Browsing by Author "Yang, Dongqing"

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    Element partitioning and electron backscatter diffraction analysis from feeding wire to as-deposited microstructure of wire and arc additive manufacturing with super duplex stainless steel
    (Elsevier, 2019-12-24) Zhang, Xiaoyong; Wang, Kehong; Zhou, Qi; Kong, Jian; Peng, Yong; Ding, Jialuo; Diao, Chenglei; Yang, Dongqing; Huang, Yong; Zhang, Tao; Williams, Stewart W.
    The redistribution of alloying elements and the crystallographic characterizations in wire and arc additive manufactured (WAAM) super duplex stainless steel (SDSS) was investigated from the wire to the final as-deposited structure. The results showed that elemental partitioning between austenite and ferrite was suppressed in the last layer and the solidified droplet. The high Ni content but low Cr and N contents in the initial state of the intragranular austenite (IGA) confirmed the predominance of the chromium nitrides acted as the nucleation sites. Gathering of nitrogen was found more distinct in the coarsening IGA, Widmanstätten austenite (WA) than the grain boundary austenite (GBA). The columnar epitaxial ferrite presented a strong <001> texture in the deposition direction, while the <001> and <101> orientations was found in the austenite. Random orientations of the intragranular secondary austenite was revealed. The Rotated Cube texture of the austenite grains were consumed by the “recrystallization” textures (Brass, Rotated Brass, Cu, R, E, and F) caused by the austenite reformation. The low-angle interphase boundaries between austenite and ferrite were predominated in the as-deposited wall, and, at which, the K–S orientation took the crucial part. A Taylor factor analysis revealed that through fabrication via additive process, the austenite became oriented “harder” and contributed most to good mechanical properties. The textured microstructure contributed about a 2.6% higher engineering strain in the Z direction and a 27.8 MPa higher yield strength in the X direction.
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    Microstructure and mechanical properties of TOP-TIG-wire and arc additive manufactured super duplex stainless steel (ER2594)
    (Elsevier, 2019-07-02) Zhang, Xiaoyong; Wang, Kehong; Zhou, Qi; Ding, Jialuo; Ganguly, Supriyo; Marzio, Grasso; Yang, Dongqing; Xu, Xiangfang; Dirisu, Philip; Williams, Stewart W.
    As the excellent combination of mechanical properties and corrosion resistance for super duplex stainless steel, a prospective method – Wire and Arc Additive Manufacturing – for fabricating this material was proposed, and a wall component was deposited in this study. The microstructure of the as-deposited wall was carefully analyzed along with the variation of mechanical properties. The results revealed that, in the wall-body, the austenite/ferrite phase balance was broken by the overgrowing the austenite phase. During this process, the intergranular secondary austenite leading the increase of austenite phase together with some contributions made by the precipitation of intragranular secondary austenite. Propagation of the intermetallic phases, chi and sigma phase, was not the major reason for the low impact toughness in the last layer area and the root region. Instead, the presence of CrN and “inclusions” (Cr2N and impurities) took the main responsibility not only in the impact toughness but also the ductility. The anisotropic analysis revealed that the UTS and elongation appeared distinct difference in vertical and horizontal direction samples. The varieties in YS were eliminated by the nitrogen work hardening effect to a large extent.