@article {2206, title = {Analysis of the high cracking resistance of a Co Ni superalloy during laser additive manufacturing}, journal = {Scripta Materialia}, volume = {239}, year = {2024}, pages = {115770}, abstract = {

A newly developed CoNi-based superalloy is demonstrated to be tolerant of a wide range of laser powder bed fusion print conditions, with limited defect content and high relative densities. These promising traits motivated investigation of the structural uniformity in samples printed at the upper end of the scan velocity processing window (\>Image 1). A new misorientation metric, starting reference orientation deviation (SROD), was calculated from Image 2-scale 3D microstructure information to examine structure evolution during epitaxial growth of columnar grains. Misorientations of \>20\° were observed within the large columnar grains that grew through multiple build layers. The SROD observations highlight the CoNi superalloy\&$\#$39;s ability to plastically deform to high levels, as evidenced by misorientation gradients, across the range of temperatures experienced in laser additive manufacturing. Misorientation gradients within the columnar grain structure are high relative to Ni base superalloys, allowing for strengthening with high volume fractions of L12 precipitates.

}, keywords = {3D EBSD, Rapid solidification, Superalloy}, issn = {1359-6462}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2023.115770}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359646223004918}, author = {James Lamb and Kira M. Pusch and Andrew T. Polonsky and St{\'e}phane A.J. Forsik and Ning Zhou and Austin D. Dicus and Remco Geurts and McLean P. Echlin and Tresa M. Pollock} } @article {1576, title = {Growth accidents induced by primary γ{\textquoteright} precipitates in a polycrystalline nickel-based superalloy}, journal = {Scripta Materialia}, volume = {186}, year = {2020}, pages = {1{\textendash}5}, keywords = {3D EBSD, Annealing twin boundaries, Critical recrystallization, Nickel-base superalloy, Recrystallization}, issn = {1359-6462}, doi = {10.1016/j.scriptamat.2020.05.020}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2020.05.020}, author = {Charpagne, M A and Polonsky, A T and Echlin, M P and Jacomet, S and De Jaeger, J and De Graef, M and Bozzolo, N and Pollock, T M} } @article {1631, title = {Growth accidents induced by primary γ' precipitates in a polycrystalline nickel-based superalloy}, journal = {Scripta Materialia}, volume = {186}, year = {2020}, month = {09/2020}, pages = {109-113}, abstract = {

The development of overgrown grains during sub-solvus annealing of a polycrystalline\ \γ\−\γ\′\ nickel-base alloy is investigated, with special emphasis on the primary\ \γ\′ precipitates. Quantitative analysis conducted on a large three-dimensional electron back-scattered diffraction dataset reveals a high fraction of\ \γ\′ precipitates on the annealing twin boundaries in the large grains. When observed in-situ in a scanning electron microscope, the formation of annealing twins is correlated to the crossing of\ \γ\′ precipitates by moving grain boundaries. The role of precipitates in the occurrence of growth accidents is discussed.

}, keywords = {3D EBSD, Annealing twin boundaries, Critical recrystallization, Nickel-base superalloy, Recrystallization}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2020.05.020}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1359646220302979$\#$fig0005}, author = {M.A. Charpagne and A.T. Polonsky and M.P. Echlin and S. Jacomet and J. de Jaeger and M. De Graef and N. Bozzolo and T.M. Pollock} } @article {1586, title = {Twin related domain networks in Ren{\'e} 88DT}, journal = {Materials Characterization}, volume = {165}, year = {2020}, pages = {110365}, abstract = {

Annealing twins in wrought fcc materials have historically been characterized using simple 2D measures including morphology and volume fraction. Accurately describing twin related domain microstructure requires accounting for their complex 3D structure. A large microstructural volume of a nickel-base alloy Ren\é 88DT has been collected using TriBeam tomography for full characterization of a large number of complete twin related domains. A network based approach enables visualization of twin domain structures. Metrics adapted from graph theory enable the first quantitative 3D microstructure descriptions. The implications for fatigue properties in twinned nickel-base alloys are discussed.

}, keywords = {3D EBSD, Annealing twin boundaries, Graph theory, Nickel-base superalloy, Recrystallization, Tribeam, Twins}, issn = {10445803}, doi = {10.1016/j.matchar.2020.110365}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2020.110365}, author = {Lenthe, William C. and Echlin, Mclean P. and Stinville, Jean C. and De Graef, Marc and Pollock, Tresa M.} } @article {1511, title = {A 3D analysis of the onset of slip activity in relation to the degree of micro-texture in Ti{\textendash}6Al{\textendash}4V}, journal = {Acta Materialia}, volume = {181}, year = {2019}, pages = {36{\textendash}48}, abstract = {

The mechanical properties of titanium alloys result from their complex multi-scale microstructural features, including micron scale precipitates and millimeter scale microtextured regions (MTRs). While previous investigations have revealed that the presence of mm-scale MTRs can degrade mechanical properties, particularly fatigue, the accompanying strain localization processes that operate at the microscale within the \α grains in MTRs are not well understood. The present work is a mechanistic investigation of MTRs using crystal plasticity simulations of mm3-scale experimentally captured and synthetically generated 3D microstructure datasets. The explicit modeling of both the \α grains and MTRs in Ti\–6Al\–4V enables assessment of the effect of microtexture and local structure variations within the MTR on overall deformation behavior and the onset of plastic slip in MTRs. The presence of MTRs with a dominant [0001] orientation results in both stress and plastic strain hotspots during the early stages of straining. Crystal plasticity predictions are compared to previous digital image correlation studies on early strain localization. The influence of MTRs on the local stress and strain fields is discussed with regard to the monotonic tension, fatigue and dwell-fatigue behavior of titanium alloys.

}, keywords = {3D EBSD, Crystal plasticity, Macrozones, Microtexture, Titanium alloys}, issn = {13596454}, doi = {10.1016/j.actamat.2019.09.028}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2019.09.028}, author = {H{\'e}mery, S. and Na{\"\i}t-Ali, A. and Gu{\'e}guen, M. and Wendorf, J. and Polonsky, A. T. and Echlin, M. P. and Stinville, J. C. and Pollock, T. M. and Villechaise, P.} }