Residual Stresses in Selective Laser Melted Samples of a Nickel Based Superalloy
A. Kromm, S. Cabeza, T. Mishurova, N. Nadammal, T. Thiede, G. Bruno
download PDFAbstract. Additive Manufacturing (AM) through the Selective Laser Melting (SLM) route offers ample scope for producing geometrically complex parts compared to the conventional subtractive manufacturing strategies. Nevertheless, the residual stresses which develop during the fabrication can limit application of the SLM components by reducing the load bearing capacity and by inducing unwanted distortion, depending on the boundary conditions specified during manufacturing. The present study aims at characterizing the residual stress states in the SLM parts using different diffraction methods. The material used is the nickel based superalloy Inconel 718. Microstructure as well as the surface and bulk residual stresses were characterized. For the residual stress analysis, X-ray, synchrotron and neutron diffraction methods were used. The measurements were performed at BAM, at the EDDI beamline of -BESSY II synchrotron- and the E3 line -BER II neutron reactor- of the Helmholtz-Zentrum für Materialien und Energie (HZB) Berlin. The results reveal significant differences in the residual stress states for the different characterization techniques employed, which indicates the dependence of the residual state on the penetration depth in the sample. For the surface residual stresses, longitudinal and transverse stress components from X-ray and synchrotron agree well and the obtained values were around the yield strength of the material. Furthermore, synchrotron mapping disclosed gradients along the width and length of the sample for the longitudinal and transverse stress components. On the other hand, lower residual stresses were found in the bulk of the material measured using neutron diffraction. The longitudinal component was tensile and decreased towards the boundary of the sample. In contrast, the normal component was nearly constant and compressive in nature. The transversal component was almost negligible. The results indicate that a stress re-distribution takes place during the deposition of the consecutive layers. Further investigations are planned to study the phenomenon in detail.
Keywords
Additive Manufacturing, Selective Laser Melting, Residual Stresses
Published online 9/11/2018, 6 pages
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Citation: A. Kromm, S. Cabeza, T. Mishurova, N. Nadammal, T. Thiede, G. Bruno, ‘Residual Stresses in Selective Laser Melted Samples of a Nickel Based Superalloy’, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 6, pp 259-264, 2018
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21741/9781945291890-41
The article was published as article 41 of the book Residual Stresses 2018
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