About this Abstract | 
  
   
    | Meeting | 
    2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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    | Symposium 
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    Friction Stir Welding and Processing XII
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    | Presentation Title | 
    Neutron/X-ray Testing on Al6061 Prepared by Solid-state Friction Stir Additive Manufacturing | 
  
   
    | Author(s) | 
    Saber  Nemati, Les  Butler, Gerry  Knapp, Kyungmin  Ham, Selami  Emanet, Hamed  Ghadimi, Congyuan  Zeng, Shengmin  Guo | 
  
   
    | On-Site Speaker (Planned) | 
    Shengmin  Guo | 
  
   
    | Abstract Scope | 
    
Solid-state Friction Stir Additive Manufacturing has recently gained attention as a result of its capacity to fabricate large-scale parts while preserving mechanical properties of the feedstock material. However, the correlation between the quality of layer-by-layer bonding of the deposited metal and processing parameters has remained unknown. Neutron and X-ray imaging techniques are employed for Al6061 parts fabricated by MELDŽ Technology as a non-destructive evaluation approach to investigate the layer-by-layer structure of a MELD part in different sections. The post-processed results show the fabricated parts with an optimized set of processing parameters are void-free. The local temperature effect during fabrication was detected by Neutron/X-ray testing. | 
  
   
    | Proceedings Inclusion? | 
    Planned:  | 
  
 
    | Keywords | 
    Additive Manufacturing, Aluminum, Process Technology |