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1792
National Ranking
681

Overview

Todd Palmer is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States and focuses primarily on engineering research. The main area of their work involves additive manufacturing processes and materials, with significant contributions to the understanding of defects, material behaviors, and corrosion in additively manufactured metals.

Their research spans several fields and subfields, including:

  • Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry

Palmer's notable research topics encompass:

  • Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
  • Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses
  • High Temperature Alloys and Creep
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • High Entropy Alloys Studies
  • Metallurgy and Material Forming
  • High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior

Their recent papers include:

  • Defects in Metal Additive Manufacturing Processes (2021), published in Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance
  • The Evolution of Oxygen-Based Inclusions in an Additively Manufactured Super-Duplex Stainless Steel (2021), published in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
  • Microstructural features contributing to macroscopic corrosion: The role of oxide inclusions on the corrosion properties of additively manufactured 316L stainless steel (2022), published in Corrosion Science
  • Influence of particle size on powder rheology and effects on mass flow during directed energy deposition additive manufacturing (2021), published in Powder Technology
  • Impact of hot isostatic pressing on the mechanical and microstructural properties of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V fabricated using directed energy deposition (2020), published in Materials Science and Engineering A

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Todd Palmer include:

  • Ian James Wietecha-Reiman
  • A.D. Iams
  • T. DebRoy
  • Stuart Sabol
  • Jayme Keist

Palmer's work has been published repeatedly in several key venues, reflecting a focus on materials science and engineering areas:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Materials Science and Engineering A
  • Corrosion Science
  • Powder Technology
  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Best Publications

  • Anisotropic tensile behavior of Ti-6Al-4V components fabricated with directed energy deposition additive manufacturing

    Beth E. Carroll;Todd A. Palmer;Allison M. Beese

  • Effect of processing parameters on microstructure and tensile properties of austenitic stainless steel 304L made by directed energy deposition additive manufacturing

    Zhuqing Wang;Todd A. Palmer;Allison M. Beese

  • Effect of inter-layer dwell time on distortion and residual stress in additive manufacturing of titanium and nickel alloys

    Erik R. Denlinger;Jarred C. Heigel;Pan Michaleris;T.A. Palmer

  • Heat transfer and fluid flow during keyhole mode laser welding of tantalum, Ti–6Al–4V, 304L stainless steel and vanadium

    R Rai;J W Elmer;T A Palmer;T DebRoy

  • Building blocks for a digital twin of additive manufacturing

    G.L. Knapp;T. Mukherjee;J.S. Zuback;H.L. Wei

  • Defects in Metal Additive Manufacturing Processes

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  • In situ observations of lattice expansion and transformation rates of α and β phases in Ti–6Al–4V

    J.W. Elmer;T.A. Palmer;S.S. Babu;E.D. Specht

  • Phase transformation dynamics during welding of Ti–6Al–4V

    J. W. Elmer;T. A. Palmer;S. S. Babu;W. Zhang

  • Problems and issues in laser-arc hybrid welding

    B Ribic;T A Palmer;T DebRoy

  • Direct Observations of Sigma Phase Formation in Duplex Stainless Steels Using In-Situ Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction

    J. W. Elmer;T. A. Palmer;Eliot D Specht

  • Heat transfer and fluid flow in additive manufacturing

    A. Raghavan;H. L. Wei;T. A. Palmer;T. DebRoy

  • Role of geometry on properties of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V structures fabricated using laser based directed energy deposition

    Jayme S. Keist;Todd A. Palmer

  • Toward an integrated computational system for describing the additive manufacturing process for metallic materials

    Richard Martukanitz;Pan Michaleris;Todd Palmer;Tarasankar DebRoy

  • Kinetic modeling of phase transformations occurring in the HAZ of C-Mn steel welds based on direct observations

    J.W. Elmer;T.A. Palmer;W. Zhang;B. Wood

  • Anisotropic microstructure and superelasticity of additive manufactured NiTi alloy bulk builds using laser directed energy deposition

    Beth A. Bimber;Reginald F. Hamilton;Jayme Scot Keist;Todd Palmer

  • Heat transfer and fluid flow during electron beam welding of 304L stainless steel alloy

    R. Rai;Todd Palmer;J. W. Elmer;Tarasankar Debroy

  • In situ monitoring and characterization of distortion during laser cladding of Inconel® 625

    J.C. Heigel;P. Michaleris;T.A. Palmer

  • Impact of composition on the heat treatment response of additively manufactured 17–4 PH grade stainless steel

    S.D. Meredith;J.S. Zuback;J.S. Keist;T.A. Palmer

  • Additive manufacturing of functionally graded transition joints between ferritic and austenitic alloys

    J.S. Zuback;T.A. Palmer;T. DebRoy

  • Development of strength-hardness relationships in additively manufactured titanium alloys

    Jayme S. Keist;Todd A. Palmer

  • Modeling forced convection in the thermal simulation of laser cladding processes

    Michael F. Gouge;Jarred C. Heigel;Panagiotis Michaleris;Todd A. Palmer

Frequent Co-Authors

Tarasankar DebRoy
Tarasankar DebRoy Pennsylvania State University
S. Suresh Babu
S. Suresh Babu University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Eliot D. Specht
Eliot D. Specht Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Donald W. Brown
Donald W. Brown Los Alamos National Laboratory
Bjørn Clausen
Bjørn Clausen Los Alamos National Laboratory
Stan A David
Stan A David Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Sven C. Vogel
Sven C. Vogel Los Alamos National Laboratory
Y. Zhou
Y. Zhou University of Waterloo
Suzanne E. Mohney
Suzanne E. Mohney Pennsylvania State University
Brian Otis
Brian Otis University of Washington

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