Pub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-02-06DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2026.119248
Jiancheng Jiang , Yiqiao Song , Siyuan Chen , Yu Wang , Zhi Li , Yongxiang Hu
Surface morphology transitions driven by mismatch strains constitute a fundamental mechanical paradigm ubiquitous in manufacturing processes, such as panel forming. Laser peen forming (LPF) is an innovative and versatile forming process that incrementally shapes metallic panels into various types of surfaces through thousands of laser shocks spot-by-spot. However, the nonlinear bending behavior of LPF remains insufficiently understood. This study reveals that nonlinear deformation in LPF is a bifurcation-dominated nonlinear bending behavior driven by mismatch strain, which is fundamentally influenced by geometric nonlinearity. An analytical model was developed based on equivalent eigenstrain, enabling efficient predictions of nonlinear bending curvatures. Experimental characterization of 2024-T351 aluminum alloy plates across varying dimensions reveals clear bifurcation behavior, where the global morphology transitions from a double-curved to a single-curved configuration as the structure enters the nonlinear regime. Parametric studies using the analytical model provide a comprehensive understanding of the bifurcation behavior, elucidating that the dimensions of the plate significantly affect bifurcation behavior, as confirmed by experimental results. An energy-based analysis of a non-Euclidean plate reveals that bifurcation behavior arises from the competition between stretching and bending energies. An explicit bifurcation criterion is derived for identifying the critical bifurcation point. This work advances the fundamental understanding of mismatch strain-induced morphological transitions and establishes a theoretical framework for the design and stability control of shape morphing structures across different manufacturing processes and applications.
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Although Laser shock peening (LP) has been used to significantly mitigate hydrogen embrittlement (HE) in alloys, it has been limited by challenges such as a thin layer of relatively discrete surface grains, as well as increased surface roughness, which limits its anti-HE effects. Therefore, ultrasonic surface rolling post-treated laser peening (ULP), which generates a gradient microstructure on the surface of alloys through a combination of ultrasonic surface rolling process (USRP) and LP, was used in this study to improve the hydrogen-induced plasticity loss resistance of 2205 duplex stainless steel. The microstructural evolution, mechanical properties, and resistance to hydrogen-induced plasticity loss of 2205 duplex stainless steel treated by LP, USRP, and ULP were comparatively analyzed. The results show that ULP achieves a significantly higher residual compressive stress than individual LP or USRP treatments. ULP also significantly improves surface roughness, leads to more effective grain refinement with complex grain boundaries, and forms a deeper nanogradient structure on the surface. Additionally, the ULP-induced beneficial microstructural features, such as uniformly distributed high-density dislocations, complex duplex structures, etc., synergistically hinder the migration of hydrogen atoms. This significantly improves the mechanical properties and the hydrogen-induced plasticity loss resistance of 2205 duplex stainless steel. The application of ULP provides new opportunities for expanding the use of surface deformation-strengthening technologies to prevent HE in alloys.
{"title":"Mitigating hydrogen embrittlement in 2205 duplex stainless steel through ultrasonic surface rolling post-treated laser peening","authors":"Emmanuel Agyenim-Boateng , Shu Huang , Jie Sheng , Yufei Hou , Chaojun Zhao , Qinqing Sha , Jinjin Wen , Shuai Zhang , Yutang Qi , Zhipeng Tan , Mingliang Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2026.119236","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2026.119236","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although Laser shock peening (LP) has been used to significantly mitigate hydrogen embrittlement (HE) in alloys, it has been limited by challenges such as a thin layer of relatively discrete surface grains, as well as increased surface roughness, which limits its anti-HE effects. Therefore, ultrasonic surface rolling post-treated laser peening (ULP), which generates a gradient microstructure on the surface of alloys through a combination of ultrasonic surface rolling process (USRP) and LP, was used in this study to improve the hydrogen-induced plasticity loss resistance of 2205 duplex stainless steel. The microstructural evolution, mechanical properties, and resistance to hydrogen-induced plasticity loss of 2205 duplex stainless steel treated by LP, USRP, and ULP were comparatively analyzed. The results show that ULP achieves a significantly higher residual compressive stress than individual LP or USRP treatments. ULP also significantly improves surface roughness, leads to more effective grain refinement with complex grain boundaries, and forms a deeper nanogradient structure on the surface. Additionally, the ULP-induced beneficial microstructural features, such as uniformly distributed high-density dislocations, complex duplex structures, etc., synergistically hinder the migration of hydrogen atoms. This significantly improves the mechanical properties and the hydrogen-induced plasticity loss resistance of 2205 duplex stainless steel. The application of ULP provides new opportunities for expanding the use of surface deformation-strengthening technologies to prevent HE in alloys.