Evolution of Microstructure, Residual Stress, and Tensile Properties of Additively Manufactured Stainless Steel Under Heat Treatments

Xinchang Zhang; Michael D. McMurtrey; Liang Wang; Robert C. O’Brien; Ching Heng Shiau; Yun Wang; Randall Scott; Yang Ren; Cheng Sun

doi:10.1007/s11837-020-04433-9

Evolution of Microstructure, Residual Stress, and Tensile Properties of Additively Manufactured Stainless Steel Under Heat Treatments

Xinchang Zhang
, Michael D. McMurtrey
, Liang Wang
, Robert C. O’Brien
, Ching Heng Shiau
, Yun Wang
, Randall Scott
, Yang Ren
, Cheng Sun^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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This study investigated the microstructure, residual stress, and tensile properties of directed energy deposited stainless steel 316L (SS316L) under thermal annealing. Microstructure characterization shows the as-printed sample has laser-generated patterns where dendritic structure is observed at the edge of the patterns and cellular structure dominates the interior region. The thermal annealing at 983 and 1093°C effectively removes the dendritic/cellular structures. Synchrotron x-ray diffraction reveals that the as-printed SS316L exhibits compressive residual stress of − 197.4 MPa, which is greatly relieved to − 53.8 MPa after annealing at 1093°C. The room temperature tensile testing indicates that the yield strength and ultimate tensile strength drop from 378 MPa and 502 MPa in the as-printed sample to 258 MPa and 446 MPa in the annealed samples (1093°C), respectively. Our study provides insights into the relationship among microstructure, residual stress, and tensile properties of laser additive manufactured SS316L.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4167-4177
Number of pages	11
Journal	JOM
Volume	72
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-020-04433-9
Publication status	Published - Dec 2020
Externally published	Yes

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