Scope |
It is the purpose of this symposium to move toward that expanded understanding by providing a forum to present research results from investigations into fatigue and fracture behavior of additive manufacturing of metals.
The symposium will be organized into seven sessions:
1. Microstructure-based Fatigue Studies on Additive-Manufactured Materials (Jointly organized with Fatigue in Materials Symposium)
2. Fatigue Modeling and Prediction
3. Critical Flaw Size Investigations
4. New Fatigue and Fracture Test Methods (e.g. small-scale techniques)
5. Processing-Structure-Property Fatigue and Fracture Investigations (see details below)
6. Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) Techniques in Fatigue and Fracture
7. Corrosion, Environmental, Residual Stress, and Surface Roughness Effects on Fatigue and Fracture
Processing-structure-property-performance relationships pertinent to this symposium include the following. Processing includes machine settings (e.g. layer thickness), melt parameters (e.g. energy density), post-processing (e.g. heat treatment, surface treatment), and feedstock variables (e.g. flowability, spreadability, particle size distribution) that can directly impact fatigue and fracture performance of parts. Structure includes crystallographic microstructure (e.g. texture), internal defects (e.g. pores, inclusions), external defects (e.g. surface roughness), residual stress, and chemistry. Properties include all fatigue and fracture properties (e.g. high-cycle fatigue, low-cycle fatigue, linear elastic fracture toughness (KIc), elastic-plastic fracture toughness (J-int), fatigue crack growth rate, and impact toughness (Charpy)). Performance includes any end-product testing. |