About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Additive Manufacturing: Advanced Characterization With Synchrotron, Neutron, and In Situ Laboratory-scale Techniques IV
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| Presentation Title |
Additive Manufacturing at the Materials Solutions Network at CHESS |
| Author(s) |
Arthur Woll, Christopher Budrow, J.Y. Peter Ko, Hilmar Koerner, Matthew Miller, Kelly E Nygren, Kirt Page, Paul Shade |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Arthur Woll |
| Abstract Scope |
The Materials Solutions Network at CHESS (MSN-C) is a sponsored program of the Air Force Research Laboratory created to develop and apply advanced X-ray techniques for mission-oriented materials challenges facing DoD and DoD-serving manufacturers. Improving characterization and performance of metal and polymer-based additively manufactured components is a high priority for many DoD applications and is therefore a major focus of MSN-C. In this presentation, we describe key features and capabilities of MSN-C, and how these capabilities have been leveraged to provide new perspectives and insights into AM-based processing and performance. In particular, we describe the application of high-energy diffraction-based methods to creating quantitative maps of residual stress in complex, thick (up to 3 cm steel) components, enabling side-by-side comparison with predictive models. Additionally, we describe real-time measurement of crystallization in 3D-printed semicrystalline thermoplastics and how such measurements are being generalized to polymer-based composites. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Additive Manufacturing, Characterization, Mechanical Properties |