Mechanical behaviour, microstructure and texture studies of wire arc additive manufactured 304L stainless steel

Minnam Reddy Suryanarayana Reddy; Guttula Venkata Sarath Kumar; Topalle Bhaskar; Subhasis Sahoo; Mekala Chinababu; Katakam Sivaprasad

doi:10.1515/ijmr-2022-0302

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Mechanical behaviour, microstructure and texture studies of wire arc additive manufactured 304L stainless steel

Minnam Reddy Suryanarayana Reddy , Guttula Venkata Sarath Kumar , Topalle Bhaskar , Subhasis Sahoo , Mekala Chinababu and Katakam Sivaprasad

Published/Copyright: October 16, 2023

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From the journal International Journal of Materials Research Volume 114 Issue 10-11

Abstract

Wire arc melting is considered one of the most efficient processes in additive manufacturing in terms of material printed to material consumed ratio. 304 stainless steel is one of the prominent stainless steels with superior corrosion resistance and mechanical properties. 304 stainless steel components were deposited by wire arc additive manufacturing, depositing subsequent layers in the same and perpendicular directions. Mechanical properties, microstructure, XRD and microtexture studies were done by EBSD have been done for both the conditions and compared. Mechanical properties were found to be similar for both the conditions whereas the microstructure and microtexture showed equiaxed grains for depositing in the same direction and columnar grains for deposition in the perpendicular direction.

Keywords: EBSD; Microstructure; WAAM; XRD

Corresponding author: Katakam Sivaprasad, Advanced Materials Processing Laboratory, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology Trichy, Tiruchirappalli 620 015, Tamil Nadu, India, E-mail: ksp@nitt.edu

Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.
Research funding: None declared.

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Received: 2022-06-28

Accepted: 2022-07-24

Published Online: 2023-10-16

Published in Print: 2023-10-27

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