Abstract

The 316L stainless steel part built by laser powder bed fusion has attracted much attention in recent years. However, current studies have not systematically revealed the influence of post-heat treatment on fatigue performance. In this study, we utilized two common heat treatment processes (450 °C anneal treatment and 1050 °C solution treatment) for 316L stainless steel and then discussed their influence on fatigue life and crack growth rate. It can be found that both the heat treatment processes led to a decrease in fatigue life. The 1050 °C solution treatment can decrease crack growth rate. This can be attributed to the increase in grain size and decline of carbide at the grain boundary. The former can lead to a longer propagation path. The latter may cause more and deeper secondary cracks along the propagation path, which exhaust more energy.

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