Effects of the building direction on fatigue crack growth behavior of Ti-6Al-4V manufactured by selective laser melting

Wenbo Sun, Yu'E Ma, Xiaopeng Ai, Jianghai Li

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Abstract

Additive manufacturing selective laser melting (AM-SLM) are potential to be widely used in aircraft structural components. There are apparent layers along the building direction of titanium alloy samples manufactured by SLM. This will affect its fatigue properties. At present, few papers about effects of the building direction on fatigue crack growing behavior have been published. In this work, three kinds of titanium alloy Compact Tension (C(T)) specimens with different building directions were designed. Fatigue crack growth rate (FCGR) tests were performed. And fatigue crack growth rate versus stress intensity factor range (da/dN -ΔK) curves were obtained and then effects of the building direction on crack growth was analyzed. It is shown that FCGR of specimen with 90°building direction is the fastest, and then that of the 0°sample is slower, and 45°sample is the slowest. Fatigue life of 45°specimen is 1.49 times longer and 1.46 times longer than that of 90°and 0°specimen separately. Fracture morphology of samples was studied. It shows that the fracture surface with 0°building direction is smooth and fatigue striations are observed. The fracture surface with 45°building direction has a slope along the thickness. The fracture surface of the sample with 90°is cluttered, and its building layers can be observed. But its fatigue striations are not clear.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1020-1025
Number of pages6
JournalProcedia Structural Integrity
Volume13
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Event22nd European Conference on Fracture, ECF 2018 - Belgrade, Serbia
Duration: 25 Aug 201826 Aug 2018

Keywords

  • Additive manufacturing selective laser melting
  • Building directions
  • Fatigue crack growth
  • Fracture surface
  • Titanium alloy

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