About this Abstract |
Meeting |
MS&T21: Materials Science & Technology
|
Symposium
|
Additive Manufacturing: Processing, Microstructure and Material Properties of Titanium-based Materials
|
Presentation Title |
Vibration Bending Fatigue Analysis of Additively Repaired Ti-6Al-4V Airfoil Blades |
Author(s) |
Lucas Smith, Onome Scott-Emuakpor, Joy Gockel, Dino Celli, Brian Runyon |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Lucas Smith |
Abstract Scope |
Repairing airfoil blades is necessary to extend the life of turbine engines. Directed energy deposition (DED) additive manufacturing (AM) provides the ability to add material at a specific location on an existing component. In this work, AM repairs on Ti-6Al-4V airfoil blades were analyzed to determine what effect the repair will have on the blade performance in high cycle vibration fatigue testing. Targeted sections were cut out of airfoil blades near high stress locations and repaired using DED. To understand the defects that arose with this type of repair, computed tomography imaging was used to quantify the defects from the AM process. The blades were then tested until failure using vibration bending fatigue to simulate turbine engine loading conditions. Results suggest that understanding the impact of internal and surface level defects arising from the AM process is critical towards the implementation of AM repair in aerospace components under fatigue loading. |