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Yan Lu, Douglas Eddy, Sundar Krishnamurty, Ian Grosse
Statistical metamodels can robustly predict manufacturing process and engineering systems design results. Various techniques, such as Kriging, polynomial regression, artificial neural network and others, are each best suited for different scenarios that
Greta Lindwall, Kil-Won Moon, Zhangqi Chen, Michael J. Mengason, Maureen E. Williams, Justin Gorham, Ji-Cheng Zhao, Carelyn E. Campbell
Diffusion in the Ti-Al-V system is studied and a CΑLPHAD diffusion mobility description is developed. Diffusion couple experiments are used to obtain information of Al and V diffusion in the α phase. This includes diffusion paths at the temperatures 923 K
Christopher U. Brown, Gregor Jacob, Antonio M. Possolo, Carlos R. Beauchamp, Max A. Peltz, Mark R. Stoudt, M A. Donmez
The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between mechanical and material properties (including density) of manufactured nickel super alloy (IN625) using a laser powder bed fusion process and three process parameters: laser power, hatch
Maria Strantza, Rishi Ganeriwala, Bjorn Clausen, Thien Q. Phan, Lyle E. Levine, D Pagan, Wayne King, Niel Hodge, Brown Donald
The production of metallic parts via laser-powder bed fusion (L-PBF) additive manufacturing is rapidly growing. To use components produced via L-PBF in safety-critical applications, a high degree of quality confidence is required. This qualification can be
Jason C. Fox, Felix H. Kim, Zachary C. Reese, Christopher Evans
The development of additive manufacturing (AM) has allowed for production of high-value and complex parts that reduce time-to-market and cost to manufacture. A key benefit to the AM process is the capability to create lattice structures and highly complex
Zachary C. Reese, Jason C. Fox, Felix H. Kim, John Taylor, Christopher Evans
Additive manufactured (AM) components exhibit an abundance of surface textures and patterns. Past work investigating components created through laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) has shown that these patterns, specifically the chevron resulting from
Zachary C. Reese, Jason C. Fox, John Taylor, Christopher Evans
Additive manufactured (AM) components, specifically those created through laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) methods, exhibit an abundance of surface textures of varying forms and patterns. These topographies have historically been categorized solely using
Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is an additive manufacturing (AM) technology used to manufacture high-value metal parts. The layer-by-layer nature of the process allows complex geometries and internal features, such as conformal cooling channels, to be
Lindsey B. Bass, Justin L Milner, Thomas Gnaupel-Herold, Shawn P. Moylan
One of the key barriers to widespread adoption of additive manufacturing (AM) for metal parts is the build-up of residual stresses. In the laser-based powder bed fusion process, a laser selectively fuses metal powder layer by layer, generating significant
Bo Cheng, Brandon Lane, Justin G. Whiting, Kevin Chou
Powder-bed metal additive manufacturing (AM) utilizes a high-energy heat source scanning at the surface of a powder layer in a pre-defined area to be melted and solidified to fabricate parts layer by layer. It is known that powder-bed metal AM is primarily
Rajesh K. Ananda-Kumar, Wilfredo Moscoso-Kingsley, Gregor Jacob, Alkan Donmez, Viswanathan Madhavan
Additively manufactured (AM) and cast-wrought (CW) nickel-based super alloy (IN 625) with known processing history and quasi-static properties have been investigated for their relative machinability, in terms of tool temperature and wear, as well as force
Jarred C. Heigel, Thien Q. Phan, Jason Fox, Thomas H. Gnaupel-Herold
Hybrid Manufacturing leverages the advantages of both additive manufacturing (AM) with machining to create parts that have complex geometries, tight tolerances, and good surface finish. However, the residual stresses induced by both processes present a
This paper investigates the cutting forces during the machining of additively manufactured metals. Two pairs of workpieces were produced by powder bed direct metal selective laser sintering. These workpieces included a 17-4 stainless steel substrate
Ho Yeung, Brandon Lane, Alkan Donmez, Jason Fox, Jorge Neira
Laser path, scan speed, and laser power are critical machine parameters determining the quality of the output of laser-based powder bed fusion (LPBF) processes. A jerk-limited control strategy is implemented for laser path planning on a LPBF additive
Fan Zhang, Lyle E. Levine, Andrew J. Allen, Mark R. Stoudt, Greta Lindwall, Eric Lass, Maureen E. Williams, Yaakov S. Idell, Carelyn E. Campbell
Elemental segregation is a ubiquitous phenomenon in additive-manufactured (AM) parts due to solute rejection and redistribution during the rapid solidification process. Using electron microscopy, in situ synchrotron X-ray scattering and diffraction, and
Scott Z. Jones, Richard Buswell, Wilson Leal de Silva, Justin Dirrenberger
Large-scale additive manufacturing processes for construction utilise computer controlled placement of extruded cement-based mortar to create physical objects layer-by-layer. Demonstrated applications include component manufacture and placement of in-situ
Jan Ilavsky, Fan Zhang, Ross N. Andrews, Ivan Kuzmenko, Pete R. Jemian, Lyle E. Levine, Andrew J. Allen
Following many years of evolutionary development, first at the National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and then at the Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National Laboratory, the APS ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering (USAXS)
In laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) processes the powder size characteristics, like particle shape, particle size (PS), and particle size distribution (PSD), and the resulting powder bed density (PBD) are key influencing factors of the built material
The knowledge of material phases in chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni) stainless steel alloys is sometimes important during parts and structures fabrication processed with additive manufacturing (AM) technologies. Laser-based powder bed fusion (LPBF) is one of
Supriyo Ghosh, Li Ma, Lyle E. Levine, Richard E. Ricker, Mark R. Stoudt, Jarred C. Heigel, Jonathan E. Guyer
We use single track laser melting experiments and simulations on Inconel 625 to estimate the dimensions and microstructures of the resulting melt pools. Our work is based on a design-of- experiments approach which uses multiple laser power and scan speed
Daniel S. Hussey, Hong Yao, Adam J. Brooks, Ali Haghshenas, Jumao Yuan, Caroline G. Lowery, Jacob M. LaManna, David L. Jacobson, Nikolay Kardjilov, Shengmin Guo, Michael M. Khonsari, Leslie G. Butler
Fatigue in selective laser melted (SLM) and conventional SS316 dogbones was studied with neutron imaging methods for attenuation, scattering, and diffraction. To detect the microcrack evolution in fatigued samples,two methods of grating-based neutron
Christopher L. Soles, Richard A. Vaia, Ronald Pindak
The round-table participants concluded that facilities at NSLS-II provide immediate opportunities to address some of the critical processing and measurement challenges that are blocking the path towards a sustainable US-centric Flexible Hybrid Electronic
Brian A. Fisher, Brandon Lane, Ho Yeung, Jack L. Beuth
The current industry trend in metal additive manufacturing is toward greater real time process monitoring capabilities during builds to ensure high quality parts. While the hardware implementations that allow for real time monitoring of the melt pool have
Michael Gomez, Andrew Honeycutt, Jarred C. Heigel, Tony Schmitz
Powder bed fusion (PBF) enables metal components with complex geometries to be made via additive manufacturing (AM). Disadvantages of AM are rougher surface finish and lower achievable dimensional tolerances compared to computer numerically-controlled (CNC