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Fatigue failure mechanisms for AlSi10Mg manufactured by L-PBF under axial and torsional loads: The role of defects and residual stresses
Full text linkAdditive Manufacturing (AM) is with no doubt the most revolutionary manufacturing process developed in the last two decades. Despite the indisputable advantages of this technology, the poor surface quality of net-shape components, the presence of internal defects and the development of process induced residual stresses still represent the main problems for the fatigue strength of critical stressed components. In previous works investigating the same alloy, the uniaxial fatigue strength of both machined and net-shape specimens was correlated with the defect size through a Kitagawa diagram, allowing to describe the problem from the threshold perspective. The aim of this work is to extend this approach by investigating the failure mechanisms under torsion in presence of manufacturing defects, both volumetric and superficial anomalies. Specimens manufactured with laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) technique out of AlSi10Mg, featuring both machined and net-shape surface state, were tested and analysed. The two experimental campaigns allow to investigate the competition between internal defects and superficial features and their effect on the fatigue performances. Tests wereperformedundertwoloadingconditions,namelyfullyreversetorsion( =−1)andpositivetorqueratio ( = 0.1). It was found that for the net-shape specimens manufacturing residual stresses have a key role in influencing fatigue strength of this material, making the fatigue limit in torsion of the two considered loading conditions comparable. All the tested specimens failed onto a maximum principal stress plane, which is in line with multiaxial tests performed on a cast A356-T6 aluminium alloy. In some relatively high shear stresses there is a competition between Mode I and Mode II crack propagation, whose threshold condition is controlled by th,I
Strain localizations in notches for a coarse-grained Ni-based superalloy: Simulations and experiments
Full text linkAlloys used for turbine blades have to safely sustain severe thermomechanical loadings during service such as, for example, centrifugal loadings, creep and high temperature gradients. For these applications, cast Ni-based superalloys characterized by a coarse-grained microstructure are widely adopted. This microstructure dictates a strong anisotropic mechanical behaviour and, concurrently, a large scatter in the fatigue properties is observed. In this work, Crystal Plasticity Finite Element (CPFE) simulations and strain measurements performed by means of Digital Image Correlations (DIC) were adopted to study the variability introduced by the coarse-grained microstructure. In particular, the CPFE simulations were calibrated and used to simulate the effect of the grain cluster orientations in proximity to notches, which reproduce the cooling air ducts of the turbine blades. The numerical simulations were experimentally validated by the DIC measurements. This study aims to predict the statistical variability of the strain concentration factors and support component design
Benchmark of a probabilistic fatigue software based on machined and as-built components manufactured in AlSi10Mg by L-PBF
Full text linkThe possibility to obtain optimized components with a reduced weight is the main driver of space and aeronautic industries in seriously considering the metal additive manufacturing (AM) technology for production.
Despite the incontrovertible advantages offered by this manufacturing technique, the material produced is
usually affected by the presence of internal defects, a poor surface quality, and process-induced residual
stresses. These features strongly affect the fatigue performance and reproducibility of AMed parts, limiting
the adoption of deterministic criteria for fatigue assessment. A probabilistic approach is therefore needed for
the analysis of critical and structural components. To this aim, a fully probabilistic finite element (FE) postprocessor, ProFACE, was developed by part of the authors to assess the fatigue strength and critical locations
of complex components in the presence of process-induced defects. A wide benchmark activity was supported
by the European Space Agency (ESA) to test the software capabilities for the life prediction of components
manufactured in AlSi10Mg by L-PBF. After tuning ProFACE parameters based on the results obtained on
standard fatigue specimens, the software was used to estimate the fatigue life of the components obtaining a
good description of the experimental dataset for both volumetric and surface defects. The software was then
used to explore the effect of the variability of the most significant parameters affecting fatigue strength of
AlSi10Mg AMed components
Analysis of Fatigue Strength of L-PBF AlSi10Mg with Different Surface Post-Processes: Effect of Residual Stresses
Full text linkSpace and aerospace industries has been starting in the recent years the replacement process of parts and components obtained by traditional manufacturing processes with those produced by Additive Manufacturing (AM). The complexity of the obtainable parts makes, in general, challenging the superficial post processing of some zones, making a stringent requirement the investigation of the fatigue performances of components with rough superficial state or machined. The aim of this work is then to analyse and compare the fatigue performances of an additively manufactured (AMed) AlSi10Mg material considering both the effects of the manufacturing defects and residual stresses related to three different superficial states, namely machined, net-shape and sandblasted. The residual stress profiles of the three superficial states were found to play a key role in determining the fatigue properties of the analysed material, while the manufacturing defects at the failure origin were found to be comparable among the three series. To take into account the combined effect of residual stresses and manufacturing defects a fracture mechanics approach was considered for the estimation of the fatigue performances in both infinite and finite life regimes. It was found that by considering the nominal measured residual stress profiles in the fracture mechanics model the estimations were satisfactory compared to the experimental data-point. To increase the accuracy of the fatigue life estimations a series of numerical analyses were performed aimed to investigate the residual stresses relaxation during the cyclic loading. The adoption of the relaxed residual stress profiles in the fracture mechanics model resulted in good estimations respect to the experimental data-points, highlighting the necessity in adopting such developed approaches during the design phase of AM parts and components
Anisotropic mechanical and fatigue behaviour of Inconel718 produced by SLM in LCF and high-temperature conditions
Full text linkAdditive manufacturing (AM) is one of the processes with the most potential for producing components used in internal combustion engines and features high efficiency due to the possibility of building very complex shapes. Several drawbacks of parts produced using AM are still unresolved, like poor surface quality, the presence of internal defects and anisotropic mechanical behaviour, which all contribute to decreasing the fatigue strength compared with the material produced using conventional processes. The effect of building direction on both the macroscopic mechanical behaviour and the crack propagation mechanism of Ni-base superalloy Inconel718 produced using AM was investigated under the combined effect of low cycle fatigue (LCF) and high temperature. The different crack growth mechanisms investigated using compact tension (CT) specimens, tested at high temperature, showed a significant difference between the two building directions. The LCF fatigue experiments also showed a significant difference in the ε-N curves from the two directions together with a high level of scatter due to the dispersion of the defect size at the fracture origin. The dimensions of the defects (as measured using the (Formula presented.) parameter) were analysed by means of extreme value statistics and showed a significant difference between the two orientations investigated. The aim of this work is to propose a simplified approach (based on ΔJeff concepts) to estimate the fatigue life of a component produced using AM that takes into account the material variability due to the combined effect of mechanical anisotropic behaviour and the presence of defects at high-temperature conditions
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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