TY - CONF A1 - Wandtke, Karsten A1 - Schröpfer, Dirk A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas A1 - Scharf-Wildenhain, R. A1 - Hälsig, A. A1 - Hensel, J. T1 - Consideration of manufacturing-related stresses and cold crack avoidance in high-strength steels WAAM components N2 - High-strength steels offer great potential in weight-optimised modern steel structures. Additive manufacturing processes, such as Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM), enable near-net-shape manufacturing of complex structures and more efficient manufacturing, offering significant savings in costs, time, and resources. Suitable filler materials for WAAM are already commercially available. However, the lack of knowledge or technical guidelines regarding welding residual stresses during manufacturing and operation in connection with cold cracking risk limit their industrial application significantly. In a project of BAM and TU Chemnitz, the influences and complex interactions of material, manufacturing process, design and processing steps on residual stress evolution are investigated. By developing process recommendations and a special cold cracking test, economic manufacturing, and stress-appropriate design of high-strength steel WAAM components are main objectives. The present study focuses on determining the influence of heat control (interpass temperature, heat input, cooling time) and the design aspects of the components on the hardness and residual stresses, which are analysed by X-ray diffraction. Defined reference specimens, i.e., hollow cuboids, are automatically welded with a special WAAM solid wire. The influences of wall length, wall thickness and wall height on the residual stresses are analysed. Geometric properties can be selectively adjusted by wire feed and welding speed but cannot be varied arbitrarily. This was addressed by adapted build-up strategies. The results indicate a significant influence of the heat control and the wall height on the residual stresses. The interpass temperature, wall thickness and wall length are not significant. These analyses allow recommendations for standards and manufacturing guidelines, enabling a safe and economic manufacturing of high-strength steel components. T2 - European Steel Technology and Application Days CY - Düsseldorf, Germany DA - 14.06.2023 KW - DED-arc KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Heat control KW - High-strength filler metals KW - Residual stress PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-57691 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wandtke, Karsten A1 - Schröpfer, Dirk A1 - Scharf-Wildenhain, R. A1 - Hälsig, A. A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Hensel, J. T1 - Influence of the WAAM process and design aspects on residual stresses in high-strength structural steels N2 - Wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) enables the efficient production of weight-optimized modern engineering structures. Further increases in efficiency can be achieved by using high-strength structural steels. Commercial welding consumables for WAAM are already available on the market. Lack of knowledge and guidelines regarding welding residual stress and component safety during production and operation leads to severely limited use for industry applications. The sensitive microstructure of high-strength steels carries a high risk of cold cracking; therefore, residual stresses play a crucial role. For this reason, the influences of the material, the WAAM process, and the design on the formation of residual stresses and the risk of cold cracking are being investigated. The material used has a yield strength of over 800 MPa. This strength is adjusted via solid solution strengthening and a martensitic phase transformation. The volume expansion associated with martensite formation has a significant influence on the residual stresses. The focus of the present investigation is on the additive welding parameters and component design on their influence on hardness and residual stresses, which are analyzed by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD). Reference specimens (hollow cuboids) are welded fully automated with a systematic variation of heat control and design. Welding parameters and AM geometry are correlated with the resulting microstructure, hardness, and residual stress state. Increased heat input leads to lower tensile residual stresses which causes unfavorable microstructure and mechanical properties. The component design affects heat dissipation conditions and the intensity of restraint during welding and has a significant influence on the residual stress. KW - DED-arc KW - Additive manufacturing KW - High-strength steel filler metal KW - Residual stress PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-572698 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-023-01503-9 SN - 1878-6669 VL - 67 IS - 4 SP - 987 EP - 996 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-57269 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Werner, Tiago A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Sonnenburg, Elke T1 - Comparison of the fatigue behavior of wrought and additively manufactured AISI 316L N2 - Additively Manufactured (AM) parts are still far from being used in safety-relevant applications, mainly due to a lack of understanding of the feedstock-process-propertiesperformance relationship. This work aims at providing a