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Failure Analysis of the Tree Column Structures Type AlSi10Mg Alloy Branches Manufactured by Selective Laser Melting
Peikang Bai1, Pengcheng Huo1, Taotao Kang2
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China.
Abstract:
AlSi10Mg alloy branches were fabricated by selective laser melting (SLM), and the branches were employed to evaluate their effect on the mechanical properties. When the porous branches were compressed along its building direction, the tree column structures-type AlSi10Mg alloy branches collapsed twice, which had typical elastic, shear, collapse, and densification stages. The compressive stress concentration at the interface between the support and the porous body caused the fracture of the tree column structures-type AlSi10Mg alloy branches. The fracture surface indicated that the prepared tree-type branches were distributed with different shapes of dimples, and the Si content inside the dimples was higher than that of the edge. The morphology of the Al-Si eutectic structure formed by SLM and the stress concentration at the Al/Al-Si-eutectic interface affected the fracture morphology and Si content distribution.
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