316L Produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion N2 - The damage mechanisms of metallic components produced by process laser powder bed fusion differ significantly from those typically observed in conventionally manufactured variants of the same alloy. This is due to the unique microstructures of additively manufactured materials. Herein, the focus is on the study of the evolution of creep damage in stainless steel 316L specimens produced by laser powder bed fusion. X-ray computed tomography is used to unravel the influence of the process-specific microstructure from the influence of the initial void distribution on creep damage mechanisms. The void distribution of two specimens tested at 600 °C and 650 °C is analyzed before a creep test, after an interruption, and after fracture. The results indicate that the formation of damage is not connected to the initial void distribution. Instead, damage accumulation at grain boundaries resulting from intergranular cracking is observed. KW - Creep KW - Computed Tomography KW - PBF-LB/M/316L KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - Microstructure KW - AISI 316L KW - Additive Manufacturing PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-574127 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202201581 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - Wiley-VCH GmbH CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-57412 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Oesch, Tyler A1 - Weise, Frank A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Detection and Quantification of Cracking in Concrete Aggregate through Virtual Data Fusion of X-ray Computed Tomography Images N2 - In this work, which is part of a larger research program, a framework called “virtual data fusion“ was developed to provide an automated and consistent crack detection method that allows for the cross-comparison of results from large quantities of X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) data. A partial implementation of this method in a custom program was developed for use in research focused on crack quantification in Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR)-sensitive concrete aggregates. During the CT image processing, a series of image analyses tailored for detecting specific, individual crack-like characteristics were completed. The results of these analyses were then “fused” in order to identify crack-like objects within the images with much higher accuracy than that yielded by any individual image analysis procedure. The results of this strategy demonstrated the success of the program in effectively identifying crack-like structures and quantifying characteristics, such as surface area and volume. The results demonstrated that the source of aggregate has a very significant impact on the amount of internal cracking, even when the mineralogical characteristics remain very similar. River gravels, for instance, were found to contain significantly higher levels of internal cracking than quarried stone aggregates of the same mineralogical type. KW - X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) KW - Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR) KW - Crack Detection KW - Damage Quantification KW - ASR-Sensitive Aggregate PY - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-512170 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13183921 VL - 13 IS - 18 SP - Paper 3921 PB - MDPI CY - Basel, Switzerland AN - OPUS4-51217 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -