Crack propagation and fracture toughness of Ti6Al4V alloy produced by selective laser melting

Additive Manufacturing

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages 68-76

  Cain, V ^a,b   Thijs, L ^c   Van Humbeeck, J ^c   Van Hooreweder, B ^c   Knutsen, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fatigue crack growth rate; Fracture toughness; Microstructure; Selective laser melting; Ti6Al4V

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; AFTER-HEAT TREATMENT; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CRACKS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GROWTH RATE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MELTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; POWDER METALS; RAPID SOLIDIFICATION; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING; TERNARY ALLOYS; TESTING; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; BUILD DIRECTION; DYNAMIC BEHAVIOURS; RAPIDLY SOLIDIFIED MICROSTRUCTURES; SPECIMEN ORIENTATION; TENSILE RESIDUAL STRESS; TI-6AL-4V; TI-6AL-4V ALLOY;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 84923006950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22148604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addma.2014.12.006     Document Type: Article

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