characterization of the fatigue behavior of the additively manufactured AISI 316L austenitic stainless steel and a direct comparison with the fatigue performance of the wrought steel. A set of specimens has been produced by laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) and a second set of specimens has been machined out of hot-rolled plates. The L-PBF material shows a higher fatigue limit and better finite life performance compared to the wrought material, accompanied by an extensive amount of cyclic softening. T2 - Fatigue Design 2021 CY - Online meeting DA - 17.11.2021 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - AM KW - 316L KW - Fatigue KW - High Cycle Fatigue KW - Low Cycle Fatigue PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53780 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Werner, Tiago A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Sommer, Konstantin A1 - Sprengel, Maximilian A1 - Bergant, M. A1 - Evans, Alex A1 - Roveda, Ilaria A1 - Serrano Munoz, Itziar A1 - Yawny, A. T1 - Damage Tolerant Approach in Additively Manufactured Metallic Materials N2 - Damage tolerance counts as one of the most widespread approach to fatigue assessment and surely as one of the most promising in understanding the process-structure-property-performance relationships in additively manufactured metallic materials. Manufacturing defects, surface roughness, microstructural features, short and long crack fatigue propagation, residual stresses and applied loads can be taken into consideration in a fracture mechanics-based fatigue assessment. Many aspects are crucial to the reliable component life prediction. Among those a prominent role is played by an accurate measurement and modelling of the short crack fatigue behavior, and reliable statistical characterization of defects and residual stresses. This work aims at addressing the issues related to both experimental testing, fatigue and fatigue crack propagation, and fracture mechanics-based modelling of fatigue lives. Examples will be provided on an additively manufactured AISI 316 L. T2 - TMS2021 VIRTUAL CY - Online meeting DA - 15.03.2021 KW - AISI 316L KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Damage Tolerance KW - Microstructure KW - Defects KW - Residual Stress PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-52293 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Sprengel, Maximilian A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Werner, Tiago A1 - Sommer, Konstantin A1 - Kelleher, Joe A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Serrano Munoz, Itziar A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Schröder, Jakob A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Manufacturing a safer world: Diffraction based residual stress analysis for metal additive manufacturing N2 - Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies such as Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) are characterized by layer wise construction, which enable advancements of component design, with associated potential gains in performance and efficiency. However, high magnitude residual stresses (RS) are often a product of the rapid thermal cycles typical of the layerwise process. Therefore, a deep understanding of the formation of RS, the influence of process parameters on their magnitude and the impact on mechanical performance is crucial for widespread application. The experimental characterisation of these RS is essential for safety related engineering application and supports the development of reliable numerical models. Diffraction-based methods for RS analysis using neutrons and high energy X-rays enable non-destructive spatially resolved characterisation of both surface and bulk residual stresses in complex components. This presentation will provide an overview of recent research by the BAM at large scale facilities for the characterization of residual stresses in LPBF metallic alloys as a function of process parameters. In addition, the challenges posed by the textured and hierarchical microstructures of LPBF materials on diffraction-based RS analysis in AM materials will be discussed. This will include the question of the d0 reference lattice spacing and the appropriate choice of the diffraction elastic constants (DECs) to calculate the level of RS in LPBF manufactured alloys. T2 - 11th INternational Conference on Residual Stress (ICRS11) CY - Online meeting DA - 28.03.2021 KW - Residual stress analysis KW - Neutron diffraction KW - X-ray diffraction KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Laser powder bed fusion KW - AGIL PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-54676 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kempf, A. A1 - Kruse, Julius A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai T1 - Correlation between quasistatic und fatigue properties of additively manufactured AlSi10Mg using Laser Powder Bed Fusion N2 - In order to find a resource efficient approach for the fatigue lifetime prediction of laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) processed AlSi10Mg material, results of tensile and fatigue tests were compared. The specimens were manufactured with three different L-PBF machines and studied in different heat treatment conditions (as-built, annealed, T6 heat treated). The investigations showed that the high attainable tensile strength properties after the manufacturing process are not