About this Abstract | 
  
   
    | Meeting | 
    10th International Symposium on Superalloy 718 and Derivatives (2023)
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    | Symposium 
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    Superalloy 718 and Derivatives
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    | Presentation Title | 
    Design of Graded Transition Interlayer for Joining Inconel 740H Superalloy with P91 Steel using Wire-arc Additive Manufacturing  | 
  
   
    | Author(s) | 
    Soumya  Sridar, Xin  Wang, Mitra  Shabani, Michael  Klecka, Wei  Xiong | 
  
   
    | On-Site Speaker (Planned) | 
    Soumya  Sridar | 
  
   
    | Abstract Scope | 
    
Design of an efficient interlayer is imperative for joining dissimilar materials using additive manufacturing to achieve smooth variation in properties. In this work, two graded transition interlayers were designed using a CALPHAD-based ICME framework (CALPHAD: Calculation of Phase Diagrams; ICME: Integrated Computational Materials Engineering) for joining Inconel 740H superalloy with P91 steel. Successful builds with the designed interlayers (60 and 85 wt.% P91) sandwiched between the constituent materials were fabricated using wire-arc additive manufacturing. The 60 wt.% P91 interlayer was found to exhibit an FCC matrix while the 85 wt.% P91 interlayer had a martensitic matrix. A two-step post-heat treatment consisting of homogenization and aging was designed. The key temperatures for each step were determined supported by CALPHAD-prediction of phase stability diagrams. The 60 wt.% P91 graded interlayer showed no improvement in hardness after aging. This agrees with the CALPHAD model predictions, which showed a lack of γ’ precipitates after aging for this composition. The hardness of 85 wt.% P91 improved considerably after aging with an optimum aging time of 8 hours. In addition, mechanical tests were performed to determine the location of failure as well as tensile properties. The 60% P91 graded interlayer builds failed at the interlayer while the 85% P91 build failed in the pure P91 region. This proves that the post-heat treated 85% P91 is much stronger than the pure P91 and hence, the strategy used in this work is successful for design of interlayers for dissimilar joining. | 
  
   
    | Proceedings Inclusion? | 
    Definite: At-meeting proceedings |