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":367,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materials Processing Technology","volume":"349 ","pages":"Article 119236"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146074290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-02-03DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2026.119242
Adnan Saifan , Bassiouny Saleh , Minghui Hong , Silu Chen
Conventional peening methods often struggle to achieve uniform, controllable strengthening on thin-walled and complex components under combined thermo–mechanical loading. This study develops a robotized ultrasonic multi-needle peening (UMNP) system and a validated experimental–numerical framework for automated process planning and transferable mechanism-based design. The process decouples robotic coverage control (trajectory, speed, step-over) from local impact severity (ultrasonic amplitude, air pressure, stand-off) using a 65-needle array that provides stochastic impacts with spatial averaging. A parameterized multi-needle FE model (ABAQUS/Python), informed by high-speed measurements of needle-tip velocity distributions, predicts plastic indentation and residual-stress profiles with deviation and is demonstrated on both a thin-walled AISI 316 cylindrical shell (circumferential segmentation with rotary indexing) and a flat plate (raster zig-zag tracks). Two stable regimes (UMNP-2: 21 m; UMNP-3: 35 m amplitude) bound the operating window and establish impact energy density and overlap/coverage as governing design rules. For AISI 316 stainless steel cylindrical shell tested at 10–40 N and 25–300 °C, the high-energy regime produces a 532 m graded hardened layer, increases surface hardness to 410 HV (113%), and introduces peak compressive residual stress of with EBSD-confirmed grain refinement to 9 m. A wear-mechanism transition is identified: wear increases at 100 °C due to brittle oxide spallation but decreases at 200–300 °C via a stable Cr2O3-rich tribo-oxide, improving wear resistance by 33% at 300 °C (with friction–wear decoupling). The combined automation strategy and validated modeling framework enable scalable surface engineering of thin-walled and non-axisymmetric components for aerospace, energy, and marine applications.
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Pub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-01-29DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2026.119229
Chen Li , Quanxin Shi , Peng Lin , Xinyuan Wu , Hongjie Liu , Wei Liang , Shuyong Jiang
Rolled magnesium alloy sheets often develop a pronounced basal texture, which adversely affects the mechanical properties and formability and thus restricts their potential applications. Therefore, it is of great significance to eliminate the basal texture and thus improve formability of magnesium alloy sheets. A novel texture modification process based on cross compressive restrictive alignment (CCRA) is proposed to activate tensile twins and thus introduce orthogonally distributed textures in AZ31 magnesium alloy. Consequently, CCRA process results in a weakened basal texture where the intensity is reduced from 11 to 2.5 as well as a considerable grain refinement where the grain size is decreased from 10 to 2.22 μm. The presence of (102) - (012) twins plays a positive role in improving the basal texture through dynamic recrystallization (DRX). Coupling the Hill48 yield criterion with the Johnson-Cook model, a new model is established to investigate influence of preset twins on deep drawability of magnesium alloy sheets by combining finite element simulation with process experiment. Consequently, preset twins are found to effectively weaken in-plane anisotropy of the sheets. Furthermore, it is found that recrystallization mechanisms for pre-twinned magnesium alloy samples are dominant discontinuous DRX (DDRX) along with continuous DRX (CDRX) and twinning-assisted DRX (TDRX). This study investigates the recrystallization behavior of pre-twinned sheets during hot deformation and develops corresponding finite element models to simulate their forming behavior, successfully filling the research gap concerning the hot deep drawing behavior and recrystallization mechanisms of pre-twinned structures. Meanwhile, the CCRA process is applicable to the secondary processing of large-sized sheets, opening up a new avenue for addressing the anisotropy issue of large-sized magnesium alloy sheets in the industrial sector.