beneficial in the high cycle fatigue (HCF) regime. In contrast, the applied heat treatments, which lead typically to a decrease of ultimate tensile strength, improved dramatically the fatigue behavior. Additionally, a clear correlation between the elongation at fracture and HCF resistance has been found for individual heat treatment conditions. This empiric relationship provides an estimation of the fatigue resistance in the presence of material defects and can be implemented in part and process approvals. T2 - Fatigue Design 2021 CY - Online meeting DA - 17.11.2021 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Laser powder bed fusion KW - AlSi10Mg KW - Tensile properties KW - Fatigue properties PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53792 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Blasón Gonzalez, Sergio A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai T1 - Design of representative specimens for the characterization of the fatigue properties of metallic components fabricated by PBF-LB/M N2 - The process-structure-property-performance relationship is a fundamental paradigm in metal additive manufacturing (AM). The knowledge of how process parameters and post-process treatments influence the material properties and therefore the structural integrity of additively manufactured metallic components is of paramount importance. With respect to this, one of the unsolved problems related to the unique AM process is the reliability of witness samples for part qualification. Focusing on the Laser Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB/M) process, the microstructure and therefore the mechanical performance of test coupons are not representative of parts of the same material in every case. This work summarizes part of the results of an ongoing cooperation between BAM and BASF, which aims at addressing this issue by designing dedicated specimens, representative of the fatigue properties of the real component. The considered case study consisted in the fabrication and characterization of the fatigue properties of a pressure vessel made of AISI 316L. The first phase of the project was devoted to the process monitoring to understand the relationship between process parameters and temperature distribution during the fabrication of the component. Finite element models were tuned on the experimental data from the process monitoring and simulations of the temperature field in the component were conducted. The numerical results were in good agreement with the temperature profiles measured during the fabrication of the component. The second phase dealt with the evaluation of the fatigue and fatigue crack propagation properties on specimens extracted from different regions of the pressure vessel. The experimental investigations showed significant differences in hoop and longitudinal direction. A clear dependence of the fatigue properties on heat accumulation (temperature distribution) and defect size was pointed out. The third phase encompassed the fabrication and testing of the representative specimens. Numerical simulations were used to design specimens displaying the same temperature profile as in the most critical region of the component. The fatigue testing of the representative specimens is subject of ongoing work. T2 - 8. DVM-Tagung Additiv gefertigte Bauteile und Strukturen CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 28.11.2023 KW - PBF-LB/M KW - Process Monitoring KW - Process Simulation KW - Fatigue KW - Representative Specimens PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-58973 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Blasón Gonzalez, Sergio A1 - Chaudry, Mohsin Ali A1 - Elorriaga, A. A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Llavori, I. A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai T1 - Design methodology of vessel produced by L PBF stainless steel using representative specimens N2 - This work presents the preliminary results of an ongoing project with a double objective: on the one hand, the characterisation of the mechanical properties against fatigue damage of an additively manufactured 316 stainless steel produced by laser powder bed-based (L-PBF) technology; on the other hand, the implementation of numerical simulation techniques able to predict the mechanical behaviour of the material in order to optimise and reduce the design costs of vessels used in the chemical sector. The current state of the work developed in this research framework allows showing the first batch of experimental results of crack propagation rate (FCGR) and high cycle fatigue (HCF) tests. The geometry of the vessels studied presents three clearly differentiated regions, either in terms of thickness (11-15 mm) or concerning the inclination of the walls to the direction of manufacturing (0º - 45º). The experimental campaign carried out so far allows identifying the differences in behaviour when comparing different extraction locations around the vessel. This is due to the variations in thermal cycles that the deposited material undergoes during the manufacturing process. Therefore, this causes variations in the microstructure which lead to changes in the response of the material. In this work, these differences are analysed qualitatively and quantitatively from the results of FCGR and HCF, thus allowing to locate the regions with the highest risk in terms of structural integrity against fatigue. This preliminary