Nanoindentation Creep Behavior of Additively Manufactured H13 Steel by Utilizing Selective Laser Melting Technology.

Evangelos Giarmas, Emmanouil K Tzimtzimis, Nikolaos Kladovasilakis, Dimitrios Tzovaras, Dimitrios Tzetzis

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Metal Additive Manufacturing: Design, Performance, and Applications.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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Evangelos GiarmasDigital Manufacturing and Materials Characterization Laboratory, School of Science and Technology, International Hellenic University, 14th km Thessaloniki-Moudania, Thermi, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece.

Emmanouil K TzimtzimisDigital Manufacturing and Materials Characterization Laboratory, School of Science and Technology, International Hellenic University, 14th km Thessaloniki-Moudania, Thermi, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece.

Nikolaos KladovasilakisDigital Manufacturing and Materials Characterization Laboratory, School of Science and Technology, International Hellenic University, 14th km Thessaloniki-Moudania, Thermi, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6594-8770

Dimitrios TzovarasCentre for Research and Technology Hellas-Information Technologies Institute (CERTH/ITI), 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece.

Dimitrios TzetzisDigital Manufacturing and Materials Characterization Laboratory, School of Science and Technology, International Hellenic University, 14th km Thessaloniki-Moudania, Thermi, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5006-5759

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Nowadays, H13 hot work steel is a commonly used hot work die material in the industry; however, its creep behavior for additively manufactured H13 steel parts has not been widely investigated. This research paper examines the impact of volumetric energy density (VED), a critical parameter in additive manufacturing (AM), and the effect of post heat-treatment nitrification on the creep behavior of H13 hot work tool steel, which is constructed through selective laser melting (SLM), which is a powder bed fusion process according to ISO/ASTM 52900:2021. The study utilizes nanoindentation tests to investigate the creep response and the associated parameters such as the steady-state creep strain rate. Measurements and observations taken during the holding phase offer a valuable understanding of the behavior of the studied material. The findings of this study highlight a substantial influence of both VED and nitrification on several factors including hardness, modulus of elasticity, indentation depth, and creep displacement. Interestingly, the creep strain rate appears to be largely unaltered by these parameters. The study concludes with the observation that the creep stress exponent (

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additive manufacturingcreep propertiesnanoindentationselective laser melting

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PMID39124419

DOI10.3390/ma17153756

PMCPMC11313469

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