Dimensional accuracy of Electron Beam Melting (EBM) additive manufacture with regard to weight optimized truss structures

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 229, Issue , 2016, Pages 128-138

  Smith, C J ^a   Derguti, F ^a   Hernandez Nava, E ^a   Thomas, M ^a   Tammas Williams, S ^b   Gulizia, S ^c   Fraser, D ^c   Todd, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arcam; Laser scanning; Titanium; Topology optimization; Truss structures; X ray tomography

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; ELECTRON BEAMS; MANUFACTURE; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TITANIUM; TOPOLOGY; TRUSSES;

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS; ARCAM; LASER SCANNING; PROCESS MODIFICATIONS; STRUCTURAL TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION; TRUSS STRUCTURE; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84942163588     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2015.08.028     Document Type: Article

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