AM Bench 2022 Challenge Submissions and Awards

The 2022 AM Bench Organizing Committee received a total of 138 Benchmark Challenge submissions from 19 groups around the world.  The geographical distribution of the groups, as determined by the home institution of the submitting author, included 15 from North America, 1 from Europe, and 3 from Asia.  The number of submissions for each challenge problem is listed in the table, below.  In all, 40 awards were presented during the AM Bench 2022 awards ceremony held on August 17, 2022 at the AM Bench 2022 conference.  The winning teams for each challenge are listed below.

results

CHAL-A-AMB2022-01-Spot-TDA & AA

Stationary Absorption

Modeling results predicting the time-dependent absorption during laser spot welding

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Lu Wang, Yanming Zhang, Wentao Yan

National University of Singapore

 

2^nd Place Awarded to

Wenkang Huang, Xuxiao Li, Fangzhou Li, Wenda Tan

University of Michigan

 

2^nd Place Awarded to

Qiming Zhu, Jinhui Yan

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

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CHAL-A-AMB2022-01-Spot-TDW & ASR

Stationary Geometry

Modeling results predicting the melt pool geometry for a laser spot weld

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Lu Wang, Yanming Zhang, Wentao Yan

National University of Singapore

 

2^nd Place Awarded to

Wenkang Huang, Xuxiao Li, Fangzhou Li, Wenda Tan

University of Michigan

 

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CHAL-A-AMB2022-01-Spot-TDW

Stationary Melt Pool Width

Modeling results predicting the temporal melt pool width for a laser spot weld

 

Honorable Mention Awarded to

Mario Martinez, Daniel Moser, Stephen Lin

Sandia National Laboratories

 

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CHAL-A-AMB2022-01-Scan-TDA & AA

Scan Absorption

Modeling results predicting the time-dependent and average absorption during a scanned laser weld

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Wenkang Huang, Xuxiao Li, Fangzhou Li, Wenda Tan

University of Michigan

 

2^nd Place Awarded to

Lu Wang, Yanming Zhang, Wentao Yan

National University of Singapore

 

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CHAL-A-AMB2022-01-Scan-MWD & ASR

Scan Geometry

Modeling results predicting the melt pool geometry for a scanned laser weld

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Abdullah Al Amin, Ye Lu, Yangfan Li, Zhengtao Gan,

Xiaoyu Xie, Jiachen Guo, Wing Kam Liu

Northwestern University

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Mario Martinez, Daniel Moser, Stephen Lin

Sandia National Laboratories

 

2^nd Place Awarded to

Qiming Zhu, Jinhui Yan

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

2^nd Place Awarded to

Lu Wang, Yanming Zhang, and Wentao Yan

National University of Singapore

 

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CHAL-A-AMB2022-01-Scan-MWD & ASR

Scan Geometry

Modeling results predicting the melt pool geometry for a scanned laser weld

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Mario Martinez, Daniel Moser, Stephen Lin

Sandia National Laboratories

 

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CHAL-AMB2022-01-TAM

Time Above Melting Temperature

Modeling results predicting the time above melting temperature for the laser melt pool at specified locations within a 3D build of IN718

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Alaa Olleak, Albert To

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh

 

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CHAL-AMB2022-01-SCR

Solid Cooling Rate

Modeling results predicting the cooling rate immediately following solidification from regions within a 3D build of IN718

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Alaa Olleak, Albert To

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh

 

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CHAL-AMB2022-01-RS

Residual Elastic Strains

Modeling results predicting residual elastic strain components at select locations internal to an as-built IN718 bridge structure

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Ziye Liu, Jingfu Liu, Behrooz Jalalahmadi

Sentient Science

 

2^nd Place Awarded to

Prashant Jadhav, Magnus Anderson, Chizhou Fang and Hector Basoalto

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK

 

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CHAL-AMB2022-01-PD

Part Deflection

Modeling results predicting deflection of an as-built IN718 bridge structure after it is partially separated from the build plate

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Ziye Liu, Jingfu Liu, Behrooz Jalalahmadi

Sentient Science

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CHAL-AMB2022-01-MS

Microstructure

Modeling results predicting grain microstructures at specified locations within 3D laser powder bed fusion builds of IN718

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Brodan Richter¹, Joshua D. Pribe², Wesley A. Tayon¹, Samuel J.A. Hocker¹, Saikumar R. Yeratapally², Edward H. Glaessgen¹

¹NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, 23681

²National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, VA, 23666

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Jingfu Liu, Ziye Liu, Behrooz Jalalahmadi

Sentient Science

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CHAL-AMB2022-01-PE

Phase Evolution

Modeling results predicting phase evolution during post-build heat treatments of IN718 test artifacts produced using laser powder bed fusion

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Magnus Anderson, Prashant Jadhav and Hector Basoalto

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK

 

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CHAL-AMB2022-02-SCR

Solid Cooling Rate

Modeling results predicting cooling rate immediately following solidification from regions within multiple 3D builds of IN718 using different scan patterns

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Alaa Olleak, Albert To

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh

 

