Abstract
The main aim of this study was to investigate the influence of different energy density values used for the additively manufactured elements using selective laser melting (SLM).The group of process parameters considered was selected from the first-stage parameters identified in preliminary research. Samples manufactured using three different sets of parameter values were subjected to static tensile and compression tests. The samples were also subjected to dynamic Split–Hopkinson tests. To verify the microstructural changes after the dynamic tests, microstructural analyses were conducted. Additionally, the element deformation during the tensile tests was analyzed using digital image correlation (DIC). To analyze the influence of the selected parameters and verify the layered structure of the manufactured elements, sclerometer scratch hardness tests were carried out on each sample. Based on the research results, it was possible to observe the porosity growth mechanism and its influence on the material strength (including static and dynamic tests). Parameters modifications that caused 20% lower energy density, as well as elongation of the elements during tensile testing, decreased twice, which was strictly connected with porosity growth. An increase of energy density, by almost three times, caused a significant reduction of force fluctuations differences between both tested surfaces (parallel and perpendicular to the building platform) during sclerometer hardness testing. That kind of phenomenon had been taken into account in the microstructure investigations before and after dynamic testing, where it had been spotted as a positive impact on material deformations based on fused material formation after SLM processing.
Highlights
Over the last ten years, there has been increasing interest in studies related to metal additive manufacturing [1,2,3,4,5,6,7]
Results of the Split–Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) compression tests under dynamic loading15
Based on the results obtained in this study, it was found that even low-range modification of the standard values of technological parameters will have an influence on the mechanical properties of the material and result in different outcomes
Summary
Over the last ten years, there has been increasing interest in studies related to metal additive manufacturing [1,2,3,4,5,6,7]. The main aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of a selected group of SLM technological parameters on the mechanical properties of standard objects made from austenite 316L stainless steel. This material is widely used in the PBF system and has previously been characterized in detail [31,38,39,40,41,42,43]. The selection of Through these experiments, the influence of three groups of technological parameters on the those three parameters groups was strictly connected with use in the preliminary research [17] the mechanical behavior of additively manufactured 316L stainless steel was evaluated.
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