Spatial variation of hardness during additive manufacturing of a ferritic steel

Описание к видео Spatial variation of hardness during additive manufacturing of a ferritic steel

00:00 Introduction
01:59 Why martensite forms?
02:35 Tempering kinetics
05:45 Spatial variation of hardness
07:34 Main contribution

Grade 91 steel forms martensite during additive manufacturing and the extent of tempering of martensite significantly affects the mechanical properties of parts. Currently, there is a lack of quantitative understanding of the tempering kinetics for this steel, and as a result, the effects of repeated thermal cycles on properties for different processing conditions cannot be determined. Here we evaluate the tempering kinetics by determining the constant terms in the Johnson Mehl Avrami kinetic equation from the tempering data available in the literature and the thermal cycles computed using a rigorously-tested heat and fluid flow model of multi-layer additive manufacturing. The raw tempering data are cleaned using a neural network to enhance accuracy. The lower layers experience repeating cycles of heating and cooling when the upper layers are added. As a result, the hardness is reduced owing to the tempering of martensite. In contrast, martensite formed in the upper layers is not tempered to the same extent and the hardness remains high. Therefore, the hardness of the part increases with the distance from the substrate. Variations in the heat input at different laser powers and scanning speeds significantly affect the extent of tempering. Since the method used here can provide a quantitative understanding of the tempering of martensite and the spatial variation in hardness, it can be used to tailor the microstructure and hardness of heat-treatable printed metallic parts.

More details are available in the following paper: T. Mukherjee, T. DebRoy, T. J. Lienert, S. A. Maloy, C. R. Lear, P. Hosemann. Tempering kinetics during multilayer laser additive manufacturing of a ferritic steel. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 2022. vol. 83 pp. 105-115.

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