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CHAL-AMB2022-03-TSCR

Track Solid Cooling Rate

Modeling results predicting the cooling rate immediately following solidification of individual laser tracks with different processing conditions

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Fangzhou Li¹, Xuxiao Li², Wenkang Huang¹, Wenda Tan¹

¹Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Michigan

²Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Utah

 

2^nd Place Awarded to

Li Ma, Michael Brupbacher, Robert Mueller, Denise Yin, Catherine Ott, Mary Daffron, Steven Storck, Gianna Valentino, Morgana Trexler

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

 

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CHAL-AMB2022-03-TLCR

Track Liquid Cooling Rate

Modeling results predicting the liquid cooling rate immediately preceding solidification of individual laser tracks with different processing conditions

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Li Ma, Michael Brupbacher, Robert Mueller, Denise Yin, Catherine Ott, Mary Daffron, Steven Storck, Gianna Valentino, Morgana Trexler

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

 

2^nd Place Awarded to

Yanming Zhang, Lu Wang, Wentao Yan

National University of Singapore

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CHAL-AMB2022-03-TTAM

Track Time Above Melting Temperature

Modeling results predicting the time above melting temperature for individual laser tracks on IN718 with different processing conditions

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Li Ma, Michael Brupbacher, Robert Mueller, Denise Yin, Catherine Ott, Mary Daffron, Steven Storck, Gianna Valentino, Morgana Trexler

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

 

2^nd Place Awarded to

Abdullah Al Amin, Yangfan Li, Ye Lu, Xiaoyu Xie, Zhengtao Gan, Gregory J. Wagner, Wing Kam Liu

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University

 

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CHAL-AMB2022-03-TMPG

Track Melt Pool Geometry

Modeling results predicting the geometry of individual laser tracks with different processing conditions

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Fangzhou Li¹, Xuxiao Li², Wenkang Huang¹, Wenda Tan¹

¹Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Michigan

²Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Utah

 

2^nd Place Awarded to

Lu Wang, Yanming Zhang, Wentao Yan

National University of Singapore

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CHAL-AMB2022-03-PSCR

Pad Solid Cooling Rate

Modeling results predicting the cooling rate immediately following solidification at specified locations within 2D scan tracks on IN718

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Abdullah Al Amin, Yangfan Li, Ye Lu, Xiaoyu Xie, Zhengtao Gan, Gregory J. Wagner, Wing Kam Liu

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University

 

 

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CHAL-AMB2022-03-PTAM

Pad Time Above Melting Temperature

Modeling results predicting the time above melting temperature for the laser melt pool at specified locations within 2D scan tracks on IN718

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Yanming Zhang, Lu Wang, Wentao Yan

National University of Singapore

 

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CHAL-AMB2022-03-PMPG

Pad Melt Pool Geometry

Modeling results predicting the melt pool geometry at specified locations within 2D laser scan tracks on IN718

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Abdullah Al Amin, Yangfan Li, Ye Lu, Xiaoyu Xie, Zhengtao Gan, Gregory J. Wagner, Wing Kam Liu

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University

 

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CHAL-AMB2022-04-MeTT

Subcontinuum Mesoscale Tensile Test

Modeling results predicting subcontinuum tensile behavior of as-built IN625

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Carter Cocke, Brian Phung, Laura Ziegler, Elliott Marsden, Vignesh Babu Rao, Ashley Spear

University of Utah

 

2^nd Place Awarded to

Saikumar R. Yeratapally¹, George R. Weber², Joshua Pribe¹, Geoffrey F. Bomarito², Brodan Richter², Edward H. Glaessgen²

¹National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, VA 23666

²NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681

 

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CHAL-AMB2022-04-MeTT

Subcontinuum Mesoscale Tensile Test

Modeling results predicting fracture location and width reduction of as-built IN625 subcontinuum tensile specimens

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Daijun Hu, Wentao Yan

National University of Singapore

 

2^nd Place Awarded to

Saikumar R. Yeratapally¹, George R. Weber², Joshua Pribe¹, Geoffrey F. Bomarito², Brodan Richter², Edward H. Glaessgen²

¹National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, VA 23666

²NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681

 

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CHAL-AMB2022-04-MaTTO

Macroscale Tensile Tests at Different Orientations

Modeling results predicting macroscale tensile behavior of as-built IN625 specimens at different orientations

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Abhinav Saboo, Chuangye Wang, Qiaofu Zhang, Sam Sorkin, Jiadong Gong

QuesTek Innovations

 

2^nd Place Awarded to

Sourav Saha, Jiachen Guo, Ye Lu, Wing Kam Liu

Northwestern University

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Challenge AMB2022-04-MaCTO

Macroscopic Compression Tests

Modeling results predicting compression behavior of as-built IN625 specimens at different temperatures and orientations

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Xinxin Sun, Wentao Yan

National University of Singapore

 

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CHAL-AMB2022-05-MS

Microstructure

Modeling results predicting grain microstructures at specified locations within 3D laser powder bed fusion builds of IN625

 

1^st Place Awarded to

Jingfu Liu, Ziye Liu, Behrooz Jalalahmadi

Sentient Science