{"id":988,"date":"2026-02-25T10:33:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/r8993.hemsida.eu\/swedness\/?post_type=project&#038;p=988"},"modified":"2026-03-18T12:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:56:00","slug":"processing-structure-properties-relationship-in-metal-additive-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/r8993.hemsida.eu\/swedness\/projects\/processing-structure-properties-relationship-in-metal-additive-manufacturing\/","title":{"rendered":"Processing\u2013Structure\u2013Properties Relationship in Metal Additive Manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This project investigated how&nbsp;<strong>selective laser melting (SLM)<\/strong>&nbsp;can be used to design and produce metallic materials with tailored microstructures and properties. Using&nbsp;<strong>neutron imaging<\/strong>&nbsp;alongside complementary X-ray diffraction and microscopy methods, the research explored how processing parameters influence the crystallographic texture, amorphous phase formation, and magnetic behavior of advanced alloys, such as&nbsp;<strong>Zr-based metallic glass (AMZ4)<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>316L stainless steel<\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>MnAl(C) intermetallic compounds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The studies demonstrated how neutron-based characterization\u2014including&nbsp;<strong>diffraction, pair distribution function analysis, polarized neutron studies<\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>imaging<\/strong>\u2014helped reveal internal structural evolution, preferred grain orientation, and phase transitions during and after printing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The results contributed to a deeper understanding of the&nbsp;<strong>processing\u2013structure\u2013properties relationship<\/strong>&nbsp;in additive manufacturing, providing a foundation for developing new materials with optimized performance for engineering applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PhD: Victor Pacheco, Uppsala University (2021)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","project_category":[50],"research_theme":[40],"class_list":["post-988","project","type-project","status-publish","hentry","project_category-former","research_theme-engineering"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/r8993.hemsida.eu\/swedness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/r8993.hemsida.eu\/swedness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/r8993.hemsida.eu\/swedness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/r8993.hemsida.eu\/swedness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":989,"href":"https:\/\/r8993.hemsida.eu\/swedness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/988\/revisions\/989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/r8993.hemsida.eu\/swedness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/r8993.hemsida.eu\/swedness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_category?post=988"},{"taxonomy":"research_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/r8993.hemsida.eu\/swedness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research_theme?post=988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}