Printing orientation effects on microstructure in LPBF-manufactured SS316L subjected to fatigue
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Kopec, M., Przygucka, D., Pawlik, M., Wood, P., Jóźwiak, S. and Kowalewski, Z.L. 2025. Printing orientation effects on microstructure in LPBF-manufactured SS316L subjected to fatigue. MRS Communications. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-025-00835-5
| Authors | Kopec, M., Przygucka, D., Pawlik, M., Wood, P., Jóźwiak, S. and Kowalewski, Z.L. |
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| Abstract | In this paper, printing orientation effects on the microstructure and fatigue behavior of SS316L produced via Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) were studied. Specimens printed in Z (vertical), XY (horizontal), and ZX (45°) orientations were subjected to cyclic loading in the range from ± 300 to ± 500 MPa. EBSD analysis revealed that XY-oriented samples had superior fatigue resistance due to low-angle grain boundaries, while Z-oriented samples showed increased high-angle grain boundaries, leading to early crack initiation. |
| Keywords | SS316L; Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF); Fatigue resistance |
| Year | 2025 |
| Journal | MRS Communications |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-025-00835-5 |
| Web address (URL) | https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-025-00835-5 |
| Publisher's version | File Access Level Open |
| Output status | Published |
| Publication dates | |
| Online | 24 Sep 2025 |
| Publication process dates | |
| Accepted | 12 Sep 2025 |
| Deposited | 03 Oct 2025 |
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