Strain-controlled fatigue loading of an additively manufactured AISI 316L steel: Cyclic plasticity model and strain–life curve with a comparison to the wrought material

Low cycle fatigue (LCF) regime was experimentally studied for a 316L steel additively manufactured by laser-powder bed fusion (L-PBF), a material widely used in sectors that require a reliable durability analysis. Material cyclic elastoplastic behavior is described by the Chaboche-Voce combined plasticity model, which displayed a great degree of accuracy. The fatigue life was modeled by both invoking the Manson-Coffin curve and other simplified models derived from static properties of the material; some of which showed remarkably good accuracy. A quantitative comparison with a wrought-processed 316L steel displayed a markedly different cyclic elastoplastic response but comparable fatigue strengths.