Mechanisms controlling fracture toughness of additively manufactured stainless steel 316L

Additive manufacturing (AM) has emerged as an alternative tool to overcome the challenges in conventionally processed metallic components. It is gaining wide acceptability because of the superior properties of the manufactured components compared to their wrought processed counterparts. Among the available AM processed materials, austenitic stainless steel 316L is widely explored wherein an excellent strength-ductility trade-off has been...