Quantification and prediction of solidification textures under additive manufacturing conditions.

ABSTRACT: Crystallographic textures are a major determinant of the macroscale anisotropic properties of polycrystalline metallic alloys produced in a wide range of additive manufacturing (AM) processes. Here, we introduce a statistical method that can accurately quantify the degree of orientational order of textures despite the large random fluctuations in the orientation of individual grains inherent in AM processes. The method, demonstrated for laser and resolidification of AlSi thin films, extends Z-scoring to a dynamical regime to assess the statistical significance of observed textures compared to randomly generated ones at different stages of solidification. We further show that, combined with phase-field modeling, this method can be used to infer fundamental anisotropic properties of the soli

SUBMITTER: Zhong M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12753821 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature