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                                                                                    <journal-title>Politeknik Dergisi</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2147-9429</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Gazi Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.2339/politeknik.1634054</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Material Production Technologies</subject>
                                                            <subject>Metals and Alloy Materials</subject>
                                                            <subject>Materials Engineering (Other)</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Malzeme Üretim Teknolojileri</subject>
                                                            <subject>Metaller ve Alaşım Malzemeleri </subject>
                                                            <subject>Malzeme Mühendisliği (Diğer)</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>Optimizing A5356 Alloy Performance with WAAM: A Comprehensive Study</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>WAAM ile A5356 Alaşım Performansının Optimize Edilmesi: Kapsamlı Bir Çalışma</trans-title>
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                                                    <contrib-group content-type="authors">
                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7894-8672</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Gürsu</surname>
                                    <given-names>Berfin</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>GAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0919-1260</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Kayış</surname>
                                    <given-names>Merve Sude</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>GAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5132-4107</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Ateş</surname>
                                    <given-names>Hakan</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>GAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3655-1619</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Kayaalp</surname>
                                    <given-names>Murat</given-names>
                                </name>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20260421">
                    <day>04</day>
                    <month>21</month>
                    <year>2026</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>29</volume>
                                        <issue>4</issue>
                                        <fpage>1</fpage>
                                        <lpage>11</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20250206">
                        <day>02</day>
                        <month>06</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20250820">
                        <day>08</day>
                        <month>20</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 1998, Politeknik Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>1998</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Politeknik Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) technology is an attractive fabrication method for structural components due to significantly lower consumable usage and higher filler material addition rates than conventional fusion welding. The present study used 1.2 mm welding wire, WAAM CMT-MIG technique, three different wire feed speeds (WFS), and corresponding heat input levels to produce high layer thicknesses. Samples extracted from the fabricated walls were subjected to non-destructive testing methods, including visual inspection (VT), penetrant testing (PT), and ultrasonic testing (UT), as well as various mechanical and material characterization tests such as tensile, flexure, and notch impact tests, microhardness measurements, XRD analysis, and microstructural evaluations using optical microscopy, SEM, and EDS. The results revealed that bending strength and microhardness improved under low heat input conditions. Moreover, these findings indicate that the WAAM technique holds promise as a manufacturing method for A5356 samples when lower heat input is applied.</p></abstract>
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                            <p>Tel Ark Eklemeli Üretim (WAAM) teknolojisi, geleneksel eritme kaynağına kıyasla önemli ölçüde daha düşük sarf kullanımı ve daha yüksek biriktirme oranları nedeniyle yapısal bileşenler için cazip bir üretim yöntemidir. Bu çalışmada, 1,2 mm kaynak teli, WAAM CMT-MIG (Soğuk Metal Transferi - Metal Soy Gaz) yöntemi kullanılarak üç farklı tel besleme hızı (WFS) ve üç farklı ısı girdisi değeri ile yüksek katman kalınlıklarında üretimler yapılmıştır. Üretilen duvarlardan elde edilen numuneler üzerinde görsel muayene (VT), penetrant testi (PT) ve ultrasonik muayene (UT) gibi tahribatsız muayene yöntemleri ve çekme testi, eğme testi, çentik darbe testi, mikrosertlik, XRD, mikroyapı analizleri (optik mikroskop, SEM ve EDS) dahil olmak üzere çeşitli testler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Sonuçlar analiz edilmiş ve düşük ısı girdisinde eğilme mukavemeti ve mikrosertliğin arttığı ortaya çıkmıştır. Ayrıca, bu sonuçlar WAAM yönteminin daha düşük ısı girdisi ile A5356 numuneler için bir üretim yöntemi olarak umut vaat ettiğini göstermektedir.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>WAAM</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  MIG-CMT</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Heat input</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  A5356</kwd>
                                            </kwd-group>
                                                        
                                                                            <kwd-group xml:lang="tr">
                                                    <kwd>WAAM</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  MIG-CMT</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  ısı girdisi</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  A5356</kwd>
                                            </kwd-group>
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                                                    <funding-source>
                                <named-content content-type="funder_name">TÜBİTAK</named-content>
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