Robust additive manufacturable Ni superalloys designed by the integrated optimization of local elemental segregation and cracking susceptibility criteria

Robust additive manufacturable Ni superalloys designed by the integrated optimization of local elemental segregation and cracking susceptibility criteria

Yu, Hao (Northeastern University China)
Fu, Jiabo (Northeastern University China)
Wang, Chenchong (Northeastern University China)
Chen, Yinping (Northeastern University China)
Wang, Lingyu (Northeastern University China)
Fang, Haixing (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility; Grenoble INP; Université Grenoble Alpes; Université de Lyon)
Li, Jinguo (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
van der Zwaag, S. (TU Delft Group Garcia Espallargas)
Xu, Wei (Northeastern University China)

2024

To achieve an effective design of additively manufacturable Ni superalloys with decent service performance, a hybrid computational design model has been developed, where the strategy to tailor local elemental segregations was integrated within a scheme of minimizing the cracking susceptibility. More specifically, the phase boundary of primary NbC / γ matrix was introduced into the design routine to tune the spatial distribution of critical solutes at an atomic scale, thereby inhibiting the formation of borides and segregation-induced cracking. Based on the output of the design, new grades of Ni superalloy have been developed with excellent additive manufacturability, as confirmed by the robustness of printing parameters in fabricating low-defect-density samples. The capability of the phase boundaries to evenly distribute boron atoms was validated experimentally, and the cracking induced by uncontrolled boron segregation at grain boundaries was effectively prevented. The newly designed alloys showed good tensile properties and decent oxidation resistance at different service temperatures, which are comparable to those of conventionally produced superalloys. The finding that phase boundaries can be employed to prevent undesirable clustering of boron atoms can be extended to manipulate the distributions of other critical elements, which provides a new path for designing novel Ni superalloys with balanced printability and mechanical properties.

Additive manufacturability
Boron segregation
Computational design
Ni superalloys
Phase boundaries

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6db4d1fa-a4ec-4374-8154-e226fdbf194d

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2024.119658

2024-07-08

1359-6454

Acta Materialia, 266

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© 2024 Hao Yu, Jiabo Fu, Chenchong Wang, Yinping Chen, Lingyu Wang, Haixing Fang, Jinguo Li, S. van der Zwaag, Wei Xu