Material properties and microstructural characterization of specimens manufactured by selective laser sintering

Technical Paper - Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Volumn TP07PUB25, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Silverman, T J ^a   Hall, A ^a   South, B ^a   Yong, W ^a   Koo, J H ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Rapid prototyping; Scanning electron microscope; Selective laser sintering

Indexed keywords

3D SYSTEMS; BUILD TIME; ELONGATION AT BREAK; FLEXURAL MODULUS; HIGH SPEED; IMPACT PROPERTY; IZOD IMPACT STRENGTH; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MICRO-STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; STANDARD SPECIMENS; SURFACE FINISHES; TENSILE MODULI; THERMAL CALIBRATION; USER INTERVENTION;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; IMPACT STRENGTH; JOB ANALYSIS; LASER HEATING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

SINTERING;

EID: 77956303374     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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