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The current study investigated pellet-assisted laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) as an effective approach to fabricate immiscible Copper-Tungsten (Cu-W) and Copper-Niobium (Cu-Nb) composites, enabling tunable microstructures and enhanced properties. While Cu-based immiscible composites are attractive for their mechanical, wear, and thermal performance, their fabrication remains a long-standing challenge due to phase segregation. Additive manufacturing (AM) offers a pathway to overcome these challenges, yet systematic studies on immiscible systems are still limited. In this study, compacted powder pellets were processed by laser melting under optimized parameters (laser power, laser head speed) to achieve complete melting of the Cu matrix, while preserving W and Nb as solid dispersoids. The addition of W and Nb significantly altered solidification behaviors, inducing equiaxed-columnar transitions and non-linear property trends. Cu-Nb composites exhibited yield strengths of 23–66 MPa, while Cu-W composites reached 74–124 MPa, both outperforming LPBF Cu (∼38 MPa). Thermal transport was markedly improved, with temperature gradients reduced from 8.8 °C (pure Cu) to 4.4 °C (Cu-2wt%W) and 3.8 °C (Cu-2wt%Nb). Wear resistance and coefficient of friction (COF) were also enhanced. To rationalize microstructure evolution and secondary reinforcement distribution, a three-dimensional (3D) Discrete Element Method-Computational Fluid Dynamics (DEM-CFD) model was developed, providing mechanistic insight into melt pool dynamics, temperature variation, and dispersoid distribution. Fundamentally, this study establishes pellet-assisted LPBF with laser parameter optimization as a generic processing pathway for immiscible alloys, offering a transferable framework to control microstructural evolution and achieve tailored properties in otherwise incompatible material systems.
{"title":"Immiscible Cu-W and Cu-Nb composites processed by pellet-based laser additive manufacturing","authors":"Rakesh Das , Pawan Kumar Dubey , Nirmal Kumar Katiyar , Vidhyadhar Mishra , Suman Sarkar , Suman Sarkar , Indranil Manna , Suman Chakraborty , Chandra Sekhar Tiwary","doi":"10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2026.119217","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2026.119217","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The current study investigated pellet-assisted laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) as an effective approach to fabricate immiscible Copper-Tungsten (Cu-W) and Copper-Niobium (Cu-Nb) composites, enabling tunable microstructures and enhanced properties. While Cu-based immiscible composites are attractive for their mechanical, wear, and thermal performance, their fabrication remains a long-standing challenge due to phase segregation. Additive manufacturing (AM) offers a pathway to overcome these challenges, yet systematic studies on immiscible systems are still limited. In this study, compacted powder pellets were processed by laser melting under optimized parameters (laser power, laser head speed) to achieve complete melting of the Cu matrix, while preserving W and Nb as solid dispersoids. The addition of W and Nb significantly altered solidification behaviors, inducing equiaxed-columnar transitions and non-linear property trends. Cu-Nb composites exhibited yield strengths of 23–66 MPa, while Cu-W composites reached 74–124 MPa, both outperforming LPBF Cu (∼38 MPa). Thermal transport was markedly improved, with temperature gradients reduced from 8.8 °C (pure Cu) to 4.4 °C (Cu-2wt%W) and 3.8 °C (Cu-2wt%Nb). Wear resistance and coefficient of friction (COF) were also enhanced. To rationalize microstructure evolution and secondary reinforcement distribution, a three-dimensional (3D) Discrete Element Method-Computational Fluid Dynamics (DEM-CFD) model was developed, providing mechanistic insight into melt pool dynamics, temperature variation, and dispersoid distribution. Fundamentally, this study establishes pellet-assisted LPBF with laser parameter optimization as a generic processing pathway for immiscible alloys, offering a transferable framework to control microstructural evolution and achieve tailored properties in otherwise incompatible material systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":367,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materials Processing Technology","volume":"349 ","pages":"Article 119217"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146034847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Achieving controllable impact-induced plastic deformation in geometrically confined internal cavities remains a fundamental challenge in advanced surface engineering. Here, a magnetically driven impact treatment (MDIT) is proposed as a model experimental platform, in which specially engineered magnetic core–shell shots driven by an external rotating magnetic field enable uniform and repeatable impacts on internal surfaces. In contrast to conventional techniques such as roller/ball-burnishing, ultrasonic shot peening, or surface mechanical attrition treatment, which are largely restricted to external surfaces and often deteriorate surface finish, the MDIT process developed here enables the simultaneous enhancement of surface hardness and surface finish. Experimental results on commercially pure titanium (CP-Ti) tubes show the formation of a surface gradient layer approximately 20–30 μm thick, with a 130 % increase in surface hardness and a tenfold reduction in surface roughness (Ra: 1.11 μm to 0.13 μm). Microstructural analysis reveals dense dislocation networks and deformation twins in the subsurface layer, indicating that twin–dislocation substructures, rather than grain refinement, dominate the strengthening mechanism. Real-time force monitoring confirms process stability with impact frequencies of ∼200 Hz. Beyond the specific configuration studied, the findings provide transferable insights into impact-based surface processing, with implications for strengthening and finishing different metallic materials, as well as tubular components used in aerospace, nuclear energy, and biomedical systems.
