On the mechanical behaviour of titanium alloy TiAl6V4 manufactured by selective laser melting: Fatigue resistance and crack growth performance

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 300-307

  Leuders, S ^a,b   Thone M ^a,b   Riemer, A ^a,b   Niendorf, T ^b   Troster T ^a,b   Richard, H A ^a,b   Maier, H J ^a,b  

^a Direct Manufacturing Research Center (DMRC)   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Direct manufacturing; HCF; Heat treatment; HIP; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; HEAT TREATMENT; HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING; MANUFACTURE; MECHANICAL TESTING; MELTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; RESIDUAL STRESSES; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

ADDITIVE LAYER MANUFACTURING; DIRECT MANUFACTURING; FATIGUE RESISTANCE AND CRACK GROWTH; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MICROSTRUCTURE DEFECTS; NEAR-NET-SHAPE COMPONENTS; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING;

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EID: 84876706197     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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