Effects of build orientation and heat treatment on the microstructure and mechanical properties of selective laser melted Ti6Al4V lattice structures

Additive Manufacturing

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages 77-84

  Wauthle, Ruben ^a,b   Vrancken, Bey ^a   Beynaerts, Britt ^a   Jorissen, Karl ^a,b   Schrooten, Jan ^a   Kruth, Jean Pierre ^a   Van Humbeeck, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Layerwise NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Lattice structures; Mechanical properties; Microstructure; Selective laser melting; Ti6Al4V

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; DYNAMIC LOADS; HEAT TREATMENT; HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING; STRESS RELIEF; STRUTS; TERNARY ALLOYS; TITANIUM ALLOYS; VANADIUM ALLOYS;

DIFFERENT GEOMETRY; HEAT TREATMENT CONDITIONS; LATTICE STRUCTURES; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STATIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TI-6AL-4V;

STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84923039252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22148604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addma.2014.12.008     Document Type: Article

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