{"title":"A novel magnetically driven impact treatment for internal surface enhancement of titanium tubes","authors":"Chongrui Wang , Yu Zhang , Siyu Tian , Zhanjie Zhang , Jiong Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2026.119218","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2026.119218","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Achieving controllable impact-induced plastic deformation in geometrically confined internal cavities remains a fundamental challenge in advanced surface engineering. Here, a magnetically driven impact treatment (MDIT) is proposed as a model experimental platform, in which specially engineered magnetic core–shell shots driven by an external rotating magnetic field enable uniform and repeatable impacts on internal surfaces. In contrast to conventional techniques such as roller/ball-burnishing, ultrasonic shot peening, or surface mechanical attrition treatment, which are largely restricted to external surfaces and often deteriorate surface finish, the MDIT process developed here enables the simultaneous enhancement of surface hardness and surface finish. Experimental results on commercially pure titanium (CP-Ti) tubes show the formation of a surface gradient layer approximately 20–30 μm thick, with a 130 % increase in surface hardness and a tenfold reduction in surface roughness (Ra: 1.11 μm to 0.13 μm). Microstructural analysis reveals dense dislocation networks and deformation twins in the subsurface layer, indicating that twin–dislocation substructures, rather than grain refinement, dominate the strengthening mechanism. Real-time force monitoring confirms process stability with impact frequencies of ∼200 Hz. Beyond the specific configuration studied, the findings provide transferable insights into impact-based surface processing, with implications for strengthening and finishing different metallic materials, as well as tubular components used in aerospace, nuclear energy, and biomedical systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":367,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materials Processing Technology","volume":"349 ","pages":"Article 119218"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145974769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-01-10DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2026.119216
Teng Yang , Jitesh Kumar , Yuqi Jin , Brian Squires , Selvamurugan Palaniappan , Jacob Spencer , Sai Kumar Dussa , Zhaochen Gu , Andrey A. Voevodin , Narendra B. Dahotre
<div><div>The present study aimed to conduct <em>in situ</em> composition monitoring during laser-based additive manufacturing of TiZrMoAl<sub>x</sub> refractory complex concentrated alloy (RCCA) using Laser Energy-Assisted Breakdown Spectroscopy (LEABS) system integrated with machine learning (ML). The fs-LEABS system employs an ultra-fast femtosecond pulsed laser (250 fs pulse width, 1 kHz repetition rate) that achieves superior signal-to-noise ratios through athermal ablation mechanisms. This approach yields SNR values of approximately 9 for <em>in situ</em> measurements compared to approximately 5 for conventional <em>ex situ</em> measurements, while minimizing thermal background interference inherent to high-temperature additive manufacturing environments. This in turn assisted in revealing the well-defined characteristic atomic spectral emission lines, which were used for reliable, accurate, real-time quantitative elemental composition analysis. A physics-informed approach based on the ratio of integrated peak areas was combined with ML models to effectively track and interpret composition changes in near real-time. Additionally, a high-speed translation system with high spatial resolution integrated with femtosecond laser energy-assisted breakdown spectroscopy (fs-LEABS) facilitated rapid spatial analysis during AM fabrication involving blended elemental powders with significantly different melting temperatures. During Ti/Zr/Mo/Al RCCA fabrication, Al loss due to vaporization was semi-quantitatively estimated using <em>in situ</em> ML assisted laser energy assisted breakdown spectroscopy analysis. Given that Al has a lower vaporization temperature than Mo, its loss by evaporation was monitored to adjust the Ti/Zr/Mo/Al blend composition accordingly. The proposed system not only provides averaged experimental composition values but also delivers track-by-track, layer-by-layer analysis. This detailed mapping reveals clear vaporization transition behaviors affected by <em>in situ</em> heat accumulation, which align with the behavior predicted by numerical simulations. The Random Forest Regression model achieved R² = 0.95 with mean absolute error of 0.37 at.% and mean absolute percentage error of 5.32 %, successfully predicting aluminum content variations from 4 to 14 at.% in real-time during multi-track, multi-layer fabrication. Validation against Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy measurements confirmed the system's capability to detect aluminum losses of 3–5 at.% under processing conditions with laser fluence inputs ranging from 120 to 160 J/mm³ . This approach provides a means to monitor and compensate for Al elemental loss, enabling process optimization by tuning the powder composition or adjusting processing parameters to minimize elemental depletion. Although the present work focuses on aluminum vaporization monitoring in TiZrMoAl<sub>x</sub> refractory alloys where elements exhibit significantly different melting and evaporation temp
