Automated system for high-throughput process-structure-property dataset generation of structural materials: A γ/γ′ superalloy case study
We present an automated high-throughput method capable of gathering 2400 data points relating processing conditions, microstructure geometry and yield strength in just 13 days. An estimated 200 times faster than conventional methods using tensile testing specimens, a complete Process-Structure-Prope...
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| description | We present an automated high-throughput method capable of gathering 2400 data points relating processing conditions, microstructure geometry and yield strength in just 13 days. An estimated 200 times faster than conventional methods using tensile testing specimens, a complete Process-Structure-Property (P-S-P) dataset is created from a single sample. The method is demonstrated by example of the aging heat treatment process of a γ/γ′ superalloy. By aging the sample in a temperature gradient, a wide range of aging process temperatures is mapped over the sample length. Structure analysis consists of fully automated, nanometer-resolution FE-SEM scanning, with precipitate fraction, size and shape distributions determined by automatic image analysis using the Python programming language. Mechanical properties are evaluated by nanoindentation inverse analysis, an approach combining instrumented indentation data with pile-up analysis to calculate stress/strain curves. While the necessary topographic data is typically acquired using atomic force microscopy, a significant speedup was achieved by automatic indent detection and scanning using Angular selective Backscatter FE-SEM analysis. As a method to rapidly assemble comprehensive and consistent P-S-P datasets, we expect it to facilitate efficient alloy design, given a vast majority of modeling approaches still heavily rely on empirical data. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c9db9d9bea0b49c9898a777fc7fd7bf92025-06-28T05:29:11ZengElsevierMaterials & Design0264-12752025-08-01256114279Automated system for high-throughput process-structure-property dataset generation of structural materials: A γ/γ′ superalloy case studyThomas Hoefler0Ayako Ikeda1Toshio Osada2Toru Hara3Kyoko Kawagishi4Takahito Ohmura5Corresponding authors.; Research Center for Structural Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, NIMS, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0047, JapanResearch Center for Structural Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, NIMS, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0047, JapanCorresponding authors.; Research Center for Structural Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, NIMS, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0047, JapanResearch Center for Structural Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, NIMS, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0047, JapanResearch Center for Structural Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, NIMS, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0047, JapanResearch Center for Structural Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, NIMS, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0047, JapanWe present an automated high-throughput method capable of gathering 2400 data points relating processing conditions, microstructure geometry and yield strength in just 13 days. An estimated 200 times faster than conventional methods using tensile testing specimens, a complete Process-Structure-Property (P-S-P) dataset is created from a single sample. The method is demonstrated by example of the aging heat treatment process of a γ/γ′ superalloy. By aging the sample in a temperature gradient, a wide range of aging process temperatures is mapped over the sample length. Structure analysis consists of fully automated, nanometer-resolution FE-SEM scanning, with precipitate fraction, size and shape distributions determined by automatic image analysis using the Python programming language. Mechanical properties are evaluated by nanoindentation inverse analysis, an approach combining instrumented indentation data with pile-up analysis to calculate stress/strain curves. While the necessary topographic data is typically acquired using atomic force microscopy, a significant speedup was achieved by automatic indent detection and scanning using Angular selective Backscatter FE-SEM analysis. As a method to rapidly assemble comprehensive and consistent P-S-P datasets, we expect it to facilitate efficient alloy design, given a vast majority of modeling approaches still heavily rely on empirical data.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127525006999High-throughput methodNanoindentationImage analysisγ/γ′ superalloyAging heat treatment |
| spellingShingle | Thomas Hoefler Ayako Ikeda Toshio Osada Toru Hara Kyoko Kawagishi Takahito Ohmura Automated system for high-throughput process-structure-property dataset generation of structural materials: A γ/γ′ superalloy case study Materials & Design High-throughput method Nanoindentation Image analysis γ/γ′ superalloy Aging heat treatment |
| title | Automated system for high-throughput process-structure-property dataset generation of structural materials: A γ/γ′ superalloy case study |
| title_full | Automated system for high-throughput process-structure-property dataset generation of structural materials: A γ/γ′ superalloy case study |
| title_fullStr | Automated system for high-throughput process-structure-property dataset generation of structural materials: A γ/γ′ superalloy case study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Automated system for high-throughput process-structure-property dataset generation of structural materials: A γ/γ′ superalloy case study |
| title_short | Automated system for high-throughput process-structure-property dataset generation of structural materials: A γ/γ′ superalloy case study |
| title_sort | automated system for high throughput process structure property dataset generation of structural materials a γ γ superalloy case study |
| topic | High-throughput method Nanoindentation Image analysis γ/γ′ superalloy Aging heat treatment |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127525006999 |
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