Understanding the materials performance of additive manufactured stainless steel components in high temperature water

了解增材制造不锈钢部件在高温水中的材料性能

• 批准号: 2879262
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Manchester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2879262
• 关键词: Understanding; materials; performance; additive; manufactured

Austenitic stainless steels and Ni base alloys are extensively used in the primary circuit internals of pressurized water reactors (PWR) due to their high corrosion resistance properties. However, it is also well known that materials processing can have a strong impact on the susceptibility to stress corrosion cracking (SCC) of these materials when exposed in high temperature aqueous environment water coolant under active loading. Historically, components have been manufactured via conventional manufacturing routes, such as forging and welding; however, there is the desire to produce near net shape components via additive manufacturing thanks to the reduce machining costs, more agile manufacturing, and shorter lead times. However, there is currently insufficient knowledge on the impact of the metallurgical quality of the material produced by such processes on the materials performance. It is critical, therefore, to have a fundamental understanding of the relationship between manufacturing via modern near-to-net-shape manufacturing technologies, such as laser powder bed fusion, so that potential degradation caused by changes to current manufacturing practices can be judged. This, in turn, requires a scientifically-based understanding of the various underlying mechanisms influencing/controlling the environmental degradation and their linking to the end effects.SCC is one of the most insidious forms of materials degradation and its initiation behaviour in as manufactured components are major technical challenges. Although the SCC performance of stainless steels, Ni-base alloys in light water reactors environments has been studied extensively, the SCC data are not available for components produced using near-net-shape technologies. The overall aim of this project is to characterise the microstructure of additively manufactured (AM) stainless steels produced via laser powder bed fusion, and compare the mechanical properties (tensile strength, fracture toughness) and susceptibility to environmentally assisted cracking (EAC) of material in the three conditions of interest: forged, AM and heat treated. The secondary aim is to develop an understanding of the processing-microstructure-mechanical property relationships at work, and hence suggest process alterations to optimise material performance.

奥氏体不锈钢和镍基合金由于其高耐腐蚀性能而广泛用于压水堆（PWR）的一次回路内部。然而，众所周知，当材料在主动负载下暴露于高温含水环境水冷却剂中时，材料加工会对这些材料的应力腐蚀开裂（SCC）敏感性产生强烈影响。从历史上看，部件是通过传统的制造路线制造的，例如锻造和焊接；然而，由于加工成本降低、制造更灵活和交货时间更短，人们希望通过增材制造生产近净形状部件。然而，目前对于此类工艺生产的材料的冶金质量对材料性能的影响还知之甚少。因此，对现代近净成形制造技术（例如激光粉末床熔合）制造之间的关系有一个基本的了解至关重要，以便能够判断当前制造实践的变化所引起的潜在退化。反过来，这需要对影响/控制环境退化的各种潜在机制及其与最终影响的联系有科学的了解。SCC 是最隐蔽的材料退化形式之一，其在制造的组件中的引发行为是主要技术挑战。尽管轻水反应堆环境中不锈钢、镍基合金的 SCC 性能已得到广泛研究，但使用近净形技术生产的部件尚无法获得 SCC 数据。该项目的总体目标是表征通过激光粉末床熔合生产的增材制造 (AM) 不锈钢的微观结构，并比较材料的机械性能（拉伸强度、断裂韧性）和环境辅助开裂 (EAC) 敏感性。感兴趣的三种条件：锻造、增材制造和热处理。第二个目标是加深对工作中加工-微观结构-机械性能关系的理解，从而提出工艺变更建议以优化材料性能。