Authors
Konda Prashanth
Sergio Scudino
Anil Chaubey
Lukas Löber
Pei Wang
Hooyar Attar, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Frank Schimansky
Florian Pyczak
Jürgen Eckert
Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
School
School of Engineering
RAS ID
21345
Abstract
Al-12Si (80 vol%)-Ti52.4Al42.2Nb4.4Mo0.9B0.06 (at.%) (TNM) composites were successfully produced by the selective laser melting (SLM). Detailed structural and microstructural analysis shows the formation of the Al6MoTi intermetallic phase due to the reaction of the TNM reinforcement with the Al-12Si matrix during SLM. Compression tests reveal that the composites exhibit significantly improved properties (∼140 and ∼160 MPa higher yield and ultimate compressive strengths, respectively) compared with the Al-12Si matrix. However, the samples break at ∼6% total strain under compression, thus showing a reduced plasticity of the composites. Sliding wear tests were carried out for both the Al-12Si matrix and the Al-12Si-TNM composites. The composites perform better under sliding wear conditions and the wear rate increases with increasing loads. At high loads, the wear takes place at three different rates and the wear rate decreases with increasing experiment duration.
© Materials Research Society 2015.
DOI
10.1557/jmr.2015.326
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Comments
Prashanth, K. G., Scudino, S., Chaubey, A. K., Löber, L., Wang, P., Attar, H., ... & Eckert, J. (2016). Processing of Al–12Si–TNM composites by selective laser melting and evaluation of compressive and wear properties. Journal of Materials Research, 31(1), 55-65.
https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2015.326