Cracking behavior and formation mechanism of TC4 alloy formed by selective laser melting

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机构：

[1] State Key Lab. of Materials Processing and Die and Mold Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

来源：

Wei, Q. (wqs_xn@163.com) | 1600年 / Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society卷 / 49期

关键词：

Cracking; Formation mechanism; Selective laser melting; TC4; alloy;

D O I：

10.3901/JME.2013.23.021

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摘要：

Crack is the most common and great destructive defect in selective laser melting (SLM) Ti6Al4V (TC4) alloy process. A TC4 alloy test specimen is fabricated by progressive alternative scan strategy in SLM process. The cracking behavior and formation mechanism is discussed in TC4 alloy SLM processing using scanning electron microscopy and X-ray energy spectrum analysis. The experimental results show that the crack is considered as cold cracking in SLM TC4 alloy part, which has typical characteristic of the transgranular fracture. By using the progressive alternative scan strategy, the basket-like martensitic structure is formed in SLM process. The high residual stress is caused by high temperature in forming process of SLM part. Under the residual stress, the crackle will occur in the martensitic structure because it has poor cracking strength. Finally, the coarse crack decomposes into smaller cracks in the process of expansion and the extension is terminated. Further research shows that by improving the process parameters, the microstructure of TC4 alloy will be changed and the residual stress will be weakened. At the same time, achieving to the purpose of weakening or eliminating cracks. © 2013 Journal of Mechanical Engineering.

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页码：21 / 27

页数：6

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