About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Additive Manufacturing of Refractory Metallic Materials
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| Presentation Title |
Advancing state of the art of printable refractory alloys for space |
| Author(s) |
Fuyao Yan, John Aristeidakis, Ida S. Berglund |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Ida S. Berglund |
| Abstract Scope |
A novel printable Ta-Nb-based alloy for space applications was developed using ICME. The Tanbium alloy went from a clean sheet design to a hot fire test of a printed satellite thruster in less than three years. It is now being optimized for other space components with demanding property requirements, produced via L-PBF and DED. This work aims to showcase the computational development of Tanbium, including the integration of multi-scale and multi-physics computational methods, which allowed for its rapid design, and also demonstrate its property trade-offs and benefits compared with incumbent materials (e.g., C103, IN718). Not only can the Tanbium alloy provide a superior alternative to existing alloys or enable new propulsion solutions, but the ICME framework can be used to eliminate or reduce costly and time-consuming experimental trials, optimize processing parameters, and identify novel compositions and property combinations for a variety of needs in aerospace, space and energy industries. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
High-Entropy Alloys, ICME, Additive Manufacturing |