Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics in Additive Manufacturing

A special issue of Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing (ISSN 2504-4494).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 2071

Special Issue Editors

Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN 46323, USA
Interests: fatigue and fracture mechanics; metal additive manufacturing; structure-property relationships
1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN 37403, USA
2. Center of Excellence for Applied Computational Science and Engineering (SimCenter), The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN 37403, USA
Interests: additive manufacturing; fatigue and fracture mechanics; shape memory alloys; computational mechanics; mechanical behavior of materials
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Dear Colleagues,

Historically, meeting fatigue and durability certification requirements has proven to be challenging, especially for parts fabricated via novel manufacturing technologies such as additive manufacturing (AM). For highly regulated sectors, such as the aerospace and energy industries, the key challenge in the further adoption of metal AM is the qualification and certification of fabricated parts in applications whereby failure has major consequences. Thus, the fracture and fatigue-life assessment of metal AM parts is of major concern and must be addressed to fulfill the operational requirements and certification constraints for fatigue and fracture critical applications.

Fatigue strength and crack-propagation resistance are essential material properties for designing, optimizing, and managing the structural integrity of AM components. The major concern in the fatigue-life description of AM materials is the large degree of scatter in fatigue life and fatigue limit under similar loading conditions, mostly due to the presence of many process-induced defects and various kinds of heterogeneity (e.g., microstructure and residual stress). The development of robust and accurate models of damage formation, damage accumulation, and failure in AM materials demands accurate characterization of the material’s response to the combined effects of factors such as loading type, loading rate, and environmental conditions.

Research topics of interest include:

  • Structural integrity assessments of AM components;
  • Multi-scale, physics-based fatigue modeling of AM materials;
  • Computational fracture mechanics;
  • Fatigue and fracture of advanced AM materials;
  • High-temperature fatigue and fracture of AM materials;
  • Thermal–mechanical fatigue of AM materials;
  • Environmentally assisted crack growth in AM materials;
  • Residual stress effects on fatigue and fracture of AM materials;
  • Very high cycle fatigue (VHCF) of AM materials;
  • Multiaxial fatigue of AM materials.

Dr. Aref Yadollahi
Dr. Mohammad Mahtabi
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • crack nucleation
  • fatigue crack growth
  • small fatigue cracks
  • long crack thresholds
  • fatigue-life prediction
  • structural integrity
  • crack growth rate
  • damage formation
  • failure mechanism

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Effect of Post-Processing Treatment on Fatigue Performance of Ti6Al4V Alloy Manufactured by Laser Powder Bed Fusion
by Ane Miren Mancisidor, María Belén García-Blanco, Iban Quintana, Pedro José Arrazola, Elixabete Espinosa, Mikel Cuesta, Joseba Albizuri and Fermin Garciandia
J. Manuf. Mater. Process. 2023, 7(4), 119; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp7040119 - 22 Jun 2023
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Fatigue properties of parts are of particular concern for safety-critical structures. It is well-known that discontinuities in shape or non-uniformities in materials are frequently a potential nucleus of fatigue failure. This is especially crucial for the Ti6Al4V alloy, which presents high susceptibility to [...] Read more.
Fatigue properties of parts are of particular concern for safety-critical structures. It is well-known that discontinuities in shape or non-uniformities in materials are frequently a potential nucleus of fatigue failure. This is especially crucial for the Ti6Al4V alloy, which presents high susceptibility to the notch effect. This study investigates how post-processing treatments affect the mechanical performance of Ti6Al4V samples manufactured by laser powder bed fusion technology. All the fatigue samples were subjected to a HIP cycle and post-processed by machining and using combinations of alternative mechanical and electrochemical surface treatments. The relationship between surface properties such as roughness, topography and residual stresses with fatigue performance was assessed. Compressive residual stresses were introduced in all surface-treated samples, and after tribofinishing, roughness was reduced to 0.31 ± 0.10 µm, which was found to be the most critical factor. Fractures occurred on the surface as HIP removed critical internal defects. The irregularities found in the form of cavities or pits were stress concentrators that initiated cracks. It was concluded that machined surfaces presented a fatigue behavior comparable to wrought material, offering a fatigue limit superior to 450 MPa. Additionally, alternative surface treatments showed a fatigue behavior equivalent to the casting material. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics in Additive Manufacturing)
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