Prithwish Tarafder

Dr. Prithwish Tarafder

Department of Management & Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden

Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 December 2021 in Materials & Design
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CRChristopher Rock
Christopher Rock
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Prithwish Tarafder
LILawrence Ives
Lawrence Ives
THTimothy Horn
Timothy Horn

29 May 2021 in Materials
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CRChristopher D Rock
Christopher D Rock
THTim Horn
Tim Horn
Mechanical properties of powder bed fusion processed unalloyed copper are reported majorly in the as-fabricated condition, and the effect of post-processes, common to additive manufacturing, is not well documented. In this study, mechanical properties of unalloyed copper processed by electron beam powder bed fusion are characterized via room temperature quasi-static uniaxial tensile test and Vickers microhardness. Tensile samples were extracted both perpendicular and parallel to the build direction and assigned to three different conditions: as-fabricated, hot isostatic pressing (HIP), and vacuum annealing. In the as-fabricated condition, the highest UTS and lowest elongation were obtained in the samples oriented perpendicular to the build direction. These were observed to have clear trends between sample orientation caused primarily by the interdependencies between the epitaxial columnar grain morphology and dislocation movement during the tensile test. Texture was insignificant in the as-fabricated condition, and its effect on the mechanical properties was outweighed by the orientation anisotropy. The fractographs revealed a ductile mode of failure with varying dimple sizes where more shallow and finely spaced dimples were observed in the samples oriented perpendicular to the build direction. EDS maps reveal that grain boundary oxides coalesce and grow in HIP and vacuum-annealed specimens which are seen inside the ductile dimples and contribute to their increased ductility. Overall, for the post-process parameters chosen in this study, HIP was observed to slightly increase the sample’s density while vacuum annealing reduced the oxygen content in the specimens.

15 March 2025 in Materials & Design
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Prithwish TarafderPrithwish Tarafder
Prithwish Tarafder
JXJinghao Xu
Jinghao Xu
AWAnton Wiberg
Anton Wiberg
JMJohan Moverare
Johan Moverare

21 November 2025 in Materials & Design
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Mohammadreza JandaghiMohammadreza Jandaghi
Mohammadreza Jandaghi
HPHesam Pouraliakbar
Hesam Pouraliakbar
SSSang Hun Shim
Sang Hun Shim
LILeonardo Iannucci
Leonardo Iannucci
Prithwish TarafderPrithwish Tarafder
Prithwish Tarafder
JMJohan Moverare
Johan Moverare

13 January 2023 in Materials Characterization
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DODenysse Gonzalez Ovalle
Denysse Gonzalez Ovalle
CRChristopher Rock
Christopher Rock
CWChristopher Winkler
Christopher Winkler
DHDevin Hartshorn
Devin Hartshorn
CBChris Barr
Chris Barr
THTim Horn
Tim Horn

18 June 2025 in Additive Manufacturing
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Jinghao XuJinghao Xu
Jinghao Xu
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Prithwish Tarafder
AWAnton Wiberg
Anton Wiberg
HZHuotian Zhang
Huotian Zhang
Johan MoverareJohan Moverare
Johan Moverare