Modeling Microsegregation during Metal Additive Manufacturing: Impact of Dendrite Tip Kinetics and Finite Solute Diffusion

Hariharan, VS and Nithin, B and Ruban Raj, L and Makineni, SK and Murty, BS and Phanikumar, G (2023) Modeling Microsegregation during Metal Additive Manufacturing: Impact of Dendrite Tip Kinetics and Finite Solute Diffusion. In: Crystals, 13 (5).

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Abstract

Rapid solidification during metal additive manufacturing (AM) leads to non-equilibrium microsegregation, which can result in the formation of detrimental phases and cracking. Most of the microsegregation models assume a Scheil-type solidification, where the solidification interface is planar and there exists a local equilibrium at the interface along with either zero or infinite solute diffusion in the respective participating phases—solid and liquid. This assumption leads to errors in prediction. One has to account for finite solute diffusion and the curvature at the dendritic tip for more accurate predictions. In this work, we compare different microsegregation models, that do and do not consider finite diffusion and dendrite tip kinetics, against experiments. We also propose a method to couple dendrite tip kinetics with the diffusion module (DICTRA®) implemented in Thermo-Calc®. The models which accounted for both finite diffusion and dendrite tip kinetics matched well with the experimental data.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Crystals
Publisher:	MDPI
Additional Information:	The copyright for this article belongs to the MDPI.
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy)
Date Deposited:	09 Jul 2023 17:34
Last Modified:	09 Jul 2023 17:34
URI:	https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/82090

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