9 - [2016] 14th Ecssmet - Fracture Toughness Of ALM Materials

MEASUREMENT OF FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF METALLIC MATERIALS PRODUCED BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING 27-30 September 2016, Toulouse, France O. Quénard (1), O. Dorival (1, 2), Ph. Guy (1), A. Votié (3), K. Brethome (4) (1) Icam, 75 av. de Grande Bretagne 31076... More

MEASUREMENT OF FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF METALLIC MATERIALS PRODUCED BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING 27-30 September 2016, Toulouse, France O. Quénard (1), O. Dorival (1, 2), Ph. Guy (1), A. Votié (3), K. Brethome (4) (1) Icam, 75 av. de Grande Bretagne 31076 Toulouse, +33 (0)5 34 50 50 18, olivier.quenard@icam.fr (2) Université de Toulouse; Institut Clément Ader UMR CNRS 5312, INSA/UPS/ISAE/Mines Albi, 3 rue Caroline Aigle F-31400 Toulouse, France (3) FusiA, 8 rue Claude Gonin 31400 Toulouse, France, +33 (0)5 62 80 21 10, a.votie@fusia.fr (4) CNES, 18 av. Edouard Belin 31401 Toulouse, France, +33 (0)5 61 27 47 93, kevin.brethome@cnes.fr ABSTRACT This study focuses on the microstructure and mechanical properties of metallic materials produced by additive layer manufacturing (ALM), especially the Laser Beam Melting process. The influence of the specimen orientation during the ALM process and that of two post-build thermal treatments were investigated. The identified metal powder is Ti-6Al-4V (tit Less