{"title":"Machine learning aided in situ monitoring of compositional variation during laser additive manufacturing of refractory alloy","authors":"Teng Yang , Jitesh Kumar , Yuqi Jin , Brian Squires , Selvamurugan Palaniappan , Jacob Spencer , Sai Kumar Dussa , Zhaochen Gu , Andrey A. Voevodin , Narendra B. Dahotre","doi":"10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2026.119216","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2026.119216","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The present study aimed to conduct <em>in situ</em> composition monitoring during laser-based additive manufacturing of TiZrMoAl<sub>x</sub> refractory complex concentrated alloy (RCCA) using Laser Energy-Assisted Breakdown Spectroscopy (LEABS) system integrated with machine learning (ML). The fs-LEABS system employs an ultra-fast femtosecond pulsed laser (250 fs pulse width, 1 kHz repetition rate) that achieves superior signal-to-noise ratios through athermal ablation mechanisms. This approach yields SNR values of approximately 9 for <em>in situ</em> measurements compared to approximately 5 for conventional <em>ex situ</em> measurements, while minimizing thermal background interference inherent to high-temperature additive manufacturing environments. This in turn assisted in revealing the well-defined characteristic atomic spectral emission lines, which were used for reliable, accurate, real-time quantitative elemental composition analysis. A physics-informed approach based on the ratio of integrated peak areas was combined with ML models to effectively track and interpret composition changes in near real-time. Additionally, a high-speed translation system with high spatial resolution integrated with femtosecond laser energy-assisted breakdown spectroscopy (fs-LEABS) facilitated rapid spatial analysis during AM fabrication involving blended elemental powders with significantly different melting temperatures. During Ti/Zr/Mo/Al RCCA fabrication, Al loss due to vaporization was semi-quantitatively estimated using <em>in situ</em> ML assisted laser energy assisted breakdown spectroscopy analysis. Given that Al has a lower vaporization temperature than Mo, its loss by evaporation was monitored to adjust the Ti/Zr/Mo/Al blend composition accordingly. The proposed system not only provides averaged experimental composition values but also delivers track-by-track, layer-by-layer analysis. This detailed mapping reveals clear vaporization transition behaviors affected by <em>in situ</em> heat accumulation, which align with the behavior predicted by numerical simulations. The Random Forest Regression model achieved R² = 0.95 with mean absolute error of 0.37 at.% and mean absolute percentage error of 5.32 %, successfully predicting aluminum content variations from 4 to 14 at.% in real-time during multi-track, multi-layer fabrication. Validation against Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy measurements confirmed the system's capability to detect aluminum losses of 3–5 at.% under processing conditions with laser fluence inputs ranging from 120 to 160 J/mm³ . This approach provides a means to monitor and compensate for Al elemental loss, enabling process optimization by tuning the powder composition or adjusting processing parameters to minimize elemental depletion. Although the present work focuses on aluminum vaporization monitoring in TiZrMoAl<sub>x</sub> refractory alloys where elements exhibit significantly different melting and evaporation temp","PeriodicalId":367,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materials Processing Technology","volume":"349 ","pages":"Article 119216"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145974771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-01-08DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2026.119210
Weiqi Yang , Yekun Feng , Sujun Liu , Lili Xing , Dongbai Sun , Di Yu , Peng He , Tiesong Lin , Jincheng Lin
Dissimilar joining of GH5188 and GH3536 superalloys faces the long-standing problem of interfacial brittleness and limited ductility. This challenge mainly originates from oxide-film retention, insufficient diffusion, and carbide accumulation at the bonding interface. To resolve these issues, we developed a low-temperature spark plasma diffusion bonding (SPDB) route combined with a post-bond heat treatment, where pulsed-current-induced local heating, oxide-film disruption and short-range mass transport provide clear processing advantages over conventional diffusion bonding. Key experiments demonstrate that a defect-free joint can be produced at 850 °C within only 10 min, forming a straight bonded line containing MnCr₂O₄ spinel, M₂₃C₆ carbides and deformed solid solutions, with a tensile strength of 524 MPa but limited elongation (15.2 %). Subsequent heat treatment at 1100 °C for 1 h triggers interfacial recrystallisation, cross-interface grain growth, and partial dissolution/redistribution of interfacial M₂₃C₆ carbides, transforming the sharp bond line into a recrystallized and compositionally graded diffusion zone. As a result, the joint achieves a strength of 721 MPa and an elongation of 33.8 % at room temperature. At 700 °C, the post-treated joint maintains a strength of 428 MPa and an elongation of 18.2 %, which are 1.75 and 3.37 times higher than those of the as-bonded joint, accompanied by a fracture-mode transition from interfacial cleavage to ductile failure. Overall, this study demonstrates a SPDB + heat treatment strategy capable of overcoming the metallurgical incompatibility of Co-/Ni-based superalloys and achieving a stable strength-ductility synergy at both ambient and elevated temperatures.
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Pub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-01-08DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2025.119193
Yue Qiu , Minjie Song , Yilin Wang , Shaoning Geng , Leshi Shu , Wei Wang
High-power laser-arc hybrid welding is a critical technology for achieving single-pass double-sided welding of medium-thick components, while the mechanisms of defect formation and suppression, as well as the microstructural effects on mechanical performance under full penetration, remain unclear. This study integrates extensive welding experiments with an advanced ray-tracing based computational fluid dynamics model to systematically reveal the formation mechanisms and suppression strategies of incomplete penetration, root humping, and upper surface collapse. In addition, electron backscatter diffraction analysis clarifies the microstructural strengthening mechanisms governing weld performance. On this basis, both a wide process window for stable weld formation and a refined window for high-performance welding are established. Experimental results show that laser power and welding velocity mainly affect the morphology of the lower weld surface, whereas wire feeding rate predominantly controls the upper surface. Simulations demonstrate that in the incomplete penetration state, the keyhole–molten pool system exhibits quasi-periodic oscillations, driven by the cyclic expansion and contraction of the keyhole bottom opening, resulting in periodic fluctuations of penetration depth. Root humping and upper surface collapse are primarily caused by the violent keyhole fluctuations at the keyhole bottom. Both experiments and simulations confirm that matching high laser power with high welding velocity and wire feeding rate effectively suppresses these fluctuations, reducing the standard deviation of keyhole area variation from 0.094 mm² to 0.065 mm². Under fully penetrated conditions, a moderate heat input intensifies molten pool convection, which leads to dendrite fragmentation and the formation of new intragranular nucleation sites. This process intensifies the lateral competition growth between grains, promotes grain refinement, increases dislocation density, and elevates the fraction of high-angle grain boundaries. Meanwhile, the enlarged mushy zone and extended solidification time facilitate the δ to γ transformation, collectively improving tensile strength. Accordingly, an optimized and wide process window for well-formed welds is defined by laser power of 10–18 kW, welding velocity of 20–36 mm/s, and wire feeding rate of 233–333 mm/s. Within this window, the high-quality and high-strength process window, defined by a laser power of 15–18 kW, welding velocity of 24–36 mm/s, and wire feeding rate of 233–290 mm/s, enables stable full penetration and defect-free morphology on both sides, achieving single-pass welding of 10 mm-scale medium-thick components.
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Pub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-01-15DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2026.119222
Xuewei Yan , Wenxue Hu , Zhao Zhao , Zheng Chen , Dejian Sun , Qingyan Xu
Repairing single-crystal superalloy components with cost-effective polycrystalline alloy represents a significant metallurgical challenge, primarily due to the difficulty in suppressing stray grain formation during epitaxial growth. This study investigated the deposition of IN718 onto DD6 single-crystal substrates via laser-directed energy deposition. An orthogonal design for single-track experiments was first employed to optimize the processing window, achieving a maximum epitaxial ratio of 0.455. To reveal the solidification mechanisms governing stray grain formation, the melt pool dynamics and thermal history were analyzed using a coupled thermo-fluid model. A critical processing-microstructure correlation was identified in single-layer deposition: increasing the overlap ratio from 35 % to 50 % induced a marked increase in stray grain fraction, which is contrary to conventional expectations. Mechanism analysis reveals that this mainly stems from the evolution of melt pool geometry; the altered curvature of the fusion boundary reorients the local thermal gradient vectors, thereby changing the tendency of oriented-to-misoriented transition and columnar-to-equiaxed transition at the track overlap regions. Guided by these mechanistic insights, a multi-layer deposition strategy was developed to maintain the thermal conditions required for continuous epitaxial growth. These findings offer critical insights into the microstructural control mechanisms governing the hybrid repair of single-crystal components with dissimilar alloys.
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