phase together with the numerical simulation of the additive manufacturing process are key to achieving a reliable description and modelling of the material. The latter will make it possible to address the priority aim of this project, involving the manufacture of independent samples whose properties are representative of the original material extracted from the reference vessels. It is, therefore, a comprehensive methodology for the design of additively manufactured components based on the localised fatigue mechanical properties of representative specimens. T2 - ECF23, European Conference on Fracture 2022 CY - Funchal, Portugal DA - 27.06.2022 KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Steel 316L KW - Fracture Mechanics PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-55240 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Ávila, Luis A1 - Werner, Tiago A1 - Sommer, Konstantin A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Sprengel, Maximilian A1 - Charmi, Amir A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Rehmer, Birgit A1 - Skrotzki, Birgit A1 - Falkenberg, Rainer A1 - Bettge, Dirk A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Kromm, Arne A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai A1 - Kannengießer, Thomas A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Ageing behaviour of laser powder bed fused 316L: a powder to failure approach N2 - Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is an additive manufacturing process for materials which inherently tends to yield various degrees of metastable hierarchical microstructures, defects and high residual stresses in the as-built condition depending on the process parameters. The understanding of the evolution of these typical features during heat treatment and subsequent thermal and mechanical ageing is crucial for the wider acceptance for safety critical structures. A multi-disciplinary research project at BAM studying the development of the microstructure, defects, residual stresses typical of LPBF 316L and their evolution during thermal and mechanical ageing has led to insights into the stability of these inherent features. This presentation aims to give a broad overview of the project with a few specific cases of investigation. Firstly, the formation of residual stresses, the nature of the initial microstructure, the tensile properties and a modelling approach to understand the anisotropy will be presented. This will be followed by examples of studies of their evolution during heat treatment, long term thermal exposure, and room temperature and high temperature mechanical testing compared to a baseline of conventional wrought variant of the same alloy. T2 - International Conference on Additive Manufacturing 2021 (ICAM 2021) CY - Online meeting DA - 01.11.2021 KW - Ageing KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Laser powder bed fusion KW - AGIL PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-54106 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander A1 - Altenburg, Simon A1 - Sprengel, Maximilian A1 - Sommer, Konstantin A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Serrano Munoz, Itziar A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Hofmann, M. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Separation of the Formation Mechanisms of Residual Stresses in LPBF 316L N2 - Rapid cooling rates and steep temperature gradients are characteristic of additively manufactured parts and important factors for the residual stress formation. This study examined the influence of heat accumulation on the distribution of residual stress in two prisms produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) of austenitic stainless steel 316L. The layers of the prisms were exposed using two different border fill scan strategies: one scanned from the centre to the perimeter and the other from the perimeter to the centre. The goal was to reveal the effect of different heat inputs on samples featuring the same solidification shrinkage. Residual stress was characterised in one plane perpendicular to the building direction at the mid height using Neutron and Lab X-ray diffraction. Thermography data obtained during the build process were analysed in order to correlate the cooling rates and apparent surface temperatures with the residual stress results. Optical microscopy and micro computed tomography were used to correlate defect populations with the residual stress distribution. The two scanning strategies led to residual stress distributions that were typical for additively manufactured components: compressive stresses in the bulk and tensile stresses at the surface. However, due to the different heat accumulation, the maximum residual stress levels differed. We concluded that solidification shrinkage plays a major role in determining the shape of the residual stress distribution, while the temperature gradient mechanism appears to determine the magnitude of peak residual stresses. KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion KW - LPBF KW - AISI 316L KW - Online Process Monitoring KW - Thermography KW - Residual Stress KW - Neutron Diffraction KW - X-ray Diffraction KW - Computed Tomography PY - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-512903 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/met10091234 VL - 10 IS - 9 PB - MDPI CY - Basel AN - OPUS4-51290 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -