Integrity Assessment of Electron‐Beam‐Welded Joints of Additively Manufactured AlSi10Mg Components

Laser‐based powder bed fusion of metals (PBF‐LB/M) is found to be a promising processing method for the fabrication of components with no limits of complexity by adding layers upon layers of material. However, drawbacks such as productivity and dimension limitations adversely affect the employment of components processed by additive manufacturing (AM) in envisaged applications. This brings welding and joining techniques into play to integrate AM metal parts into larger assemblies. In the present study, electron beam welding is used to join the AlSi10Mg specimens, fabricated via two different manufacturing processes, that is, PBF‐LB/M and casting. The main focus is to study the quasistatic and fatigue behavior of similar and dissimilar welded joints in different combinations, namely AM–AM, AM–cast, and cast–cast, alongside thorough microstructure analysis, to investigate the correlation between the microscopic and macroscopic properties. Dissimilar welded joints demonstrate inferior material strength. This fact can be attributed to the inherent coarse microstructure of the cast material. Although similar welded joints of AM components suffer from high porosity in the weld zone, they are characterized by a better fatigue life, which can be attributed to the equiaxed eutectic microstructure in the welded area.

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Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Integrity Assessment of Electron‐Beam‐Welded Joints of Additively Manufactured AlSi10Mg Components ; day:28 ; month:11 ; year:2023 ; extent:12
Advanced engineering materials ; (28.11.2023) (gesamt 12)

Creator
Moeini, Ghazal
Merghany, Mohamed
Vogelsang, Joerg
Sajadifar, Seyed Vahid
Tenkamp, Jochen
Niendorf, Thomas
Walther, Frank

DOI
10.1002/adem.202301401
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023112914184034610874
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  • Moeini, Ghazal
  • Merghany, Mohamed
  • Vogelsang, Joerg
  • Sajadifar, Seyed Vahid
  • Tenkamp, Jochen
  • Niendorf, Thomas
  • Walther, Frank

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