Fretting wear behavior and wear mechanism of selective laser melting IN738LC alloy with various loads and micro-structures

In this study, the ambient temperature fretting wear behavior and the wear mechanisms of the Selective Laser Melting prepared IN738LC alloy with various micro-structures were systematically investigated under varying load conditions (35N, 100N). The results indicate that the running states of fretting gradually transitions from the gross slip regime (GSR) to the mixed slip regime (MSR) as the load increases. The HT-2 samples (Unimodal precipitation, hardness 512 HV) present more fine homogeneous and dense secondary γ′ phase compared with HT-1 (Bimodal precipitation, hardness 487 HV) and As-built (No precipitation, hardness 392 HV) counterpart, which result in excellent wear resistance. The main fretting wear mechanisms for all samples were oxidation wear, abrasive wear, fatigue wear.