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Fatigue crack growth resistance of a mesoscale composite microstructure Haynes 282 fabricated via electron beam melting addit...

by Patxi Fernandez-zelaia, Julio C Ortega Rojas, James Ferguson, Sebastien N Dryepondt, Michael M Kirka
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Journal of Materials Science
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Materials synthesis via additive manufacturing gives unprecedented control over the solidified microstructure. While a number of studies have demonstrated the ability to produce spatially varying microstructures, little work exists to understand the behavior of such “composite” materials. In this work, we utilized electron beam melting to process Ni-based superalloy Haynes 282 and produce compact tension samples with a spatially varying mesoscale structure. Fatigue crack growth experiments reveal that the crack growth rate is dependent on the degree of microstructural heterogeneity. This work demonstrates that the crack growth resistance can be tailored within a component using electron beam melting additive manufacturing.