Formation of a transition V-rich structure during the α'to α+ β phase transformation process in additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4 V

H Wang, Q Chao, HS Chen, ZB Chen, S Primig, W Xu… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Ti-6Al-4V parts fabricated by laser powder-bed fusion (L-PBF) additive
manufacturing often suffer from poor ductility and low toughness due to the predominance of …

Deciphering the transformation pathway in laser powder-bed fusion additive manufacturing of Ti-6Al-4V alloy

J Chen, D Fabijanic, T Zhang, EW Lui, M Brandt… - Additive …, 2022 - Elsevier
The nature of rapid cyclic heating and cooling in metal additive manufacturing poses a great
challenge in the control of microstructure while a metallic part is being built. With metastable …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence of in-situ Cu clustering as a function of laser power during laser powder bed fusion of 17–4 PH stainless steel

MS Moyle, N Haghdadi, WJ Davids, XZ Liao, SP Ringer… - Scripta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of intrinsic heat treatments to control the microstructural evolution during additive
manufacturing could eliminate the need for costly post-build processing. Using atom probe …

Variant selection during BCC to HCP phase transformation in selective laser melted Ti-6Al-4V

H Xiang, W Van Paepegem, LAI Kestens - Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
The transformed α grains of selective laser melted Ti-6Al-4V display a strong (0001) fiber
texture along the building direction, whereas during SLM printing, the parent high …

Shock-induced α" martensitic transformation in Nb single crystals

X Li, Q Wang, J Fan, Y Wang, Z Zhang… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The structural and mechanical response of pure body-centered cubic (BCC) Nb under shock
loading were systematically studied. Shock-induced orthorhombic (α") martensitic …

Origin of aspect ratio decreasing and variant selection for alpha laths in laser directed energy deposited TC11-xB alloys: Spatial inhibition and selective coarsening in …

J Yang, H Tang, R Li, Z Li, F Cheng, Y Zhang… - Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Boron addition is prevalently applied for additively manufactured titanium alloys. The aspect
ratio of α laths in titanium alloys tends to decrease with boron addition, while the critical …

Study of microstructural morphology of Ti-6al-4v alloy by crystallographic analysis and phase field simulation

H Xiang, W Van Paepegem, LAI Kestens - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Formation of a habit plane during martensitic transformation is related to an invariant plane
strain transformation, which involves dislocation glide and twins. In the current work, the …