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Effect of Heat Input on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of 316L Stainless Steel Fabricated by Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing

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Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) as an emerging process to fabricate and repair big objects. In this investigation, thin-walled 316L Stainless steel parts were deposited utilizing the CMT-WAAM process. The effect of various heat input on changing the process parameters of Weld Current (WC), Travel Speed (TS) and Wire Feed Speed (WFS) on microstructure features and mechanical qualities were explored. The microstructure studies comprises the formation of both equiaxed and columnar grains. As TS values decreases, the coarse and equiaxed grains would increase in the various 316L deposited parts. EBSD analysis reveals the formation of strong (100) texture in the building direction of deposit parts. Micro-hardness studies demonstrates a hardness value increases from 210 to 240 HV under the effects of variation of TS and WFS values. In addition, the tensile properties indicates that the samples produced at TS: 4.1 m/min and WFS: 4.8 m/min possess the superior Ultimate Tensile Strength (UTS): 459.3 MPa, Yield Strength (YS): 277.5 MPa and Elongation (EL): 39%. Fracture morphology reveals the formation of dimples and micro-voids in the deposit samples and confirms the ductile mode fracture. WAAM process deposited at the TS: 4.1 m/min & WFS: 4.8 m/min exhibits the increase in both tensile and micro-hardness properties and good forming quality assist compared to other deposited samples.

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Gowthaman, P.S., Jeyakumar, S. & Sarathchandra, D. Effect of Heat Input on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of 316L Stainless Steel Fabricated by Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing. J. of Materi Eng and Perform (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-023-08312-7

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