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Mechanical Behaviour, Microstructure and Texture Studies of Wire arc Additive Manufactured Corten Steels

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Corten steel is considered for its higher mechanical properties along with better corrosion resistance. As it is widely used in marine environment structures, early study on feasibility of wire arc additive manufacturing of components using Corten grade steel has been attempted in the present work. The layer deposits are made as subsequent layers in same and perpendicular directions. Samples are characterized for mechanical properties, microstructure, bulk and microtexture using X-ray and electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) and fractography. Almost similar properties are demonstrated in both similar and perpendicular directional deposits, and it is attributed to the tempering effect of the previous layer due to the heat generated during the deposition of the subsequent layer.

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The author KSP acknowledges the funding from Ministry of Education, India under the Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC/2018-2019/P361/SL). The authors thank Prof. I. Samajdar for his help in getting bulk texture and EBSD done in the central facility at IIT Bombay, India.

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  1. Advanced Materials Processing Laboratory, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 620 015, Tamil Nadu, India

    M. Suryanarayana Reddy & K. Sivaprasad

  2. Product Technology Group, Tata Steel, Chennai, 600 008, Tamil Nadu, India

    M. Suryanarayana Reddy & Topalle Bhaskar

  3. Advance Engineering, Ashok Leyland Technical Center, Vellivoyalchavdi, Chennai, 60103, Tamil Nadu, India

    Guttula Venkata Sarath Kumar

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Reddy, M.S., Kumar, G.V.S., Bhaskar, T. et al. Mechanical Behaviour, Microstructure and Texture Studies of Wire arc Additive Manufactured Corten Steels. Trans Indian Inst Met 76, 519–526 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-022-02725-z

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