Additive manufactured AlSi10Mg samples using Selective Laser Melting (SLM): Microstructure, high cycle fatigue, and fracture behavior

Materials and Design

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 159-169

  Brandl, Erhard ^a   Heckenberger, Ulrike ^a   Holzinger, Vitus ^a   Buchbinder, Damien ^b  

^a AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR LASER TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Non ferrous metals and alloys; E. Fatigue; G. Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ATTRIBUTES; E. FATIGUE; FATIGUE PERFORMANCE; FRACTURE BEHAVIOR; G. SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH CYCLE FATIGUE; LAYER MANUFACTURING; NONFERROUS METALS AND ALLOYS; POST HEAT-TREATMENT; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING; SERIAL PARTS;

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; FRACTURE; HARDENING; HEAT RESISTANCE; LASER APPLICATIONS; MELTING; METALLURGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 80052118903     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.07.067     Document Type: Article

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