Influence of defects on mechanical properties of Ti-6Al-4V components produced by selective laser melting and electron beam melting

Materials and Design

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 545-554

  Gong, Haijun ^a   Rafi, Khalid ^b   Gu, Hengfeng ^c   Janaki Ram, G D ^d   Starr, Thomas ^a   Stucker, Brent ^e  

^a J B Speed School of Engineering University of Louisville ^*  (United States)

^b Singapore Utilities International Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^e 3DSIM LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive manufacturing; Defects; Electron beam melting; Mechanical properties; Selective laser melting; Ti 6Al 4V

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DEFECTS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRON BEAM MELTING; ELECTRON BEAMS; FATIGUE TESTING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MELTING; OPTIMIZATION; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; ENERGY DENSITY; OPTIMUM ENERGY; POWDER DEFECTS; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING; TENSILE AND FATIGUE PROPERTIES; TI-6 AL-4 V;

3D PRINTERS;

EID: 84942233722     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2015.07.147     Document Type: Article

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