Browsing by Author "Wang, Xueyuan"

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    Crack path selection at the interface of wrought and wire + arc additive manufactured Ti–6Al–4V
    (Elsevier, 2016-05-12) Zhang, Jikui; Zhang, Xiang; Wang, Xueyuan; Ding, Jialuo; Traoré, Yéli; Paddea, Sanjooram; Williams, Stewart W.
    Crack propagation deviation tendency in specimens containing an interface between wrought alloy substrate and Wire + Arc Additive Manufacture (WAAM) built Ti–6Al–4V is investigated from the viewpoints of microstructure, residual stress and bi-material system. It is found that a crack initiated at the interface tends to grow into the substrate that has equiaxed microstructure and lower resistance to fatigue crack propagation. Experimental observations are interpreted by finite element modelling of the effects of residual stress and mechanical property mismatch between the WAAM and wrought alloy. Residual stresses retained in the compact tension specimens are evaluated based on measured residual stress in the initial WAAM built wall. Cracks perpendicular to the interface kept a straight path owing to the symmetrical residual stress distribution. In this case the tangential stress in bi-material model is also symmetric and has the maximum value at the initial crack plane. In contrast, cracks parallel to the interface are inclined to grow towards the substrate due to the mode II (or sliding mode) stress intensity factor caused by the asymmetric residual stress field. Asymmetric tangential stress in the bi-material model also contributes to the observed crack deviation trend according to the maximum tangential stress criterion.
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    Fatigue crack growth in additive manufactured titanium: residual stress control and life evaluation method development
    (VTT Information Service, 2017-06-09) Zhang, Xiang; Martina, Filomeno; Syed, Abdul Khadar; Wang, Xueyuan; Ding, Jialuo; Williams, Stewart W.
    This paper presents fatigue crack growth behaviour in titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V built by the Wire + Arc Additive Manufacture (WAAM®) process. Process induced residual stress and stress relief by cold working were measured by neutron diffraction and contour methods. Residual stress retained in the compact tension test specimens was evaluated by the finite element method based on the measured stresses in the WAAM wall. Fatigue crack growth rate in as-built and stress relieved conditions are discussed with respect of the effects of material build orientation, residual stress, and microstructure characteristics. Key conclusions are: (a) residual stresses arising from the WAAM process can be controlled and reduced significantly by cold working. Residual stress retained in compact tension specimens is low, resulting in low residual stress intensity factor. (b) Microstructure affects fatigue crack growth rate in twodifferent material’s build orientations. (c) Fatigue crack growth rate in WAAM Ti-6Al-4V is lower than that in traditional wrought plate, with and without the residual stress relief. Therefore, WAAM is a viable additive manufacture process to produce aerospace titanium alloys for damage tolerance design.