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Abstract
Herein, the influence of microstructure anisotropy on fracture toughness of selective laser melting‐fabricated and directly aged 15‐5 PH stainless steel is investigated. A bimodal columnar (within the melt pool) and equiaxed (at the melt pool boundary) microstructure forms on the vertical plane, which results in a higher yield strength in the horizontal direction than the vertical direction. For fracture toughness, the value is 10% higher in the specimen with the crack propagation perpendicular to the build direction than parallel to the build direction. The main cause for such an anisotropic fracture toughness is related to the circuitous crack path along the melt pool boundary when the crack propagation is perpendicular to the build direction.
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